Amarnath Yatra: UAPA invoked against people, groups for spreading anti-national message
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police Friday booked several unknown persons and groups including the Sikhs for Justice for allegedly disseminating “anti-national” messages ahead of the annual Amarnath Yatra, officials said. The pilgrimage is scheduled from June 30-August 11 this year after a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic. “It has been reliably learnt […]
BSF developing counter drone, anti-tunnel tech: DG
New Delhi: The Border Security Force is continuously working to develop counter-drone and anti-tunnel technologies to effectively check cross-border drugs and arms smuggling and terrorist infiltration bids along the India-Pakistan border, force chief Pankaj Kumar Singh said on Friday. The BSF director general said the force has shot down a total of 7 drones over […]
Enemy countries fueled separatist feelings among border population: MoS Rai
New Delhi: Union minister Nityanand Rai Friday said some neighbouring enemy countries have fuelled “fanatic” religious and separatist feelings among India’s border population that has not been completely integrated into the national mainstream as the people were forced to migrate due to lack of basic amenities. The minister of state for home affairs said the […]
Govt directs departments to promote digital payments
Srinagar: Aiming to promote digital payments under Digital India Mission in Jammu and Kashmir, the government on Friday impressed upon all the concerned Government Departments and agencies to immediately allow options to citizens for payment of registration fee, water tax, license fee, fines through different digital mode of payments. “All dues as payable to the […]
Solider, civilian injured during Anantnag encounter
Anantnag: A soldier and a civilian were injured in an ongoing encounter that broke out between terrorists and government forces at Gawas village of Karan Verinag area in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said Friday. An official said that a joint team of police, Army and CRPF after receiving information about the presence of terrorists […]
Covid-19: Nine new cases reported in JK
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported nine new Covid cases on Friday that took the infection tally to 4,54,271, officials said. Of the new cases, eight were reported from Jammu district while one was detected in Srinagar district, they said. There are 61 active cases while the overall recoveries have reached 4,49,458, officials said. The COVID-19 […]
Target killings: Several PM package employees leave for Jammu
Say environment of ‘apprehension’ prevails in Kashmir
Jammu: Several Kashmiri Pandits, who have got jobs in the valley under Prime Minister’s employment package, have reached here along with their families and said an environment of apprehension is prevalent in the valley owing to the recent spate in the targeted killings by terrorists. The Pandits said they have heaved a sigh of relief […]
Abolishing govt job interviews – PM was instrumental behind such reforms: Jitendra Singh
New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been instrumental behind reforms like self-attestation of documents and abolishing of government job interviews, and initiatives aimed at achieving ease of governance resulting in ease of living for the common man. Singh, the Minister of State for Personnel, said that […]
Justice Nargal administered oath as additional Judge, HC of JK&L
Srinagar/New Delhi: Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal was administered oath of office as Additional Judge of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh here on Friday. Chief Justice, High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, Justice Pankaj Mithal, administered the oath of office to Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal at a ceremony held at […]
Target killings: Govt employees continue protests in Jammu
Jammu: A group of government employees, mostly teachers, staged a sit-in here for the second day on Friday to press for their transfer from Kashmir to their home districts in the Jammu region following a string of targeted killings by terrorists in Kashmir. These employees have returned to Jammu after their colleague, Rajni Bala, was […]
