After four months closure, Mughal road to reopen today
Jammu: The historic Mughal road, connecting the twin districts of Rajouri and Poonch in the Jammu region with south Kashmir’s Shopian district, will be reopened for vehicular traffic on Wednesday after remaining closed for over four months due to heavy snowfall, officials said on Tuesday. Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Raghav Langer ordered the reopening of the […]
64,827 Kashmiri Pandit families left Kashmir valley in early 1990s: MHA
New Delhi: Pakistan-sponsored terrorism forced 64,827 Kashmiri Pandit families to leave the Kashmir valley in the early 1990s and settle in Jammu, Delhi, and some other parts of the country, government has said. According to the annual report of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for 2020-21, as many as 14,091 civilians and 5,356 security […]
Govt reconstitutes 21 Tourism Development Authorities
Srinagar: In a significant move, the administration of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday reconstituted 21 development authorities of the Tourism department. The General Administration Department (GAD) reconstituted 21 development authorities of the Tourism department, established under The Jammu and Kashmir Development Act-1970. According to an order each development authority of Tourism department will have 12 […]
Grenade hurled at CRPF bus in Kulgam
Srinagar: Terrorists on Tuesday lobbed a grenade on a bus carrying CRPF personnel in Kulgam district of south Kashmir but there was no damage done, officials said. The ultras hurled the grenade at the CRPF bus at Brazloo in Kulgam, the officials said. They said the grenade landed and exploded on the roadside and did […]
Jammu reports nine covid-19 cases
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded nine new covid-19 cases, all from the J&K’s winter capital, while there was no death due to the virus during past 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday. They said that fresh cases take the overall tally to 454013—166325 in Jammu and 287688 in Kashmir. There was no death reported in […]
JK emerging as top destination for foreign, domestic investments
Govt bringing wide-ranging reforms to improve governance
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir is set to become the top investment destination in the country as it races up to various infrastructure projects and is reaching out to foreign and domestic investors through several forums and industrial summits. According to officials, investors from foreign countries particularly middle-east are keen to invest in J&K with an […]
Six CRPF jawans injured in road accident in Shopian
Srinagar: Six CRPF personnel were injured when their vehicle collided with a truck in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said. The accident took place at Zainapora in the district, adding the injured jawans were rushed to a hospital. Meanwhile, the death toll in Monday’s road accident in Baramulla district rose to […]
70 pc people who took booster dose didn’t get Covid during 3rd wave: Study
New Delhi: Seventy per cent of the people who received a booster dose of the Covid vaccine did not contract the disease during the third wave, according to a new study that covered nearly 6,000 people in India. The study led by Dr Rajeev Jayadevan, co-chairman of the Indian Medical Association’s national task force on […]
Night temperature drops after rains in Kashmir
MeT forecasts dry weather for few days
Srinagar: Amid forecast for ‘hot and dry’ weather for next 48 hours, night temperatures recorded a drop in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. A MeT official here said that Srinagar recorded a low of 9.0°C against 12.2°C on the previous night. The temperature, he said, was 0.3°C below normal during this time of the year […]
Weapon snatching bid foiled in Anantnag
Srinagar: Terrorists made a failed attempt to snatch rifle of a paramilitary CRPF personnel in Anantnag district of south Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said. They said that they threw chilly powder into the eyes of the paramilitary trooper while he was performing duty at the gate of Kashmiri Pandit at Reshibazar Anantnag. However, his colleagues […]
