SC notice to Centre on plea to establish Bar Council in JK, Ladakh

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the Centre and others on a plea seeking directions to establish the Bar Council in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and J B Pardiwala issued notices to the Ministry of Law and Justice, Bar Council of India and […]

Shah to inaugurate conference on drug trafficking, national security

Chandigarh: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be on a day’s visit to union territory Chandigarh on Saturday, during which he is scheduled to inaugurate a national conference on drug trafficking and national security, officials said. After the conference, Shah will meet with the Chief Ministers, Punjab Governor-cum-UT Administrator, the J&K Lt Governor, Chief Secretaries […]

Govt cancels attachment of doctors, paramedics made by HoDs

Srinagar: The Government on Friday cancelled all the attachment of doctors and paramedics that has been made by Head of the Departments including Chief Medical Officers, ADMOs and Block Medical Officers or any other officer at their own level from time to time in Jammu and Kashmir. This has been done with a view to […]

727 new Covid cases, two fatalities reported in JK

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 727 fresh COVID-19 cases on Friday that raised the infection tally to 4,63,359, while new fatalities pushed the death toll to 4,768, officials said. Of the new cases, 206 were reported from the Jammu division and 521 from the Kashmir division, they said. There are 4,468 active cases in Jammu […]

MeT issues ‘yellow’ alert in JK, says downpour to continue

Srinagar: The weatherman on Friday forecast fairly widespread light to moderate rain and thunder over Jammu & Kashmir in next 24 hours. A meteorological department official also predicted “fairly widespread to scattered light to moderate rain/thundershowers” for subsequent two days. A yellow warning has also been issued for isolated thunders and lightning in Kashmir Valley […]

Jammu-Srinagar highway reopened for traffic

Stranded vehicles, Amarnath pilgrims allowed to move

Banihal/Jammu: Vehicular traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway resumed on Friday after blockades caused by shooting stones and mudslides in Ramban district were cleared, officials said. “Jammu-Srinagar highway is through. Many stretches are still single way open for traffic and intermittent shooting stones still going on, a traffic advisory said. It said stranded vehicles were […]

Elderly KP woman braves all odds to feed, educate her grandchildren

Mahwish Mushtaq Khan Ganderbal: Chain Kumari, a septuagenarian Kashmiri Pandit, runs a small Dhaba in the foothills of Kangan area of district Ganderbal to feed and educate her grandchildren. A widow since 2015, Chain Kumari has been fighting against all odds to provide a better life to her remaining family. Life for Chain Kumari was […]

Tobacco packs to get new image, health warning from Dec 1

New Delhi: Tobacco products manufactured, imported, or packaged on or after December 1, 2022 will display a new image with the textual health warning “Tobacco causes painful death, the Union Health Ministry has said. The image will be valid for a period of one year following its commencement from December 1. Also, tobacco products manufactured, […]

Batch of 835 pilgrims leaves Jammu for Amarnath

Chhari Mubarak taken to Sharika Bhawani temple for special prayers

Jammu/Srinagar: A batch of 835 Amarnath pilgrims, the smallest so far this year, left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here on Friday for the twin base camps in Kashmir, officials said. The officials attributed the recent fall in the number of pilgrims mostly to bad weather conditions. The pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas […]