Mega job fair inaugurated
Udhampur: District Employment and Counselling Centre, Friday organized a one-day mega job fair at Town Hall here. MLA, Pawan Kumar Gupta, inaugurated the mela. The MLA asked the officers of various departments to organize awareness programmes for unemployed youth on regular intervals so that they can avail benefit of self-employment schemes and welfare programmes of […]
Tassaduq inspects Tourist infrastructure in Rajouri
Jammu: Minister for Tourism Tassaduq Hussain Mufti Friday visited various tourist spots in Rajouri district and reviewed the facilities being provided to the tourists by the department. The Minister was accompanied by MLAs Choudhary Qamar Hussain and Ravindar Raina, Deputy Commissioner Shahid Iqbal Chowdhary, Director Tourism Jammu and other senior officers of the Department of […]
Meeting of Horticulture Deptt officials, Fruit Association reps held
Ganderbal: District Development Commissioner Ganderbal, Dr Piyush Singla Friday convened a joint meeting of Horticulture Department and representatives of Fruit Association Ganderbal to discuss the issues relating to fruit growers and traders of the district. The meeting discussed the establishment of Canning and Processing centre for utilizing the off-grade products, the establishment of Dry Fruit […]
Editorial: Alternate highways
Srinagar: It was after four days of closure that the Jammu-Srinagar national Highway was opened partially for traffic and vehicles stranded on the highway were allowed to proceed towards Srinagar. The traffic authorities allowed only passenger vehicles to pass and have asked the vehicles carrying supplies to Srinagar and other parts to stay put till […]
Traffic to ply from Srinagar to Jammu tomorrow
Srinagar: Only one-way traffic will be allowed on the strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway tomorrow on Saturday, officials said on Friday. A senior traffic official said that movement of vehicles shall be allowed from Srinagar towards Jammu only and the commuters are advised to avoid travelling on the NHW during night hours for their own safety as […]
Kathua rape-n-murder: SIT arrests one more person
Jammu: Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Crime Branch of police have arrested one more person in connection with the ‘rape’-and murder of Kathua nomad girl Asifa Bano. Official sources said that the SIT has arrested one more person namely Surinder Kumar in case (FIR No: 10/2018 U/S 363, 320, 376, 302 RPC). Sources said that […]
Bihar minister courts controversy over remark on slain CRPF trooper
Patna: A Bihar minister Vinod Singh has courted controversy over his “insensitive” remarks about CRPF trooper, who had died fighting militants in Jammu and Kashmir early this week. The opposition RJD and Congress demanded removal of the minister. Mines and Geology department minister Vinod Singh when asked about delay in reaching the martyr soldier’s family had […]
‘JeM militants who attacked Sunjuwan camp came from Pak 7 months ago’
New Delhi: The three heavily-armed Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants who carried out the audacious attack on Sunjuwan military camp in Jammu had infiltrated into Kashmir from Pakistan in June last year, Army sources today said. According to preliminary investigation of the Army, the three militants were hiding in various parts of Jammu and Kashmir for the […]
Shopian civilian killings: Govt extends inquiry time by week
Srinagar: The government on Friday extended the inquiry time to the magistrate probing the killing of three civilian teenagers in army firing in Shopian district of south Kashmir last month, by one week. The government had appointed deputy commissioner Shopian as inquiry officer and asked him to complete the probe in the 20-day time period from January 27 […]
SASE issues medium danger avalanche warning
JAMMU: The Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE) has issued medium danger avalanche warning for Baramulla, Gulmarg, Furkian-Z Gali and Kupwara-Chowkibal-Tangdhar. Low danger warning has been issued for Poonch, Rajouri, Reasi, Ramban, Doda, Kishtwar Udhampur, Anantnag, Kulgam, Budgam, Kupwara, Bandipora, Ganderbal Kargil and Leh Districts, Bandipora-Kanzalwan-Gurez sector and Srinagar-Jammu National Highway. People living in these […]
