COVID-19: Govt evacuates 1,58,871 stranded JK residents; 1,08,800 via Lakhanpur, 50,071 through special trains
Jammu, June 23 (KNS): The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 1,58,871 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 […]
OIC contact group holds virtual meeting on Kashmir
Srinagar, June 22 (KNS): The Contact Group of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Jammu and Kashmir held a virtual meeting today against the backdrop of the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, a statement said. The Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan, Niger, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey attended the meeting, OIC Secretary General Dr. Yousef […]
The decision to station Move offices in Jammu is divisive: CPI (M)
Srinagar, June 23: Stating that J&K administration’s decision to allow key Durbar Move departments to function from Jammu may further deepen the misunderstandings between Kashmir and Jammu regions, CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami Tuesday said the traditional bi-annual exercise was symbol of unity and amity between different ethnic groups living across the region. In […]
DOES IT MATTER?
Financial situation is so bad in Jammu and Kashmir especially in Kashmir valley that it is very difficult to see whether it matters or not that life is normal or under lockdown. It was recently summed up by a Kashmiri trader when he was asked about the prospectus of business picking up after the district […]
Missing Scholar has joined Hizbul Mujhadeen: IGP
(Agencies) Srinagar: Police Tuesday claimed that missing Phd Scholar Basit Hilal has joined militant outfit Hizbul Mujhadeen. Basit Hilal who had gone along with his friends in Naranag area of Central Kashmir along with his friends last week had gone missing. His family are seeking his whereabouts and had even staged a protest yesterday at […]
Gunfight breaks out in north Kashmir
Srinagar: Exchange of firing took place between militants and the government forces in forests of Lolab area of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Tuesday. A joint team of the police, the Army’s 28 Rashtriya Rifle (RR) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) launched a cordon-and-search-operation in Lolab forests. Senior Superintendent of Police, Kupwara Shri Ram Ambarkar […]
Pulwama encounter: Two militants, CRPF man killed, search on: IGP Kashmir
Pulwama, June 23: Two militants and a CRPF personal were killed in an encounter that broke out between militants and government forces in Bandzoo area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday morning An official told News agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that two militants were killed while as a CRPF man who also injured in […]
Lt Governor launches e-Application-cum-issuance of Domicile Certificate
Jammu, June 22 (KNS): Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu today launched e-Application-cum-issuance of Domicile Certificate, developed by Jammu and Kashmir e-Governance Agency (JaKeGA), here at the Raj Bhavan. With the launch of this service, the count of the Government to Citizen (G2C) online services reached 27. It is an addition to the UT Government’s e-governance […]
Stationing departments permanently in Jammu affront against people of Kashmir: M Akbar Lone
Srinagar, 22 June: JKNC North Zone president and Member Parliament (Baramulla) Mohammad Akbar Lone on Monday expressed discontent over the government’s move to station various pivotal departments in Jammu secretariat saying the irrational decision speaks volumes about the revulsion present ruling dispensation nurtures for the rights of people of Kashmir. He said that previously the […]
Div Com reviews progress of work on Border bunkers
Asks DCs to expedite work, share completion plan JAMMU, JUNE 22: Divisional Commissioner, Sanjeev Verma today chaired a meeting of Deputy Commissioners of border districts to review the progress on construction of individual and community bunkers along the border in Jammu division. The meeting was attended by Deputy Director Planning, Chief Planning Officer, Jammu, besides […]
