All JK gram panchayats to get high-speed optical fibre connectivity: Chief Secy
Jammu: All 4,468 Gram Panchayats (GPs) in Jammu and Kashmir would get high-speed optical fibre connectivity, state Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam said here Thursday, though he did not give a deadline for completing the project. “There are 4,468 GPs in 6,553 villages across the state. The number of GPs to be covered in Phase-I through […]
Leaving out bills of contractors for payments is ‘unreasonable and unfair’: PDP
Urges Governor to intervene, address issue on priority
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday urged the governor administration to release the pending payment to contractors who in spite of trying circumstances have completed various vital developmental projects in the state. Senior PDP leader and former Minister NaeemAkhtar sought immediate release of the pending payments to the contractors and urged the governor Satya […]
Two boys missing from Baramulla traced in Delhi
Srinagar: Two boys, reported missing from their homes in Baramulla district of north Kashmir, have been traced in Delhi, a police spokesman said on Thursday. “Chandussa police station received a missing complaint that two minor boys — MohsinManzoorNajar, student of Class 8, and Suhail Ahmad Lone, student of Class 10, both residents of BandiPayeen in […]
KU organizes National level Seminar
Srinagar: A one-day National Seminar on ‘Increasing participation of Women in Science and Technology’ was organised by the Centre for Women’s Studies and Research at the University of Kashmir, in collaboration with the National Commission for Women, New Delhi. The seminar witnessed participation from academics, scientists, scholars, administrators and students from different fields from various […]
LAHDC demands industry status to tourism sector in Leh
Jammu: A delegation led by the Chief Executive Councillor of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), JamyangTseringNamgyal, Thursday called upon Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik here and demanded industry status to the tourism sector in the region, officials said. The delegation, comprising members of the All Ladakh Hotel and Guest House Association […]
Man arrested with charas in Bandipora
Srinagar: Police Thursday arrested a man following recovery of 300 grams of charas from him in Bandipora district of north Kashmir. “One person was arrested at a checkpoint at Papchan following an action targeting those involved in drug peddling in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district,” a police spokesman said. He said 300 grams of charas, packed […]
Article 35A hearing: Bar asks members to be present in SC
Srinagar: J&K High Court Bar Association, Srinagar, has asked several members of the Association to remain available in the Supreme Court on 27th and 28th of March, 2019, so as to cause their appearance in the cases relating to the setting aside of Articles 35-A and 370 of the constitution of India, if those cases […]
Pakistan opens its airspace: PIA resumes normal flight
Karachi: Pakistan Tuesday fully opened its airspace, nearly a month after shutting it for commercial flights following escalating tensions with India after the Pulwama terror attack and the subsequent aerial strike by Indian jets on a training camp of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) in Balakot. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced the complete opening of Pakistan’s […]
