RS Polls: BJP picks Sat Sharma as candidate as it sees numerical advantage
Srinagar, Oct 12: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to field state president Sat Sharma as its candidate for the Rajya Sabha seat, where it holds a numerical advantage over the ruling alliance. The BJP has decided that Sat Sharma will contest the election under the third notification, which includes a combined election for […]
Lieutenant Governor inaugurates 2nd edition of Kashmir Literature Festival at Srinagar
SRINAGAR, OCT 11: “Writers must do research and use critical proof to challenge and correct the misleading historical accounts,” the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Saturday. He said during colonial era and after independence a certain group of writers distorted our history to shape their ideological agenda. The Lieutenant Governor was speaking at the […]
PM Modi launches Rs 35,440-cr two farm schemes, inaugurates projects worth Rs 5,450 cr
NEW DELHI, Oct 11 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched two major schemes for the agriculture sector with a combined outlay of Rs 35,440 crore, including a pulses mission aimed at reducing import dependency. The event coincided with the birth anniversary of socialist leader Jayaprakash Narayan. He also inaugurated projects valued at over […]
ACB uncovers major evacuee land scam in Sgr, probe initiated
Srinagar, Oct 11: Jammu & Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau has initiated a major criminal investigation after uncovering a large-scale scam involving the illegal exchange and manipulation of valuable evacuee land in Srinagar. A spokesman of the organisation in a statement said that the investigation has brought to light serious irregularities and fraudulent acts allegedly committed by […]
Search operations underway after Pak drone sighting along IB in Samba
SAMBA/JAMMU, Oct 11 (PTI): Security forces have launched a search operation after two Pakistani drones were seen hovering over the forward villages along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said on Saturday. The drones were sighted over Challiyari village in the Ghagwal area, and Chamliyal village in Ramgarh late Friday night, […]
LG Manoj Sinha pays tribute to 2 soldiers who died battling extreme weather during Kokernag Operation
SRINAGAR, Oct 11 (PTI): Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday paid tributes to two soldiers who lost their lives battling extreme weather conditions during counter-terror operations at Kokernag in Anantnag district. The L-G visited the Srinagar-based headquarters of the Army’s Chinar Corps at the Badami Bagh Cantonment, and laid floral wreaths on […]
RS poll: Deadlock between ruling allies continues over seat-sharing deal
Srinagar, Oct 11: The ‘deadlock’ within the ruling alliance continues over the seat-sharing arrangement for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections. While the National Conference is offering the ‘risky’ seat to the Congress, the latter is pushing for one of the three ‘safer’ seats. Sources said that during negotiations with the Congress high command, the National […]
Several injured after vehicle hit by landslide in Kishtwar
Kishtwar, Oct 11: More than half a dozen people were injured after a Cruiser vehicle was hit by a landslide at Sigdi Balana area of Kishtwar district on Saturday morning, officials said. An official said that the incident occurred when the vehicle was passing through the Sigdi Balana stretch and was suddenly struck by debris […]
Trump threatens tech export limits, new 100% tariff on Chinese imports starting Nov 1 or sooner
Washington, Oct 11 (AP) President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to place an additional 100 per cent tax on Chinese imports starting on November 1 or sooner, potentially escalating tariff rates close to levels that in April fanned fears of a global recession. The president expressed frustration with new export controls placed on rare earth […]
Anantnag court sends senior JKAS officer to one-week judicial custody
Srinagar, Oct 11 (PTI) A senior government officer has been sent to one-week judicial custody by a local court in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district for his failure to comply with its order. The court of sub-judge Feroz Ahmad Khan on Thursday sent Mohammad Rouf Rehman, a Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Services officer and Chief […]