General Elections-2024: Media Certification, Monitoring Committee to pre-certify all political advertisements
JAMMU: As per the Supreme Court Order dated 13-04-2004 and Election Commission of India’s guidelines, all political advertisements by any registered political party or any group of organizations/associations or any contesting candidate/individual shall be pre-certified by Media Certification and Monitoring Committee (MCMC) before telecast/broadcast on TV and cable network/cable channels. According to a notification issued […]
General Elections-2024: CEO issues guidelines for Printers, Publishers of J&K
JAMMU: In view of the ensuing elections to Lok Sabha, the Jammu and Kashmir Election Office has issued guidelines with regard to printing and publication of election pamphlets, posters and related material across the Union Territory. The Chief Electoral Officer Monday issued a public notice to all the registered printers and publishers of the Union […]
India surpasses WHO guidelines with 1:900 doc-to-population ratio: Parl Committee
New Delhi: India is undertaking a journey that looks at illness to wellness from a completely new prism, said Bhubaneswar Kalita, Chairperson, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare, underlining “investing in health and hygiene is not just a moral imperative, it is an economic necessity”. As we delve into the significance of health […]
Security beefed up in Baramulla ahead of LS polls
Baramulla: Extra security measures have been put in place in north Kashmir’s Baramulla constituency for incident-free elections during the Lok Sabha polls, officials said on Monday. Addressing a joint press conference with Baramulla Deputy Commissioner Minga Sherpa here, Baramulla SSP Amod Ashok Nagpure said stringent security measures are in place here as the Baramulla parliamentary […]
SIA files charge-sheet in J-K narco-terror financing module case
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Monday filed a charge-sheet against two people, including a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist, accused of operating a narco-terror financing module in the Union Territory, officials said. The charge-sheet was filed in the special-designated UA(P)A court under the NIA Act against Zaheed Ahmad Khoja and Zameer Ahmad […]
Govt sets up tribunals to adjudicate whether there are sufficient grounds to ban Mslim Conference
New Delhi: The Centre on Monday constituted two tribunals under Justice Neena Bansal Krishna of the Delhi High Court to adjudicate whether there are sufficient grounds for declaring the Muslim Conference Jammu and Kashmir (Bhat faction) and the Muslim Conference Jammu and Kashmir (Sumji faction) as banned groups. Both the organisations were declared banned groups […]
Couple arrested with heroin, cash in Doda
Jammu: Police on Monday arrested a couple and recovered heroin and cash from them in Doda district, officials said. The couple, identified as Junaid Qayoom and his wife Shafia Tabussum, were arrested based on specific information that they were selling drugs in bus stands and luring the youth into drug addiction, they said. Police recovered […]
Suspected cattle smuggler arrested, booked under PSA
Jammu: A suspected cattle smuggler was arrested and lodged in the central jail here under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) on Monday, police said. Ghulam Murtaza, a resident of Asrar Abad Sidhra village on the outskirts of Jammu, was arrested after a warrant of arrest under the PSA was issued against him by the […]
Government to Fill Over 12,000 vacancies to tackle nemployment
Srinagar: To address the longstanding issue of unemployment, the Jammu and Kashmir government is going to initiate the recruitment process to fill more than 12,000 vacant positions across various government departments. As per an official document, the Jammu and Kashmir administration will fill 12,264 positions that are lying vacant in various government departments for many […]
Lt Guv meets Family members of missing seaman
JAMMU: The family members of the missing Seaman from Jammu Sahil Verma, called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhawan, an official spokesman said Monday. He said that the Lt Governor assured every possible support from the administration to the family to ensure the safe return of Sahil Verma. The Seaman hailing from Jammu’s […]
