Eastern Ladakh: India undertakes airlift drills to display logistics support capability
New Delhi: India has carried out a mega airlift exercise displaying its capability to transport military equipment and provide logistics support to the troops deployed in the high-altitude areas of eastern Ladakh in the harsh winter months against the backdrop of the lingering border standoff with China. The joint airlift exercise codenamed ‘Operation Hercules’ was […]
Rajnath to inaugurate revamped war memorial
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate on Thursday a revamped war memorial in eastern Ladakh’s Rezang La, the site of an epic battle where Indian troops valiantly fought the Chinese military in 1962. The memorial is dedicated to the brave Indian soldiers who laid down their lives in the Battle of Rezang La. […]
Panel to finalise recruitment rules for gazetted, non-gazetted posts
Srinagar: The administration has constituted a five-member panel for finalization and clearance of recruitment rules for gazetted and non-gazetted services. According to an order the committee has been mandated to finalized recruitment rules for different gazetted and non-gazetted services. Headed by additional chief secretary, (financial commissioner, Finance Department), the committee comprises of administrative secretary, General […]
No waste disposal facility at SIDCO Lassipora: Unit Holders
‘Garbage being dumped on banks of Rambi Ara’
Pulwama: The Small Industries Development Corporations (SIDCO’s) Industrial area at Lassipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district is functioning without a waste disposal facility, unit holders alleged. They said that the whole garbage generated at the industrial area is being dumped on the bank of rivulet Rambi Ara. An official working in the industrial area said […]
Old mortar shell defused in Samba
Jammu: BSF troops recovered and defused an old mortar shell in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said. The old and rusted shell was found in a farmer’s field in Chachwal village, the officials said. The bomb disposal squad later destroyed the mortar shell and averted a possible tragedy, they said. (PTI) […]
Several Congress leaders in JK resign from party posts
Jammu: In trouble for the Congress in Jammu and Kashmir, four former ministers and three ex legislators have resigned from party posts, saying they have not been provided an opportunity to be heard on party affairs in the union territory, sources said on Wednesday. The leaders, who have quit, are close to senior Congress leader […]
JK reports two covid-19 deaths, 168 fresh cases
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 168 fresh covid-19 cases while two persons succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday. Among the fresh cases, 27 were reported from Jammu Division and 141 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 334600. There were two deaths, both from the Jammu, due to […]
Ladakh reports 24 new COVID-19 cases
Leh: Ladakh has recorded 24 fresh COVID-19 cases, raising its tally to 21,229, officials said on Wednesday. The active cases in the union territory as of now stand at 197 — 192 in Leh district and five in Kargil district, they said. Ladakh has registered 211 Covid-related deaths — 153 in Leh and 58 in […]
Absconder held after 39 years
Jammu: An absconder, wanted in impersonation and cheating cases, was arrested in in Doda district on Wednesday after being on the run for 39 years, officials said. Bihari Lal was arrested following specific information about his presence in the district, they said. He was evading arrest since 1982 in cases of impersonation and cheating registered […]
Two LeT associates held in Pulwama, IEDs recovered
Srinagar: Security forces on Wednesday averted a major tragedy by arresting two militant associates of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and recovering two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, police said. The associates have been identified as Amir Bashir and Mukhtar Bhat. Major tragedy averted by Pulwama Police & SFs (security forces). 2 LeT […]
