Delegations call on Lt Guv
JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha was on Monday presented with a book authored by Brig. Dr Vijay Sagar Dheman (Retd.). The title of the book is “Bloodlines Pahalgam: A Democracy Confronts Terrorism”. The Lieutenant Governor congratulated the author on the publication of his book. On the occasion, the Lieutenant Governor was also presented with the […]
BJP leader opposes proposal to drop Sir Syed, Iqbal from JU’s syllabus
Jammu: BJP leader Jahanzaib Sirwal on Monday sought Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s intervention to reconsider a proposal to remove topics related to Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and Allama Muhammad Iqbal from the MA political science syllabus at the University of Jammu. A committee set up by the university to review the syllabus of MA […]
Tourist resort booked for concealing 23 foreigners’ stay
Srinagar: A case was registered against a hotel in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam tourist resort on Monday, for allegedly concealing the stay of 23 foreigners, including 19 British citizens, police said. Officials said an FIR was registered against the Hotel Misty Mountains Laddi at Pahalgam, in the south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, for violating Sections 8 […]
PDP MLA moves private member bill in Assembly, seeks new divisions, districts
Jammu: PDP MLA Waheed Para has moved a private member bill in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly seeking a statutory framework for reorganisation of administrative divisions, districts, sub-divisions and tehsils in the Union territory. Titled ‘The Jammu and Kashmir Territorial Administrative Reorganisation Bill, 2026’, the proposed legislation calls for the creation of new administrative divisions, […]
First cold desert riverbank restoration project launched along Indus in Ladakh
Lt Guv initiates Eco-Restoration Plantation at Spituk Pharka Leh: Lt Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Monday launched the Indus River Green Corridor Eco-Restoration Plantation at Spituk Pharka here, an initiative aimed at restoring the ecological integrity of the Indus riverbanks and creating green buffers in the fragile desert landscape of Leh-Ladakh. This initiative is a […]
Nadimarg Massacre Anniversary
Pandits return to village after 23 years, locals join in paying tributes Shopian: In a poignant display of shared grief and solidarity, dozens of migrant Kashmiri Pandits returned to Nadimarg village in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Monday to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the 2003 massacre, with local Muslims joining them in offering prayers […]
ACB says former tehsildar convicted in 2010 bribery case in Srinagar
Srinagar: A Special Anti-Corruption Court in Srinagar on Monday convicted former Tehsildar Chadoora, in a 2010 bribery case and sentenced him to one year’s simple imprisonment along with a fine of rupees 20,000 A spokesperson of the organisation said that the Special Judge Anti-Corruption Court Srinagar, Dr. Tasleem Arief Ganie, convicted Mohammad Akram Khan, son […]
SSP Kulgam chairs a joint security review meeting
Srinagar: Senior Superintendent of Police Kulgam Anayat Ali Chowdhary on Monday chaired a joint security review meeting with officers of the Police, CRPF and Army at DPO Kulgam, a police spokesman said here. He said that the meeting was attended by the CO 18-BN CRPF, Jitendra Mohan Shilswal, CO 163-BN CRPF, Nripendra Kumar Singh, CO […]
ED attaches Rs 16.86 lakh in ‘digital arrest’ cyber fraud case
Srinagar: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached Rs 16.86 lakh in a ‘digital arrest’ cyber fraud case involving impersonation of law enforcement agencies to extort money from a victim, officials said on Monday. In a statement issued here, a spokesperson said the Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Srinagar Zonal Office, attached proceeds of crime amounting […]
Sluggish sales during Eid festivities
Traders pin hopes on tourism, apple season revival Srinagar: The festive spirit that typically transforms markets across Kashmir ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr has been significantly muted this year, with traders reporting one of the weakest business seasons in recent memory. From Srinagar to south Kashmir districts, markets that usually remain abuzz with shoppers till late evening […]