‘Vigilance Awareness Week’: CS reviews preparations
Reiterates admin's commitment for rooting out corruption
JAMMU: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta Saturday took stock of the preparations for the upcoming ‘Vigilance Awareness Week’ to be celebrated nationally from October 31st in presence of Administrative Secretaries and Deputy Commissioners. Outstation based officers participated through video conferencing. On the occasion Dr Mehta maintained that the initiatives taken during the past couple […]
Unprovoked firing along IB: BSF lodges strong protest with Pakistani counterpart
Jammu: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday lodged a strong protest with the Pakistan Rangers over the recent unprovoked firing and mortar shelling on forward posts and villages along the International Border here, officials said. The cross-border shelling by Pakistan Rangers, the first major ceasefire violation since 2021, started around 8 pm Thursday in […]
Govt imposes minimum export price of USD 800 per tonne on onion till Dec 31
New Delhi: The government on Saturday imposed a minimum export price (MEP) of USD 800 per tonne on onion exports till December 31 this year with a view to increase availability of the vegetable in the domestic market and contain prices. “Exports on onion is free. MEP of USD 800 FOB (free on board) per […]
Charge sheet filed against man accused of defrauding many with loan-job scam
Jammu: Police’s Crime Branch on Saturday filed a charge sheet against a man for allegedly duping unemployed youths promising them government jobs and bank loans, an official said. A 166-page charge sheet was filed against Vicky Dogra, a resident of Bishnah, in a case registered against him early this year, a spokesman of the Crime […]
Terrorism is a ‘malignancy’, knows no borders: India tells UNGA
United Nations: Terrorism is a “malignancy” and knows no borders, nationality or race and the world should not buy into any justification of terror acts, India has told the UN General Assembly as it abstained on a resolution on the Israel-Hamas conflict. India on Friday abstained in the UN General Assembly on a Jordanian-drafted resolution […]
Two arrested for damaging glass windows of religious place in Kathua
Jammu: Two people were arrested for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments by damaging glass windows of a mosque in Kathua district, police said on Saturday. The arrest followed a written complaint lodged by the mosque’s imam Abdul Latief at Lakhanpur police station, a police spokesman said. He said Latief lodged the complaint on Friday that […]
J&K ABDM begins online booking for OPD tickets
SRINAGAR: The J&K Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), has started the process of issuance of online OPD tickets, an official spokesman said Saturday. He said that the move aims to give a fillip to digital delivery of healthcare system. The OPD ticketing system shall enable the patient to book his OPD ticket online from their […]
Constant endeavour from across LoC to disturb peace in JK: Senior army officer
Says 27 terrorists killed in 10 infiltration attempts
Srinagar: There is a constant endeavour from across the Line of Control (LoC) to disturb peace and vitiate the security environment in Jammu and Kashmir as normalcy has not gone down well with the inimical elements, a senior army officer said on Friday. Addressing a press conference on Operation Shikanja launched along the LoC in […]
Cross-border shelling: Students take class in bunker in Jammu’s Arnia sector
Shogpur (Jammu): Even as most schools in the shell-struck Arnia sector in Jammu district kept shut, a government middle school in the border belt of Shogpur remained open on Friday with students taking regular classes hiding in a bunker. Pakistan rangers resorted to heavy firing and mortar shelling Thursday night in Arnia and R S […]
Army celebrates ‘Shaurya Diwas’ to mark landing of forces in Kashmir in 1947
Srinagar: The army on Friday celebrated the ‘Shaurya Diwas’ here to mark the 76th year of the landing of forces in Kashmir which ensured the first civil-military victory of Independent India. The Indian Army troops landed at the Budgam Airport to evict Pakistani forces from Jammu and Kashmir, a day after the Instrument of Accession […]
