Census 2021: DC Srinagar discusses preparations
SRINAGAR: Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary who is also the Principal Census Officer Srinagar convened a meeting of census charge officers of the district to discuss the preparations for conduct of Census of India 2021 in the district. District Statistics and Evaluation Officer Srinagar Irfan Giri who is the nodal officer for Census […]
Weather woes: Traffic on Jammu-Srinagar highway disrupted
Banihal/Jammu: The traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar highway was disrupted on Saturday due to fresh snowfall and shooting of stones from the hillocks overlooking the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, officials said. Light snowfall occurred at Jawahar Tunnel, the gateway to Kashmir, while rains triggered shooting of stones from the […]
JK to be the only region to use 2011 Census for delimitation
New Delhi: The newly created Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) will be the only one in the country to undergo a delimitation exercise based on the population figures recorded in the 2011 census, The Hindu reported on Saturday. The latest readjustment of boundaries of constituencies in other States and UTs has been done […]
JK govt issues show cause notices to illegal occupants in Jammu
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday issued show cause notices to illegal occupants of Kashmiri migrant colonies here, officials said. The show cause notices were issued by the deputy relief commissioner (Migrants) Jammu through a public notice to these occupants in Muthi, Nagrota, Jagati and Purkhoo camps and colonies in Jammu, they said. […]
DSEK stressed teachers to desist from private coaching practice
Best quality study material will be provided to the students from this session: Director Education
SRINAGAR: Making teaching learning process more effective and ensure punctuality of teachers in schools, Director School Education Kashmir, Mohammad Younis Malik impressed upon the teaching community to desist from the practices of private tutioning and asked them to give their best to the student community. He said that action will be taken against the teachers […]
Firing over old enmity on Jammu city outskirts: 1 killed, sarpanch injured
Jammu: One person was killed and two others, including a sarpanch, were injured in firing by some people in connection with an old enmity on outskirts of the Jammu city, officials said on Tuesday. On the intervening night of Monday-Tuesday, the assailants barged into a house and fired at sarpanch Dalbir Singh and his family […]
Cross LoC shelling: Two civilians injured in shelling in Poonch
Jammu: Two civilians were injured when Pakistan Army shelled forward posts and civilians areas along the Line of Control in Poonch district on Tuesday, officials said. The shelling and firing has triggered panic in border areas in the district, they said. Pakistani troops lobbed mortars and fired from small arms targeting Kirni, Qasba and Shahpura […]
Security installations fortified to foil militant attacks: Officials
Abid Bashir Srinagar: In a bid to prevent fidayeen attacks on the vital security installations in Jammu and Kashmir, a joint project funded by Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has resulted in concrete measures on ground that include raising of boundary walls of all vital army installations camps, police stations […]
