JK Govt appoints Amit Sharma as Adjudicating Officer, IT Deptt
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Government Monday appointed Amit Sharma, Administrative Secretary, Information Technology Department, as the Adjudicating Officer, Information Technology Department, Jammu and Kashmir. According to a circular issued here Monday by the Information Technology department, the appointment has been made by virtue of Notification GSR 240 (E) dated 25.03.2003, in terms of section […]
Driver injured, cleaner missing after JCB plunges into river Sindh
Srinagar: A driver of a JCB was injured while its cleaner went missing after the JCB plunged into river Sindh near Hung Sonamarg on Srinagar-Leh highway in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district early Monday morning. SDPO Kangan, Yasir Qadri said the driver was injured while JCB cleaner has gone missing after the JCB plunged into river […]
Ex-JK minister Mustafa Mir joins Apni Party
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir minister Javaid Mustafa Mir on Monday joined the Apni Party. Mir, who has been a three-time MLA from Chadoora constituency, was welcomed into the party by its chief Altaf Bukhari and other leaders. We all are honoured by Javid’s joining. He has not only been a former colleague but has […]
Will ask Centre to defer by a year J&K participation in all-India quota for NEET exam: LG

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday said he would request the Centre to defer by a year the Union Territory’s participation in the all-India quota in this year’s NEET exam. A delegation of NEET Post-Graduate MD/MS aspirants called on the Lieutenant at Raj Bhavan here. The delegation led by Dr Junaid […]
Army recovers 30 kg of ‘drug-like’ substance along LoC in Uri
Srinagar: The Army has recovered around 30 kg of a contraband substance worth about Rs 25 crore in the black market along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri sector, police said on Sunday. “On Saturday, alert Indian troops deployed along the LoC in Uri sector in Baramulla district of north Kashmir […]
Wagah-style BSF’s retreat ceremony launched at Octerio BoP in RS Pura
Octerio BoP (RS Pura): India on Saturday launched a Wagah-Attari-style BSF’s “retreat ceremony” at the Octerio Border Out Post near Suchetgarh village on the International Border on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. The ceremony, comprising a structured parade by BSF men, was launched with Lt Governor Manoj Sinha terming the event as a history in […]
Efforts to be made to strengthen self-help groups in J-K: Giriraj Singh
Jammu: Union Minister for Rural Development and Pancahayti Raj Giriraj Singh on Sunday said efforts would be made to further strengthen self-help groups in Jammu and Kashmir. He also said the three-tier Panchayati Raj system in the Union Territory would give much needed fillip to the developmental pace as per the popular aspiration of people […]
Covid-19: 102 new cases in Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 102 fresh COVID-19 cases on Sunday that took the infection tally to 3,29,789, officials said. No Covid-related death was reported in the past 24 hours, they said. Of the fresh cases, 21 were from Jammu division and 81 from Kashmir division, the officials said. Srinagar district recorded the highest 53 […]
All 75k first-year college students to be given tablets in J&K: Subhas sarkar
Srinagar: About 75,000 first-year students of various undergraduate courses in Jammu and Kashmir, besides 2,000 school students belonging to various scheduled tribe communities, will be given tablets, Union Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar said Sunday. The Union Minister made this announcement while concluding his five-day visit to Kashmir on Sunday. He was on […]
Need to tap into J-K’s potential, make it textile-manufacturing hub: Union Minister Jardosh
Srinagar: Union minister Darshana Jardosh on Sunday said Jammu and Kashmir has a vast potential in the textile sector and there was a need to tap it and make the region a textile-manufacturing hub. Union Minister of State for Textiles and Railways conducted a whirlwind tour of the Srinagar district as part of the Union […]