PTI coverage not in national interest, will review ties: Prasar Bharati
AN interview of the Chinese Ambassador to India by news agency Press Trust of India has earned it the ire of the nation’s “autonomous” public broadcaster, Prasar Bharati, which called its “recent news coverage” detrimental to “national interest and undermining India’s territorial integrity.” A letter was sent Saturday, with the subject “news reporting by PTI […]
Dwivedi reviews working of Industries & Commerce Department in Jammu Division
Calls for effective implementation of ANBA initiatives JAMMU, JUNE 27: Commissioner Secretary, Industries & Commerce Department, Manoj Dwivedi today reviewed the working of Industries & Commerce Department in Jammu division here at meeting, held in Udyog Bhawan. Speaking at the meeting, Dwivedi exhorted upon General Managers of District Industries Centres (DIC)s to effectively pursue the […]
How young poets from Kashmir are creating a parallel poets’ society with online mushairas
Srinagar: In 2019, 25-year-old Zeeshan Jaipuri, along with three of his friends, was in the middle of launching an innovative website called ‘The Kashmir Tales’, dedicated to preserving Kashmiri and Urdu literature. However, the revocation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir on 5 August, and the subsequent communication blackout imposed on the region, derailed their plans. When […]
Bulletin on Novel CoronaVirus (COVID-19)
JK reports 204 new positive cases, 4225 recovered so far JAMMU, JUNE 27: The Government on Saturday informed that 204 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 13 from Jammu division and 191 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 6966. […]
JK youth exasperated at shrinking employment avenues: Dr Farooq Abdullah
Srinagar, 27 June:(KNS) Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Party President and Member of Parliament from Srinagar Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Saturday expressed concern over the plethora of challenges the youth are facing on account of declining employment opportunities in J&K. While lamenting over the burgeoning unemployment rate and shrinking avenues for educated youth both in […]
India waits for China’s PLA to disengage at Ladakh, says won’t allow a ‘new normal’
Border tensions in East Ladakh have come down a notch with India waiting for the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to fulfil its June 6 commitment of de-escalating and disengaging its troops along the 1,597 km Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the western sector. While the two armies are locked in a forward military posture […]
Chinese building helipad in Pangong Tso, massing troops on southern bank of lake
As tensions run high between India and China on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh, and no talks scheduled so far between military commanders, the Chinese army has started consolidating its positions in the Pangong Tso area. This includes undertaking construction of a helipad at Finger 4 and a sudden increase of Chinese troops on the southern banks […]
COVID-19: Govt evacuates 1,68,334 stranded JK residents; 1,14,746 via Lakhanpur, 53,588 through special trains
JAMMU, JUNE 27 The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 1,68,334 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this regard, […]
KCC&I Expresses Resentment Over Giving Digging Tenders To Non-Locals And Rendering Regional Jobless
Srinagar, June 27 (KNS): A spokesperson of the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry described the policy adopted by the Geology and Mining Department with regard to allotment of mining and extraction contracts as alarming and against public interest. The lack of protective mechanisms in the policy has reportedly deprived thousands of families of their livelihood […]
Div Com Kashmir Conducts Extensive Tour of B’la, Took Review on the Progress of various Developmental Works
Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Pandurang K Pole today conducts an extensive tour of district Baramulla where he took the first hand appraisal of various developmental activities undertaken by different agencies across the district. The visit started with the inspection of COVID-19 hospital established in Sub-district Hospital Sopore where the Divisional Commissioner took stock of various measures […]
