JK moving ahead to become one of leading regions: LG

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir is now moving ahead to become one of the leading regions in sectors like IT, industries, tourism, women entrepreneurship and youth empowerment, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said here on Sunday. Addressing the 17th edition of the ‘Awaam Ki Awaaz’ programme, Sinha said ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ provides the perfect opportunity to […]
India in advanced stage of talks with US for procuring MQ-9B drones
New Delhi: India is in an “advanced stage” of negotiations with the US to procure 30 MQ-9B Predator armed drones for over USD 3 billion to crank up its surveillance apparatus along the frontier with China as well as in the Indian Ocean region, people familiar with the developments said on Sunday. The MQ-9B drone […]
China disregarded border pacts with India, casting shadow on bilateral ties: Jaishankar
Sao Paulo (Brazil): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that China has disregarded the border pacts with India, casting a shadow on the bilateral ties as he asserted that a lasting relationship cannot be a one-way street and there has to be mutual respect. Jaishankar, who arrived here on the first leg of his […]
LeT guide trained by Pak Army arrested along LoC in Rajouri
Jammu: A highly trained Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) guide, who also worked for Pakistan Army’s intelligence unit, was arrested after being shot at by the Indian Army near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Sunday, officials said. Tabarak Hussain (32), a resident of Sabzkot village of Kotli in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), […]
IED found in J-K’s Pulwama, destroyed: Police
Srinagar: Police on Sunday claimed to have averted a “major” terror incident by destroying an improvised explosive device (IED) recovered in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir. The IED, weighing about 10-12 kg, was recovered by security forces in the Beihgund area of Tral in the south Kashmir district. “On a specific input of […]
Soldier dies by suicide in Rajouri
Jammu: An Army jawan allegedly ended his life by hanging himself in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Sunday. The personnel was found hanging with a rope by his colleagues inside a camp at Mankote on August 18 and was rushed to a military hospital, a police official said. However, the […]
COVID-19: JK reports 276fresh positive cases, 468668 recovered
SRINAGAR: The Government today informed that 276 fresh positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19) have been reported today; 41 from Jammu division and 235 from Kashmir division, thus taking the total number of positive cases to 476044. Moreover, 589 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including 70 from Jammu […]
KCR govt ‘anti-farmer’, has not fulfilled its promises to people: Amit Shah
Munugode (Telangana): Union Home Minister Amit Shah Sunday accused the K Chandrashekar Rao-led government of being “anti-farmer”, and plunging Telangana into a debt trap despite over “Rs 2-lakh crore help” from the Modi government. At a public meeting, where former Congress legislator from Munugode K Rajagopal Reddy joined the BJP, Shah said it marks the […]
Need for a new thinking in school education: Lt Guv

Says scientific temper of the students must be developed
SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday stressed that excellence and inclusion is the key to lay the foundation of J&K’s future. He said that there is need for a new thinking in school education and scientific temper of the students must be developed and one-to-one mentoring should be encouraged to generate curiosity and creativity. […]
Summary revision of electoral rolls – Misrepresentation of facts by vested interests: Admin

Srinagar/Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Saturday clarified that reports of a likely addition of over 25 lakh voters after the summary revision of electoral rolls is “misrepresentation of facts by vested interests”. The clarification was issued through an advertisement in local dailies after facing political backlash, including from parties perceived close to the […]