LeT terror associates held in Budgam
Srinagar: Security forces on Tuesday arrested two overground workers of Lashkar-e-Taiba from Budgam district, police said. “Police, along with security forces, have arrested two terrorist associates of proscribed terror outfit LeT in Budgam. Incriminating materials, explosives and ammunition were also recovered from their possession,” a police spokesman said. He said the security forces set up […]
Man dies after getting hit by train
Jammu: A man was killed after he was hit by a train while crossing a railway track on the outskirts of Kathua district, officials said on Tuesday. The incident took place near Ratnu Chak, the railway officials said. The identity of the deceased has not been ascertained yet, they said, adding that the body has […]
Five fresh Covid-19 cases reported in JK
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday recorded five fresh COVID-19 cases that took its tally to 4,54,153, officials said. The death toll remained unchanged at 4,752. Of the fresh cases, three were reported from Jammu district and two from Srinagar district, the officials said. The number of active COVID-19 cases in the union territory stands […]
Admin revamping SCERT in a big way: B K Singh
Says efforts are on to make Council top most institution of the country
SRINAGAR: Appreciating efforts of Education Department towards promoting all parameters of education sector in Jammu and Kashmir, Principal Secretary, School Education Department, B K Singh, on Tuesday said that a multi-pronged strategy is being ensured to make the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) as number one institution of the country. Principal Secretary […]
Troops fully prepared to deal with infiltration along LoC: Army Commander
Jammu: A top army official on Tuesday said that Indian troops are fully alert along the Line of Control (LoC) to foil any infiltration bid, asserting that terror camps are still operational across the border. “Our troops deployed on the LoC are fully alert. If any infiltration bid is made by the enemy, we will […]
China’s COVID plan is ‘unsustainable’ due to omicron: WHO
Geneva: The head of the World Health Organisation said China’s extreme approach to containing the coronavirus is unsustainable because of the highly infectious nature of the omicron variant, but that it’s up to every country to decide what policy to pursue. At a press briefing on Tuesday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described China’s zero-COVID […]
Amit Shah to chair security review meet on JK
Lt Guv, CS among top officials likely to attend
Srinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to chair a high level meeting in New Delhi to review the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir tomorrow, officials said. According to reports, the meeting is scheduled at 11 am in North Block and will be attended among others from J&K by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, […]
Lt Guv Manoj Sinha meets Rajnath
Seeks assistance of BRO for Amarnath Yatra
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday met Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh here, and discussed the road infrastructure for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra. Sinha requested the Defence Minister for assistance of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) to make the difficult stretches in the challenging terrain at high altitudes smooth which […]
Centre will train 20,000 JK officials: Dr. Jitendra Singh
SRINAGAR: Centre will train 20,000 Jammu & Kashmir governemnt officials in grievance redressal and the task will be undertaken by the Department of Administrative Reforms, Union Ministry of Personnel. This was announced by Union Minister of State (IC) Ministry of Science and Technology; Minister of State (IC) Ministry of Earth Science; MoS of Prime Minister’s […]
Targeted killings of KPs, non-locals aimed to keep terrorism alive: Army Commander
Jammu: Northern Army commander Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi on Monday said the targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits and non-local labourers by militants was to keep terrorism alive in Kashmir. He also said Pakistan created a facade of proxy tanzeems’ (outfits) to give an indigenous colour to the insurgency in the Valley after the country faced […]
