Curtain falls on Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO: It began with a virus and a yearlong pause. It ended with a typhoon blowing through and, still, a virus. In between: just about everything. The Tokyo Olympics, christened with 2020 but held in mid-2021 after being interrupted for a year by the coronavirus, glided to their conclusion in a Covid-emptied stadium on Sunday […]
Taliban seize two more Afghan provincial capitals in northern blitz
The Taliban captured two more provincial capitals on Sunday as they gained ground in their fight to take over Afghanistan’s cities after seizing much of the countryside in recent months. The insurgents have snatched up four provincial capitals since Friday in a rapid offensive that appears to have overwhelmed government forces. Kunduz and Sar-e-Pul in […]
PM Modi Transfers About Rs 19,500 Crore To Over 9.75 Crore Farmers Under PM-KISAN
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has virtually transferred about Rs 19,500 crore to over 9.75 crore beneficiaries’ farmers under the government’s PM-KISAN scheme. He also interacted with beneficiaries of this scheme from across the country. With this, the government has so far transferred nine installments amounting around Rs 1.57 lakh crore to farmer families under the […]
DDC Chairpersons
DDC chairpersons of Kashmir division recently held an interaction with LG Manoj Sinha who said that with their active participation at the ground the administration of Jammu and Kashmir is moving at a pace which is needed for its development. He appreciated the functioning of the DDC Chairpersons and said that their rich experience and […]
NIA raids underway at residences of JeI members in J&K
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday morning conducted raids at several locations in Jammu and Kashmir including Srinager, Ganderbal, Achabal, Shopain, Bandipora, Ramban, Doda, Kishtwar, Rajouri and other areas, in connection with a new case registered by them. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that the NIA sleuths along with J&K […]
Militants attack Police Party in Kulgam, Cop killed
Srinagar, August 07:A cop was killed after suspected militants fired upon a police party in Pumbay area of DH Pora in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday. A senior police officer told GNS that militants fired upon on Police Party when it was regulating traffic in Pumbay. The slain cop has been identified as constable […]
Ladakh reports 9 COVID-19 cases, six recoveries
Leh: Ladakh has recorded nine fresh COVID-19 cases, taking its overall tally to 20,378, while the count of active cases in the union territory is at 65, officials said on Saturday. Ladakh has registered 207 Covid-related deaths — 149 in Leh and 58 in Kargil — since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. As many […]
PC gets boost, 2 former MPs, DDC chairperson, ex-MLC join party
Srinagar, Aug 07 : In a major boost to Peoples Conference (PC), two former MPs, Fayaz Ahmad Mir and Nazir Ahmad Laway, Chairperson District Development Council Baramulla, Safina Baig, former MLC Murtaza Khan and former deputy mayor Sheikh Imran joined the party on Saturday here. Addressing a news conference here, PC chairman Sajad Gani Lone, […]
Power to representatives
The government of Jammu and Kashmir has said that they are committed to making Panchayati Raj Institutions more empowered, vibrant in true sense so that there is a proper direction to the development on the ground. In a recent meeting with the representatives of public, LG Manoj Sinha termed active participation of PRIs in implementation […]
Budgam Encounter: 2nd Militant Escaped, Arrested In Khrew Following Leads, Says IGP
Srinagar, Aug 7: A militant, who “escaped” amid gunfight at Mochwa in Budgam district has been arrested from Khrew area in outskirts of Srinagar, police said. IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar said the “second militant who escaped from encounter site, after following a lead, has been arrested in Khrew.” “A pistol and a grenade has been […]
