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 […]
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 […]
Police arrest youth in connection with the killing of 2 BSF personnel
Srinagar, May 26, KNT: Police have arrested a youth in connection with the killing of two BSF personnel here in Kashmir capital Srinagar. Pertinently, on 20 May this month militants gunned down two Border Security Forces personnel Rana Mandal and Ziaulhaq from 37 Battalion at Pandach in Srinagar outskirts and snatched their weapons. Police […]
Eye on Govt money, women violate social distancing norms, throng outside bank to open Jan Dhan accounts in South Kashmir
Anantnag, May 26, KNT: Giving a damn to social distancing and lockdown, scores of women Tuesday morning thronged at the Elaquai Dehati Bank branch at Dooru area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district to open Jan Dhan bank account. Eyewitnesses told news agency KNT that over 100 women were seen outside the bank, and when the […]
30-year-old man hangs himself to death in Sopore
Sopore, May 26 (KNO): A 30-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself inside his home in Mahrajpora area of north Kashmir’s Sopore town in intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. Witnesses told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that a 30- year old-man Azad Ahmad of Mahrajpora, Sopore allegedly hanged himself inside his home […]
In Eid outreach, Amit Shah lets 120 Kashmiri prisoners in 3 states make a phone call home
Over 120 prisoners from Jammu and Kashmir lodged in nine north Indian jails were permitted to call up home on Eid at the instance of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, people familiar with the development told Hindustan Times. The home minister had recently issued instructions to compile a list of Kashmiris who are behind bars […]
