Police station Akhnoor closed for public after seven cops test positive for Covid-19
Jammu: Police authorities in Jammu district have ordered closure of a police station and a police post for public visit after several officials tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday. Sub-divisional police officer Akhnoor, Ajay Sharma said that Akhnoor police station and Pallanwala police post have been closed till further orders. Meanwhile, an official told that […]
Unidentified persons vandalize school in Handwara
Srinagar: Unidentified persons on intervening Saturday night have destroyed property worth over a lakh in an educational institution at Qalamabad Mawar area of Handwara in north-Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Reports said that the unidentified persons have struck at Government Boys Middle School at Qalamabad to destroy its property. The major damage, as per the reports, has […]
Quota for Vaishno Devi pilgrims from outside JK raised to 500 daily: Official
Jammu: Nearly three weeks after the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district was reopened for pilgrimage, the shrine board has increased the quota for pilgrims from outside the Union Territory to 500 daily, officials said on Saturday. The shrine atop the Trikuta hills was reopened on August 16 after a gap of […]
Official languages row: Excluding Punjabi language anti minority move: Raina
Srinagar: All Party Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) Chairman and J&K Apni Party leader Jagmohan Singh Raina Saturday described exclusion of Punjabi language from Jammu and Kashmir official languages Bill-2020 as an anti-minority move. While addressing a press conference at Srinagar Press Club, Raina said Punjabi was “part and parcel of Constitution of J&K” before abrogation […]
40.63 Cr default on loan by the JK Housing Corporation referred to ACB
SRINAGAR: Taking serious note of irregularities in functioning of the J&K Housing Corporation, the Government in a significant decision has come up with a number of measures aimed to streamline the organization. The decision comes in the backdrop of a default on Rs. 40.63 Crore loan by the J&K Housing Corporation to HUDCO, wherein the […]
Govt braces for unique outreach initiative Jan-Abhiyan (Pre-B2V3)
Kansal discusses modalities with divisional, district administrations
SRINAGAR: Principal Secretary, Information Department, Rohit Kansal, Saturday chaired a meeting of district and sectoral officers to discuss the modalities for implementation of Jan-Abhiyan (Pre-B2V3). During the meeting, the Principal Secretary said that JAN-ABHIYAN will start from September 10 and last till October 1, 2020. “The 21 day long Jan Abhiyan will lead to the […]
