Amarnath yatra successfully completed, record 5.12 lakh pilgrims visited: Amit Shah
New Delhi: The pilgrimage to holy shrine of Amarnath was successfully completed and a record number of more than 5.12 lakh pilgrims visited it, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday. The pilgrimage to the Amarnath shrine, located at a height of 3,880 metres in the south Kashmir Himalayas, started on June 29 and […]
Madhav thanks BJP leadership after appointment as JK poll in-charge
New Delhi: Describing the RSS as his mother, Ram Madhav on Wednesday expressed gratefulness to the Hindutva organisation for making an “exception” by allowing him to return to the BJP and also to the party’s top brass after his appointment as one of its two in-charges for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls. Madhav, a […]
Govt approves Rs 150 Cr for glacial lake outburst flood risk mitigation programme
Four states including JK to get benefit New Delhi: The Centre has approved a Rs 150-crore glacial lake outburst flood risk mitigation programme to be implemented by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. There are nearly 7,500 glacial lakes in the Indian Himalayas and the NDMA has […]
No doctor to give him CPR, elderly dies at Jammu hospital
Admin orders inquiry Banihal/Jammu: A 71-year-old man died on Wednesday allegedly because there was no one to give him CPR at a hospital in Ramban district, an official said. Ghulam Nabi Bhat, who was suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, was rushed to Sub-District Hospital in Banihal by his son Altaf Ahmad, but he was […]
Village along LAC in Ladakh gets 4G network
Leh/Jammu: A remote village along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh on Wednesday got access to 4G mobile network services, a development made possible through the collaborative efforts of the local administration and the Indian Army, an official spokesman said on Wednesday. The Airtel 4G network was inaugurated at Phobrang village by Chushul […]
Apple growers see high returns in High-density apple farming
Srinagar: High-density apple farming is proving to be a game-changer for the apple industry in Jammu & Kashmir, with growers saying that it fetches good returns for them. Farmers across the valley shared their success stories while expressing satisfaction with the income generated from high-density apple farming. Introduced in the region after 2015, high-density apple […]
Assembly Elections-2024: Special Summary Revision of Photo Electoral Rolls concludes in JK
Electorate reaches 88.03 lakh: 44.89 lakh male; 43.13 lakh female, 168 third-gender voters SRINAGAR: With the stage all set for the Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir, the region has witnessed a significant increase of over 93 thousand new voters, courtesy the corresponding rise in the number of young and women voters, […]
Notification issued for first phase of polls in JK
Srinagar: The Election Commission on Tuesday issued notification for the first phase of the three-phased assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir in which 24 segments will go to polls on September 18. With the issuance of the notification, the nomination process for the candidates has started. The last date for making nominations for the first […]
Rahul, Kharge to visit JK amid talks of Cong’s pre-poll alliance with NC
Jammu: In what could be a significant move ahead of the upcoming elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and All India Congress Committee (AICC) President Mallikarjun Kharge are scheduled for a two-day visit to the region, beginning Wednesday. The visit comes amid discussions of a potential pre-poll alliance between the Congress and […]
Assembly polls: Around 300 paramilitary companies deployed in Kashmir
Srinagar: The Centre has so far deployed nearly 300 companies of paramilitary forces for election duties in the Kashmir valley, officials said on Tuesday. The companies have been deputed in Srinagar, Handwara, Ganderbal, Budgam, Kupwara, Baramulla, Bandipora, Anantnag, Shopian, Pulwama, Awantipora, and Kulgam, they said. As many as 298 companies of paramilitary forces, including Central […]
