Panchayat polls: Cong, NC, to stay away from elections, PDP undecided, BJP to field candidates in…
Srinagar: With the election body’s announcement on holding Panchayat elections in the vacant seats of Jammu and Kashmir, two main political parties, National Conference and Congress is unlikely to contest polls citing detention of their…
Bureaucrat-turned-politician Shah Faesal booked Under PSA
Srinagar: Days after the Public Safety Act (#PSA) was slapped against former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers - OmarAbdullah and MehboobaMufti, bureaucrat-turned-politician Shah Faesal has been booked under the stringent law, sources said…
Workshop on fostering steel usage in Railways, Defence
New Delhi : Ministry of Steel in association with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is organising a workshop on Monday focusing on fostering steel usage in Railways and Defence sectors.The aim of the workshop is to have an in-depth…
Lt Gen B S Raju to take over as GoC 15 Corps on March 1
To relieve Lt Gen KJS Dhillon
Srinagar: Lieutenant General B S Raju is all set to take over the charge of General officer Commander (GoC) of Srinagar based army’s 15 Corps headquarters thereby relieving incumbent GoC Lieutenant General KJS…
Drinking water shortage hits Budgam villagers
Srinagar: The inhabitants of Bonhama, Kawpora, Daji and its adjacent areas in central Kashmir’s Budgam district have decried shortage of potable water in the area for past over two months.
Locals of the area informed that due to…
Cook dies inside Kashmir Press Club
Srinagar: A cook working at a restaurant was found dead inside a washroom at Kashmir Press Club in Lal Chowk area of Srinagar on Friday.
As per the Police officials, the deceased cook was identified as Parvez Ahmad Ganai, a resident of…
Illegal parking of trucks in residential areas irk Khrew residents
Srinagar: A delegation of Khrew inhabitants on Friday expressed resentment against the district administration Pulwama for failing to act against truckers who are illegally parking their vehicles in residential areas.
They said…
Amarnath Yatra duration extended to 42 days this year
Pilgrimage to begin on June 23, LG Murmu chairs 37th board meet
Jammu: The annual Amarnath Yatra-2020 has been extended by two more days with officials stating that the 42-day-long pilgrimage would commence on 23rd June, 2020, an…
In memory of slain CRPF men Altaf Thakur demands war memorial at Lethpora suicide attack site
Srinagar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory spokesman Altaf Thakur on Friday paid rich tributes to 40 CRPF personnel who laid their lives in a suicide attack on February 14 last year at Lethpora, Pulwama.
In a…
Three OGWs arrested in Sgr
Srinagar: Three Over Ground Workers (OGWs) were arrested from a Srinagar area by the police on Friday, officials said.
They said that three OGWs were arrested after police raided a specific location in Magarmal Bagh area of Srinagar when…