10 structures gutted in north Kashmir’s Kupwara
Kupwara, Oct 23: An overnight blaze at Hyhama area in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district rendered several families homeless as four residential houses among 10 structures were reduced to ashes, officials said on Wednesday. Officials said that the fire broke out around midnight, which resulted in the damage to at least ten structures, including four residential […]
Govt to commemorate 150th birth anniversary of Sardar Patel with two-year-long programme
NEW DELHI, Oct 23 (PTI): The government will commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel with a two-year-long nationwide programme from 2024 to 2026 to honour his monumental contribution to the country, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced on Wednesday. Shah said Sardar Patel’s enduring legacy as the visionary behind the establishment of […]
First session of J&K Assembly to begin on Nov 4
Srinagar, Oct 22: Jammu & Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has summoned the first session of the newly elected Legislative Assembly on November 4. The election for the post of the Speaker has also been scheduled on the same day. Official sources said that LG Manoj Sinha has summoned the first session of the Legislative […]
LG Manoj Sinha visits Ganderbal terror attack site
Ganderbal, Oct 22: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday afternoon visited the terror attack site in Gagangeer area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal, officials said. An official said that Manoj Sinha was accompanied by DGP J&K, IGP Kashmir, ADGP Law and Order, DC Ganderbal and other senior officials. Seven persons including a doctor were killed in […]
Candlelight March organised at Kupwara against killing of civilians
KUPWARA, OCT 22: A Candlelight March was held at Kupwara to protest against the killing of seven civilians — a local doctor and six non-local workers in a militant attack at a construction site in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal on Sunday (October 20, 2024) evening. The civil society Kupwara took to the streets on Monday evening […]
J&K Haj Committee extends last date for depositing of Advance Amount for Haj-2025
SRINAGAR, OCT 22: The Jammu and Kashmir Haj Committee today notified for the information of all the Intending Haj Pilgrims of Haj 2025 that the last date for depositing the Advance Haj Amount of Rs.1,30,300/- (One Lakh Thirty Thousand and Three Hundred only) has been extended up to 31st October 2024 by Haj Committee of […]
CM Omar visits residence of slain doctor in Budgam
SRINAGAR, Oct 22 (PTI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday visited the residence of Dr Shahnawaz Dar, who was killed in a terror attack in Ganderbal on Sunday. Abdullah visited Dar’s residence in Nayidgam village in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. The chief minister met the slain doctor’s family and expressed his condolences […]
Gagangir Terror Attack: No non-local labourers asked to leave Kashmir, says Police
Srinagar, Oct 22: Police on Tuesday termed the recent social media post asking the ‘non-local labourers to leave’ as baseless. Taking on micro-blogging platform X police wrote, “The recent post in the social media about non-local labourers being asked to leave, is completely baseless. The J&K police is committed to maintain security and a sense […]
Possibly 2 foreign terrorists involved in Ganderbal terror attack: Lt Guv
Jammu, Oct 22 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday said two foreign terrorists, who have possibly infiltrated from north Kashmir’s Bandipora area, were involved in an attack that left seven people dead in Ganderbal district a day before. A doctor and six labourers were killed when terrorists struck a tunnel-construction site […]
BRICS emerged as important platform for dialogue, discussion on key global issues: PM Modi
New Delhi, Oct 22 (PTI) India values close cooperation within BRICS which has emerged as an important platform for dialogue and discussion on a range of key issues concerning global developmental agenda, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday. Modi made comments in a statement before embarking on a two-day visit to the Russian city […]
