Northern Army commander visits forward areas along LAC

Leh: Northern Army commander Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi visited forward areas along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the eastern Ladakh sector and reviewed operational preparedness of troops, officials said on Friday. Officials said Lt Gen Dwivedi on Thursday visited forward areas at Lukung in eastern Ladakh and also reviewed induction of new weapons […]

Covid vaccines- Over 42 lakh deaths in India prevented in 2021: Lancet Study

London: COVID-19 vaccines prevented over 42 lakh potential deaths in India in 2021, said a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal, which based its findings on estimates of “excess” mortalities in the country during the pandemic. Globally, the mathematical modelling study found that COVID-19 vaccines reduced the potential death toll during the pandemic […]

No successful infiltration in Keran sector in over a year: Army Officer

Keran: No infiltration attempt was successful along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Keran sector in over a year as there is multi-tier deployment of troops and surveillance equipment to maintain vigil, a senior Army officer said here. Troops deployed along the LoC in the sector have intercepted terrorists twice in over […]

Boulders on Jmu-Sgr NH cracked using explosives: Officials

Say stranded vehicles to be let first

Udhampur/Ramban/Jammu: Explosives were used to blast boulders that were hampering the ongoing restoration work on the 270-km-long Jammu-Srinagar national highway, which remained closed due to multiple landslides triggered by incessant rains for the third consecutive day on Thursday, officials said. With improvement in weather, the restoration work at over half-a-dozen places in Udhampur and Ramban […]

Srinagar Smart City aims to secure and increase livability, sustainability: Lt Guv

Says Srinagar embracing modern technical tools for urban living

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Thursday inaugurated two prestigious projects, the Integrated Command & Control Centre (ICCC) under the Srinagar Smart City initiative and Srinagar Municipal Corporation’s Storm Water Drainage Scheme at Shalteng. Terming Integrated Command & Control Centre as the Nerve Centre for all Smart City IT interventions, the Lt Governor said that the […]

Pooling JK-PG medical seats in all-India quota

Docs stage protest against proposed move, demand shelving of proposal

Jammu: Doctors on Thursday staged a protest against the Jammu and Kashmir administration’s proposed move to pool 50 per cent post-graduate seats from Government Medical College (GMC) and all seats of Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences for all-India quota this year. Accompanied by medical students, the doctors staged a protest in front of the GMC […]

JK Assembly to miss presidential polls for 2nd time in history

New Delhi: As India elects its next president on July 18, the Legislative Assembly of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will not be a part of the exercise for the second time in the history of the election to the top constitutional post. There have been precedents of legislative assemblies of states not […]

No major rainfall activity expected till June 30: MeT

Srinagar: The weatherman on Thursday said that there was major rainfall activity expected in Jammu and Kashmir till the end of this month. A meteorological department official here said that mainly dry weather was expected over the plains of Jammu and Kashmir with very light rain or thundershowers at one or two places over the […]