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 […]
Slump in tourism trade: Banks mulling package for revival of businesses post Pahalgam terror attack
Srinagar: In a major step towards economic recovery, the Union Territory Level Bankers Committee (UTLBC) is mulling a package for revival of businesses affected by Pahalgam terror attack and Indo- Pak conflict during April and May this year. The ULBC- the apex level forum of bankers / financial institutions operating in J&K- passed resolutions during […]
Online betting apps: SC seeks states’ responses, says issue is of public importance
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said the growth of online betting and loan applications is an issue of paramount public importance and sought responses of all states on regulating them. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi said it will hear the PIL filed by K A Paul, a Hyderabad-based businessman, […]
Amarnath Yatra suspended till Aug 3 due to ‘urgent repair works’
Srinagar/Jammu: The annual Amarnath Yatra was Friday suspended till August 3 in the interest of safety of pilgrims as “urgent repair and maintenance works” are being undertaken on the twin routes of the pilgrimage following heavy rains, officials said. On Friday morning, while the pilgrimage remained suspended from the Pahalgam route and no fresh batch […]
We must vow to eliminate every terrorist and terrorist organization: Lt Guv
Interacts with officers of Higher Command Course-54 SRINAGAR, AUGUST 01: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday said that we must vow to eliminate every terrorist and terrorist organization that threatens our safety, security and prosperity. Interacting with the officers attending Higher Command Course – 54 at Army War College Mhow, he said that he congratulates […]