2014-29 period ‘very important’ for India: PM Modi

Says lot needs to be done during the next 9 years

New Delhi: Asserting that the 2014-29 period between the 16th to 18th Lok Sabha is “very important” for a young democracy like India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the last six years have been “historic” for the country’s development and a lot remains to be done in the remaining period. As the age […]

PAGD playing politics of bullet in JK: Union Minister

Jammu: The BJP is doing the politics of ballot to strengthen democracy in Jammu and Kashmir, Union minister Anurag Thakur has said as he lashed out at the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) and accused it of playing the politics of bullets to scare the people in the union territory. He also asserted that […]

BSF shoots dead Pak ‘intruder’ along IB in Samba

Jammu: BSF troops on Monday shot dead a Pakistani intruder along the International Border (IB) in Samba district, officials said. The body is lying on the zero line and has not been retrieved yet, they said. The officials said the incident took place in the Check Faqeera border outpost area when BSF personnel noticed some […]

Vehicle falls into Chenab, rescue operation on

Banihal: A vehicle fell into the Chenab river in Ramban district and was swept away on Monday evening, prompting the authorities to launch a rescue operation, police said. It was not immediately known how many persons in the vehicle, which was going to Kashmir along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway. It was swept away by the […]

DDC Polls: SEC issues faulty ‘postal ballot scheme notification for KP’s’: BJP

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir BJP on Monday criticised the state election commission (SEC) for issuing a “faulty and discriminatory” postal ballot scheme notification for displaced Kashmiri migrants for the ensuing district development council (DDC) polls. The party alleged that it was a deliberate attempt at the bureaucracy level to keep the community out of […]

Covid-19: Pak orders closure of educational institutions

Islamabad: A little over two months after students across Pakistan returned to classes, the authorities on Monday decided to close all educational institutions again from November 26 to January 10 to contain the COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed nearly 7,700 lives and infected over 3.7 lakh people in the country. The decision was taken at […]

COVID-19: 4 deaths from Jammu, 1 from Kashmir

JAMMU: The Government on Sunday informed that 564 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 274 from Jammu division and 290 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 106548. Also 05 COVID-19 deaths have been reported; 04 from Jammu division and […]

Death of student: Govt suspends members of District Medical Board Sgr

Advisor Khan ensured strict action against the erring Board members

JAMMU: Taking prompt action against those alleged to be responsible for the death of differently abled class 10 student in Srinagar, the Jammu and Kashmir Government today suspended three members of District Medical Board Srinagar along with Class-IV. It is alleged that the deceased student died at the door of the board after being denied […]

Tunnel suspected to be used by militants for infiltration detected in Samba sector: DGP

Jammu: A 150-metre long underground tunnel suspected to be used by militants for infiltration was detected by the BSF at the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba sector on Sunday, DGP Dilbag Singh said. Singh, who along with Border Security Force (BSF) Inspector General, Jammu frontier, N S Jamwal, and Inspector General of Police, […]