Union Government keen on holistic development of JK: Union Minister

RAMBAN: Asserting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has moved the Ministers of Union Cabinet to review the pace of progress of developmental activities being carried out in the UT of J&K under different sectors, Union Minister of State for Railways, Coal and Mines, Raosaheb Patil Danve has said that the Union Government is keen on […]

NC nominates Adv Rattan Lal as provincial prez Jammu till Oct 16

Srinagar: The National Conference on Sunday nominated senior party leader Advocate Rattan Lal Gupta as provincial president Jammu till October 16 following resignation of Devender Singh Rana from the basic membership of the party. A spokesperson of the party told Kashmir News Service (KNS) that the party had nominated Senior party leader advocate Rattan Lal […]

NIA searches multiple locations in J&K, arrests two TRF operatives

Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday conducted searches at seven locations in the Kashmir Valley. In a statement, issued to Kashmir News Service (KNS), a spokesperson said that the NIA conducted searches with the assistance of CRPF and J&K Police at 07 locations in Kulgam, Srinagar and Baramulla case RC-04/2021/NIA/JMU. “The case was […]

Bandipora driver’s killing: 4 OGWs of TRF arrested, says IGP Kashmir

‘5th OGW who fired at civilian is absconding, has joined militant ranks’

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police claimed to have solved the Shahgund, Bandipora killing conspiracy case by busting a module and arrested four OGWs LeT (TRF) involved in the killing of Muhammad Shafi Lone alias Sonu “The killing was carried out at the behest and instruction of LeT(TRF) handler Lala Umar, a resident of Pakistan. To […]

Airfares to J&K expected to stabilize

AC reduces Sales Tax on Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) to one per cent

SRINAGAR: The Administrative Council (AC), which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, decided to reduce the Sales Tax on Aviation Turbine Fuel to one per cent. Farooq Khan and Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisors to the Lieutenant Governor, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary, J&K and Nitishwar Kumar, Principal Secretary to the […]

AC approves rehabilitation package for affected families at Ramban

Major bottleneck in completion of NH-44 Udhampur-Ramban segment removed

SRINAGAR: The Administrative Council (AC), which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, approved the proposal of the Revenue Department for rehabilitation of six families whose structures are coming under National Highway Jammu to Srinagar Project at village Dhalwas, Tehsil & District Ramban where a patch of land measuring 4 Kanals and […]

Continuous build-up on Chinese side matter of concern: Army Chief

New Delhi: The military build-up by China in the eastern Ladakh region and new infrastructure development to sustain the large-scale deployment are matters of concern and India has been keeping a close watch on all the activities by the Chinese PLA, Chief of Army Staff Gen MM Naravane said on Saturday. He said if the […]

AC approves installation of roof-top solar power plants, solar water pumps

SRINAGAR: The Administrative Council (AC), which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, Saturday approved the installation of grid-tied rooftop solar power plants on Government buildings within Jammu city’s municipal limits by the Jammu Smart City Ltd. (JSCL). The project will be completed by March, 2023 at an estimated cost of Rs […]