Two terrorists killed in Kulgam encounter
Srinagar: Two terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday, officials said. The overnight encounter began after security forces launched a cordon and search operation in a forest area at Akhal in the south Kashmir district, following specific intelligence inputs about the presence of terrorists there. After […]
BRO plans tunnels, passes to ensure all-weather connectivity in eastern Ladakh
Leh: In a move to bolster strategic infrastructure, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is in the advanced planning stages of constructing numerous tunnels and high-altitude passes to ensure all-weather road connectivity in eastern Ladakh, a senior officer said on Saturday. The BRO is also aggressively adopting new technologies to accelerate project execution in this high-altitude […]
Statehood restoration: Cong delegation meets traders body in Jammu
Jammu: A Congress delegation on Saturday visited the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) headquarters here as part of its outreach programme to seek support for its ongoing campaign for restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. The delegation led by party’s working president and former minister Raman Bhalla reiterated the Congress Party’s resolve to […]
Rahul, Congress trying to defame constitutional institutions: Union minister Meghwal
New Delhi: Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal has said that Rahul Gandhi should present his grievances about the polling process before the Election Commission, as he accused the Congress MP and his party of overlooking facts and defaming the constitutional institutions of the country. In an interview with PTI Videos, Meghwal said while the […]
SC judge highlights need to create sensitisation , awareness
Rights of persons with disabilities New Delhi: Supreme Court judge Justice Manmohan on Saturday highlighted the need to create sensitisation and awareness about the rights of persons with disabilities. Justice Manmohan said the courts have and will deliver verdicts on issues concerning the rights of persons with disabilities, but the other organs of the State […]
4.14 lakh pilgrims visited Amarnath shrine this year
Yatra suspended a week earlier Srinagar: More than 6,000 pilgrims paid obeisance to Lord Shiva at the holy cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas on the final day of this year’s annual Amarnath Yatra, taking the total number of yatris to 4.14 lakh, officials said. The last year saw more than 5.10 lakh pilgrims pay […]
Seven commercial structures sealed during anti-encroachment drive in Jammu
Jammu: Seven commercial structures were sealed while several illegally built plinths were demolished during an anti-encroachment drive by the Jammu Development Authority (JDA) here on Saturday, an official said. The anti-encroachment drive was conducted at Majeen in Jammu Khas tehsil by the enforcement wing of the JDA in close coordination with the district administration, the […]
Rajnath dares Rahul to detonate ‘atom bomb of evidence’ against EC
Cong leader claims it will send a ‘shockwave’ Patna/New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday dared Rahul Gandhi to detonate at once the “atom bomb of evidence of vote theft” which he claimed to have against the Election Commission even as the Congress leader said release of data collected by the party in Karnataka […]
Pakistani woman deported after Pahalgam attack to get visitor’s visa: MHA to JKHC

Jammu: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has informed the Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh High Court that it has decided to grant a visitor’s visa to Rakshanda Rashid, a Pakistani woman who was deported from Jammu after the Pahalgam terror attack, prompting the court to dismiss her petition seeking nod to return to her family […]
Consistently asked Pakistan to vacate areas under its ‘illegal occupation’: Govt

Taking back PoK New Delhi: Pakistan has been in “illegal occupation” of parts of Indian Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, and New Delhi has consistently called upon Islamabad to immediately vacate all areas under its illegal and forcible occupation, the government informed Parliament on Friday. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) was […]