Army Commanders meet amid tensions with China
Indian Army Commanders’ Conference kicked off in New Delhi on Wednesday wherein discussion over China frontier in Sikkim, Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh would be done at great length. The conference was planned much before the tension with China in eastern Ladakh region. Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane is presiding over the conference. The top […]
Coronavirus: In A First, Horse Sent To 14-day Quarantine In J&K
A horse in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district has been sent to 14-day quarantine and its caretakers have been advised to take precautions while taking care of the animal. They have been told not to go near it or ride it for the next 14 days. Officials have taken this “extreme measure” after the health […]
Government assigns portfolios of advisor Bhatanagr to Sharma
Srinagar, May 27 (KNO): The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Wednesday assigned charge of departments held by advisor Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar to advisor KK Sharma till the former remains under quarantine. “The duties and functions of departments assigned to Advisor (B) shall be discharged by Advisor (S) till Advisor (B) resumes the office after expiration […]
3 air travellers test positive for coronavirus in Jammu
Three travellers who had arrived in Jammu via air tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday. Ten railway passengers, who had arrived in the district on Tuesday, have also tested positive for the disease. “All are in administrative quarantine. The administration’s proactive move of 100 per cent sampling and testing, seems to be working fine in […]
India-China border: No change in Ladakh, military brass brief PM and Rajnath
Amid tensions with China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting Tuesday with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and chiefs of the three services. Earlier, General Rawat and the three chiefs met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and briefed him on the ground situation in Ladakh, deployment of armed forces and […]
YouTube has been deleting comments critical of China’s Communist Party
San Francisco: YouTube has been deleting comments critical of China’s ruling party due to a software flaw, the company said on Tuesday in response to criticism of the practice. Users of the online video giant, a division of Alphabet Inc.’s Google, flagged that certain comments posted below videos critical of the Chinese Communist Party were quickly […]
No question of formation of any advisory council or similar arrangement in J&K: BJP
Srinagar: Putting all speculations to rest, the Bharatiya Janta Party on Monday said there is no question of formation of any advisory council or similar arrangement in Jammu & Kashmir. “There is no question of formation of any advisory council. It is all baseless propaganda and fake news,” BJP’s general secretary for J&K, Ashok […]
JTFRP starts work on Sidhra-Surinsar road project
Project to give boost to Tourism sector in the region JAMMU, MAY 26: With the start of work on the upgradation of 18.30 km long Sidhra-Suransar road project, Jhelum Tawi Flood Recovery Project(JTFRP) funded by the World Bank has started work on various infrastructure projects across the Jammu Division. The work on the project was […]
Advocate General chairs meeting regarding expeditious disposal of pending litigations
JAMMU, MAY 26: Advocate General, D C Raina today chaired a meeting regarding expeditious disposal of pending litigations of the UT of J&K, here at the Civil Secretariat. Besides, Secretary to Government Department of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Achal Sethi, the meeting was attended by the Special Secretaries, Additional Secretaries, Deputy Legal Remembrancer /Senior […]
National Conference’s Aga Mehdi Drops Party Designation From Twitter Hinting At Rift
Srinagar: Cracks have started to appear within the National Conference (NC) as its chief spokesperson Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi distanced himself from the party’s stand of maintaining silence over the situation in Jammu and Kashmir after August 5 and removed his party designation from his Twitter handle on Tuesday. Mr Mehdi, a former cabinet minister […]
