Traffic restored on Jammu-Srinagar NH after suspension for repair work
Jammu: The vehicular traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway was restored on Wednesday after being suspended for a day to undertake repair work at several places in Ramban district, officials said. Repairs were necessitated after snowfall and heavy rains last Thursday made the arterial road severely damaged at several places between Nashri and Banihal, the […]
Chairman IFFCO, Head National Cooperative Union of India call on Lt Guv
JAMMU: Dileep Sanghani, Chairman, IFFCO, GUJCOMASOL and National Cooperative Union of India Head along with key stakeholders from Cooperative Sector met the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhawan on Wednesday, an official spokesman said here. The meeting discussed several interventions to enhance the efficiency of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies and membership of national federations. […]
Lok Sabha nod to bill for OBC quota in local bodies in JK
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill to provide reservation to Other Backward Classes in local bodies in Jammu and Kashmir, with the government asserting that important changes have taken place in the Union territory since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. Replying to a brief debate on the Jammu and […]
Jammu-Srinagar national highway closed for repair works
Banihal/Jammu: Authorities on Tuesday suspended traffic along the strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway to undertake repair works at several places in Ramban district, officials said. Repairs were necessitated after snowfall and heavy rains last Thursday rendered the arterial road severely damaged at several places between Nashri and Banihal, the officials said. They said several earth movers […]
Retired army personnel-turned-LeT ‘terrorist’ held in Delhi
New Delhi: The Delhi Police has arrested an alleged member of Lashkar-e-Taiba module operating in north Kashmir’s Kupwara, officials said on Tuesday. The accused, who is a retired army personnel, has played an instrumental role in receiving arms and ammunition from across the Line of Control (LoC), they said. The accused, identified as Riyaz Ahmad […]
No respite from cold conditions in Kashmir valley
Srinagar: There was no respite from the intense cold wave conditions in Kashmir on Tuesday as the minimum temperatures stayed several degrees below freezing point at most places in the valley, a MeT department official said. Pahalgam tourist resort in south Kashmir which serves as the base camp for the annual Amarnath yatra, recorded a […]
Lt Guv inaugurates IT company’s complex in Kathua
Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday launched one of India’s leading IT service company — Atomic North complex — in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district with an aim to start a business process outsourcing (BPO). The Atomic North Private Limited complex, which has come up at Durang village of Billawar tehsil of the district, […]
Will examine 2004 verdict on states’ power to make sub-class in SCs, STs for quota: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will examine the validity of its 2004 judgement holding that states do not have the power to further sub-classify the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes for grant of quotas. A seven-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud made clear that it will not get […]
Twin sisters take internet by storm with vlog on recent snowfall in Kashmir
Srinagar: Six-year-old twin sisters Zaiba and Zainab have taken the internet by storm with their cute vlog on last week’s snowfall in Kashmir. “Finally, It has snowed (in Kashmir),” one of the twins said while referring to the prolonged dry spell the valley witnessed from December to the end of January this winter. “You must […]
Google removes 2,200 fraudulent loan apps from Play Store: MoS Finance
New Delhi: The government on Tuesday informed Parliament that Google has suspended or removed more than 2,200 fraudulent loan apps from its Play Store between September 2022 and August 2023. The government is constantly engaged with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and other regulators and stakeholders concerned to control fraudulent loan apps, Minister of […]
