NCRB report 2020: JK among eight UTs to record highest number of environment related offences
Srinagar: Among eight other Union Territories (UTs) of India, Jammu and Kashmir has recorded the highest number of environment-related offences in the year 2020, reveals National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) data. According to the data Jammu and Kashmir stands first in the list of environment-related offences with 62 cases among eight UTs followed by Puducherry […]
Two dead, one injured in head-on collision at Nowgam Srinagar
Srinagar: Two persons were killed while another one was injured after an oil tanker hit a motorcycle near Nowgam Chowk in Srinagar on Thursday afternoon. Official sources said that two persons died on the spot while another one was injured after a head-on collision between oil Tanker and a motorcycle. The deceased have been identified […]
Police asked to act against fake social media accounts on Div Com Jammu’s name
Jammu: Taking note of several fake social media accounts being operated on his name, Jammu Divisional Commissioner Raghav Langer has asked the cyber police to take action against the people behind them. According to officials, some of these fake accounts are operational on Twitter and Facebook. The divisional commissioner has appealed to the general public […]
KU to start physical classes from October 1

Initially students to be taught via 'blended mode'
Srinagar: The University of Kashmir Thursday ordered that the classes for all semesters including the fresh batch of 2021 in the main and satellite campuses shall commence from 1st October 2021 in a blended mode (Offline-Online). The decision to this effect, which was communicated to all Heads/Directors/Coordinators of the main and satellite campuses, was taken […]
Ex-J&K Bank chairman Parvez Nengroo joins People’s Conference

Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Bank chairman Parvez Ahmad Nengroo, who is facing graft charges, on Thursday joined the People’s Conference. Nengroo, who was removed from the post of chairman of the bank in 2019 by the government, joined the People’s Conference (PC) in the presence of party chief Sajad Gani Lone. Welcoming Negroo into […]
Lt Guv, Union Minister inaugurate Jammu HAAT

JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha along with Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State for Science and Technology, Earth Sciences, and DoPT Wednesday inaugurated the Jammu Haat at Exhibition Ground. The Jammu Haat, constructed at a cost of Rs 31.63 Crores is an outcome of the long pending demand of the local craftsmen, especially the […]
SAARC foreign ministers meeting cancelled: Sources
Meet was scheduled on UNGA sidelines
New York: The meeting of the foreign ministers of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), which was scheduled to be held here on the sidelines of the high-level 76th UN General Assembly session on Saturday, has been cancelled, according to sources. The SAARC Foreign Ministers meeting, traditionally held on the sidelines of the […]
People’s demands, grievances will be addressed on priority: Smriti Irani
Concludes two- day visit to Budgam
BUDGAM: As a part of the Union Government’s J&K outreach initiative, Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on her concluding day of visit to Budgam maintained that the objective of centre’s outreach to UT of J&K has been initiated to know about the grievances of the people at the ground level. She assured […]
Connectivity brings growth, prosperity: Lt Guv
Flags off first lot of 95 newly procured buses of JKRTC
JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha Wednesday flagged off the first lot of 95 newly procured Buses of J&K Road Transport Corporation (JKRTC) and dedicated them to the service of people of J&K. The newly procured buses are part of the revival plan which involves a major expansion of JKRTC’s fleet with the addition of more […]
Terror links: Two cops among six govt employees sacked
Srinagar: Six government employees, including two policemen, were on Wednesday dismissed from service for their alleged links with militants in Jammu and Kashmir, taking the total number of employees sacked in last nearly six months to 25, officials said. Among those dismissed from service earlier, there were two sons of Pakistan-based Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed […]