Govt agrees to discuss demands for Ladakh’s statehood: Groups
Say inclusion in 6th Schedule to figure in discussions New Delhi: The Centre agreed on Monday to discuss threadbare the demands for Ladakh’s statehood, the inclusion of the Union Territory in the 6th Schedule of the Constitution and the setting up of an exclusive public service commission for the high-altitude region. The agreement was arrived […]
Trade industry wants PM to address unemployment issue
Stress for promoting ease of doing business in J&K Srinagar: Welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to Jammu & Kashmir, the local industry on Monday said it expects the PM to address the key issue of unemployment and promote ease of doing business in the valley. “The Prime Minister’s visit on Tuesday coincides with […]
Landslides, shooting stones force suspension of traffic on Jmu-Sgr NH
Jammu: The traffic on the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained suspended on Monday after landslides and shooting of stones from hillocks at over half-a-dozen places in Ramban district rendered it unnavigable, and rains and snowfall lashed several parts of Jammu and Kashmir for the second day, officials said. Two interstate highways were also closed as […]
Lt Gen. M V Suchindra Kumar assumes charge of Army’s Northern Command
Jammu: Lieutenant General M V Suchindra Kumar assumed charge as the general officer commanding-in-chief of the Udhampur-based Northern Command of the Army on Monday. He succeeded Lt Gen. Upendra Dwivedi, who has assumed the charge of the vice chief of Army staff and is the frontrunner to become the Army chief when incumbent General Manoj […]
Embezzlement case: Crime Branch files chargesheet against govt official
Jammu: Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday filed a chargesheet here against a suspended government official for his alleged involvement in the embezzlement of Rs 33 lakh from accounts of withdrawal of GPF and seventh pay commission arrears of employees, an official said. The chargesheet was filed in the court of Special […]
Not seeking 3rd term for political gains, but for benefit of India: PM Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked the BJP cadre to work with renewed vigour and confidence for the next 100 days to reach out to new voters and win their confidence to ensure the party’s return to power in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Addressing the BJP national convention here, Modi said […]
Srinagar, other plain areas receive rains
Kashmir’s hilly regions get snowfall Srinagar: Higher reaches of Kashmir received fresh snowfall even as plains of the valley received rains that brought down the temperatures by several degrees, officials said here on Sunday. Snowfall has been reported in all hilly and mountainous areas of Kashmir since early morning, they said. The plains of the […]
Banihal-Sangaldan rail section will transform our lives: Banihal Residents
Term the development as ‘historic’ Banihal/Jammu: Thousands of families in remote pockets of Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district are eagerly waiting for the inauguration of train services on the Banihal-Sangaldan section by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, and say it will fulfil their decades-old dream and completely transform their lives. The 48.1-km section, a […]
After over 7 decades, PM Modi established social justice in JK: Lt Guv
Jammu: Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi established social justice in the Union Territory after over seven decades of India’s independence. He said the vision of his administration is to ensure that growth must reach all sections of society and measures for equitable access to opportunities are further strengthened. Speaking […]
DPAP chief Azad promises land, job right law in JK
Jammu: Describing the revocation of Article 370 as a “blunder”, Democratic Progressive Azad Party chief Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday promised a law to provide land and job rights to residents of Jammu and Kashmir if his party comes to power. Seeking support of the electorate in the next assembly elections, Azad said unifying people […]
