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Covid-19 testing drive ‘positive initiative’; allow full-time resumption of trade: KTA
Welcoming the move by the administration to conduct the Covid-19 test for shopkeepers and traders, Kashmir Trade Alliance (KTA) on Saturday said that the initiative will create a sense of security among shopkeepers and consumers. According to a statement issued, KTA President Ajaz Shahdhar said that for past four days,…
Read More »J&K facing severe developmental deficit: Apni Party
Apni Party vice president Zaffar Iqbal Manhas on Wednesday regretted the developmental deficit in urban as well as rural areas of Jammu and Kashmir. He stressed on an immediate need for the initiation of a democratic process that can remove the major obstacles in rural-urban socio-economic empowerment. Addressing a meeting…
Read More »Gupkar Declaration a trickery attempt by Dr Farooq: LJP
Lok Jan Shakti (LJP) Youth President Sanjay Saraf on Wednesday alleged NC President Dr. Farooq Abdullah of befooling masses by emotional slogans. He said the party didn’t want restore Article 370 but to restore its party under its guise, so that it could again deceive people during elections. According to…
Read More »Div Com Jammu reviews disbursement of rent for land under Army use
Takes stock land acquisition for USBRL project Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Sanjeev Verma today convened a meeting of Deputy Commissioners and Defence Estate officers to review the disbursement of rental compensation to the owners of the land…
Read More »Navin chairs meeting of Accelerated Recruitment Committee on Govt vacancies
Principal Secretary, Animal & Sheep Husbandry, Agriculture Production, Horticulture, and Cooperative Departments, Navin Kumar Choudhary today chaired a meeting of Accelerated Recruitment Committee constituted by the Jammu and Kashmir government to accelerate the recruitment process. Commissioner Secretary Labour and Employment Department, Saurab Bhagat was also present in the meeting while…
Read More »Defence Ministry approves purchase of 33 new fighter jets including 21 MiG-29s from Russia
The Defence Ministry on Thursday approved a proposal to acquire 33 new fighter aircraft including 12 Su-30MKIs and 21 MiG-29s along with up-gradation of 59 MiG-29s at a cost of Rs 18,148 crore.“Addressing the long-felt need of the Indian Air Force to increase its fighter squadrons, the DAC also approved…
Read More »15 grenades recovered from tailoring shop after blast which killed man in Keran
The owner of the tailoring shop in which one person died earlier on Sunday has been arrested as 15 hand grenades have been recovered from his shop in Ferkiyan area of Keran near Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Official sources told local news agency that a…
Read More »Highway shut after massive landslide at Kharpora Banihal
Banihal: Srinagar-Jammu has been closed for traffic as massive landslide sweeped on road at Kharpora Banihal in Ramban district on Monday. Officials said that men and machinery have been deputed to the spot for road clearance. They said that the vehicular movement over the strategic highway has been halted which…
Read More »Five injured after car rolls down into gorge on Kashmir highway in Banihal
Five persons were injured after a car met with an accident on Srinagar-Jammu highway in Banihal area of Ramban district of Jammu on Saturday, police said. An official said a car on way to Khari from Ramban skidded off the road and rolled down into a gorge near Bishlari nallah.…
Read More »Kashmiri students undergoing vocational training attacked and ransacked in Chattisgarh
Kashmiri students undergoing a training programme in Raipur area of Chhattisgarh on Thursday alleged they were attacked by fellow students from Maharashtra and the locals, resulting in injuries to at least four of them. According to the reports, 34 students from Kashmir who are undergoing training under Himayat project Disha…
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