Security forces on Thursday arrested a terrorist associate of the terror outfit of Lashkar-e -Toiba at Dolipora Kreeri area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district in the union territory. “On Thursday, joint forces of Baramulla Police, Army 29 RR and 2nd BN SSB received specific information through reliable sources regarding the […]
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Jammu and Kashmir Government on Wednesday attached Incharge Medical Superintendent District Hospital Kulgam and in-charge medical officer (BMO) Pampore besides suspended two medical officers for alleged dereliction of duties. As per separate orders, Dr Muzaffar Ahmed Zargar, Incharge Medical Superintendent District Hospital Kulgam, has been attached with Director Health Services […]
A lookout notice has been issued against former Jammu and Kashmir minister Babu Singh who has gone underground after his name figured as a suspect in a hawala transaction case here, officials said Wednesday. Singh’s link to the case surfaced after the police Thursday arrested Mohmmad Shareef Shah (64) and […]
The Amarnath Yatra, the pilgrimage to the Himalayan shrine of Amarnath, will begin on June 30 after a gap of two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 43-day pilgrimage to the cave shrine, located at a height of 3,880 metres in south Kashmir, will end on August 11. The […]
The construction of India’s first underwater tunnel in Kolkata under the Hooghly river for establishing metro connectivity between Howrah and Kolkata is underway and will be made fully functional by 2023. Of the 16.6-km-long east-west stretch, 520 metres will be under the river bed. The tunnel corridor is built 33 […]
Nearly two lakh candidates were recruited for the central government jobs in the last five years, Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said on Wednesday. During the last five years, the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) and Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) have advertised 1,85,734 and 27,764 posts and recruited 1,74,744 and 24,836 candidates respectively, he […]
Rising levels of pollution in the holy river of Balganga, located near the sacred shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi in Katra, have become a cause of concern. For many, a holy pilgrimage to Vaishno Devi means a dip in the Ban Ganga river, which meanders around the holy shrine, but […]
A government teacher posted in a school of Rajouri has been placed under suspension and attached in an administrative office after allegations of corporal punishment to a girl student of the school surfaced. According to report, the allegations of corporal punishment to the girl student were levelled by her parent. […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Jammu and Kashmir on April 24 on his prime visit to the union territory after the abrogation of Article 370, BJP general secretary (Organisation) Ashok Kaul said in a statement on Tuesday. This was mentioned by Kaul while speaking at a Kashmiri Pandit ceremony. […]
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has blocked 22 YouTube channels along with three Twitter accounts, one Facebook account and one news website for spreading fake news and coordinated disinformation over social media in matters related to national security. A PIB release by the ministry says that together the 22 […]