JK admin directs all departments to register with GeM portal for procurement
Jammu: Set to bring in transparency and weed out corruption in procurement, Jammu and Kashmir administration has directed all the departments, organisation and autonomous bodies to register with Government e-Marketplace (GeM). These entities of Jammu and Kashmir administration have been mostly procuring goods and services through local markets and marketing bidding. All administrative departments are […]
Militant killed in encounter with security forces in Anantnag
Srinagar: A militant was killed in a brief encounter with security forces on Monday after the ultras opened fire on a patrol team in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, injuring a soldier, officials said. The jawan suffered injuries after he was hit by a bullet fired by some militants in the Arwani area of […]
17 passengers injured in bus-truck collision near Jammu
Jammu: A speeding bus collided with a truck on the Jammu-Pathankot highway in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, injuring seventeen people, officials said. The bus was on its way to Jammu from Kathua. The injured, all travelling in the bus, were admitted to hospitals in Gagwal and Samba, they said. According to a passenger, […]
Respite from intense cold wave conditions in Kashmir
Srinagar: Residents of Kashmir got respite from intense cold wave conditions as the mercury settled closer to the freezing point in Srinagar, a Meteorological (MeT) Department official said on Sunday. The mercury continued its upward trend as the minimum temperature in the city settled at minus 0.2 degrees Celsius compared to minus 3 degrees the previous […]
India, China armies hold Border Personnel Meeting in eastern Ladakh on R-Day
Srinagar: Armies of India and China held a ceremonial Border Personnel Meeting (BPM) in Ladakh sector on Sunday to mark the country’s 71st Republic Day, a defence spokesperson said. The meeting was conducted at Indian BPM huts at Chushul-Moldo and DBO-TWD meeting points of eastern Ladakh, he said. He said the Indian delegation was led by […]
Fate of ‘caged’ leaders to be decided by law: Avinash Khanna
‘No party banned in J&K, Union Ministers visit fruitful’
Srinagar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said that fate of the leaders who are undergoing detention from past five months will be decided by the law. He also said that no political party in Jammu and Kashmir has been banned by the government. According to the wire service—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), National vice president […]
Gossips over restoration of internet services “baseless”: Authorities
Srinagar: Amid gossips over restoration of internet services in Kashmir Valley after January 26, authorities on Friday ruled out such rumors and termed it “baseless”. Sources told JKNS that government of Jammu and Kashmir is keenly monitoring overall situation of J&K particularly the security scenario since August 5, 2019. They said internet service was snapped […]
JK Crime Branch sleuths raid house of PHE cashier’s accused of embezzling Rs 1.64 cr revenue
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Police’s crime branch sleuths raided the house of a cashier of the public health engineering (PHE) department on Friday and seized documents in connection with financial misappropriation. The crime branch has registered a case against Nikhil Gandral for alleged misappropriation of government revenue in the PHE department to the tune of Rs […]
Abrogation of Article 370 has now become fait accompli, should be accepted: Centre to SC
New Delhi: The abrogation of the provisions of Article 370, which granted special status to erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir, has now become a “fait accompli” leaving sole option to accept the change, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Thursday. Vehemently opposing the contention that Jammu and Kashmir was not integrated with India, the Centre told […]
Revenue official arrested in Kathua while taking bribe
Jammu: A government official was caught arrested on Thursday while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, an Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) spokesperson said. Ramesh Kumar, Patwari of Halqa Baddu in Billawar Tehsil was trapped on the complaint of Hukam Chand and was booked under relevant sections of the law, the spokesperson […]
