Congress protests against court verdict in Rahul Gandhi defamation case
Srinagar/Jammu: Congress workers in Jammu and Kashmir Friday held protests against the Gujarat High Court verdict dismissing party leader Rahul Gandhi’s plea to stay his conviction and two-year jail term in a criminal defamation case. Soon after the court verdict, senior Congress leaders and workers assembled at the party office in Srinagar. They said the […]
IYC to hold 3-day convention in Karnataka
Srinagar: Indian Youth Congress (IYC) will hold a three-day mega convention in Karnataka later this month in which about 3,000 youth from each district of the country will participate. The programme ‘Behtar Baat Ki Buniyad’ is being conducted under the supervision of IYC president Srinivas B V. A mega convention of the IYC is going […]
Budha Amarnath Yatra to begin from August 18: Officials
Poonch: The Buddha Amarnath Yatra will be held from August 18 to August 27 in Mandi hills here, officials said on Friday. Deputy Commissioner Yasin M Choudhary also held a meeting and reviewed the arrangements for the yatra. “The yatra will commence on August 18, 2023, and culminate on August 27, 2023, with the holy […]
Police conducts searches at office of GMC principal over ‘fabrication’ of DOB case
Jammu: Police on Thursday carried out searches at the office and the house of Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu Principal Dr Shashi Sudan Sharma, who has been booked for allegedly fabricating her date of birth, officials said. J-K Police’s crime branch conducted searches at the office of the principal and her house in connection with […]
Army jawan shoots self dead in Samba
Samba/Jammu: An Army jawan on Friday allegedly shot himself dead at a camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said. The incident took place at the Mehashwar army camp, they said. The soldier has been identified as Dombal Mayur of Maharashstra, they said, adding the body has been sent for postmortem. On Thursday, a […]
Old mortar shells recovered in Samba, police rule out sabotage angle
Samba/Jammu: Police on Friday recovered six old mortar shells in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said. A bomb disposal squad has been called to defuse the shells, they said. The police also ruled out any possibility of sabotage. The shells were found in the bushes on one side of the Jammu-Pathankot Highway. “These are […]
Implementation of RBSK programme reviewed in Doda
CMO directs teams to take campaign to grassroots level
DODA: Chief Medical Officer Doda, Dr. Ab Hamid Zargar Friday convened a virtual meeting to review the implementation of Rashtriya Bal Swastha Karyakaram (RBSK) programme in the District. Reviewing the implementation, the CMO directed the concerned to activate their teams in each medical block for thorough and mass screening of the children for different ailments […]
Nine years on, vital bridge in Pulwama awaits completion
Pulwama: Even after a lapse of nine years, a vital bridge on Romshi rivulet in Rohmoo village of Pulwama district is awaiting completion, locals have alleged. They said that the bridge was washed out during 2014 floods and since then people of the area have been facing hardships as authorities failed to complete the bridge […]
DDC Chairperson, Kupwara calls on Lt Governor
SRINAGAR: Irfan Sultan Pandithpori, Chairperson, District Development Council, Kupwara called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhavan Thursday. The DDC Chairperson, accompanied by the members of DDC Kupwara, submitted a memorandum of demands to the Lt Governor pertaining to developmental issues of the district. Earlier, the members of Sub-Committee of Jammu & Kashmir Cricket […]
Justice Sanjay Dhar visits District Court Complex Kulgam, Munsiff Court Complex Qazigund
Conducts inspection of Courts, takes stock of measures concerning court management
KULGAM: Justice Sanjay Dhar, Judge High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, Administrative Judge District Kulgam, Thursday visited the District Court Complex Kulgam and Munsiff Court Qazigund to review the functioning of the courts. During the visit, the Administrative Judge also took stock of ongoing construction work of the New District Court Complex project […]
