SRINAGAR: Seven people were killed and three others were injured when a vehicle carrying workers met with an accident near the site of under construction Dangduru hydel power project in Kishtwar district on Wednesday. Quoting a police officer, GNS reported that the cruiser vehicle with ten people on board skidded off the road and fell into […]
Kargil, May 23: The groups spearheading agitation in Ladakh Union Territory for statehood and sixth schedule on Tuesday said that they are ready to hold unconditional talks with New Delhi but won’t give up their four-point agenda. Addressing a news conference in Kargil after holding a joint meeting, leaders of the Leh Apex Body (LAB) […]
Srinagar, May 23: Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy Tuesday said G-20 event in Jammu & Kashmir will help to increase the employment avenues and also take the Union Territory’s GDP from tourism to 15 per cent this year. Talking to the reporters on the sidelines of the function here at SKICC, Reddy, said that […]
Srinagar, May 23: Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Tuesday said that Kashmir is no more the land of hartals, school closures and separatist activities while security agencies have succeeded to a great extent to destroy the “terror ecosystem.” He said the primary focus of the J&K administration since the past three years has […]
Srinagar, May 23: The Administrative Council (AC) which met here under Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha gave approval to the absorption of 145 Employees of Hotel Corporation of India Limited (HCIL) working at Centaur Lake view Hotel, Srinagar, in different corporations under the Tourism Department. Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor; Dr.Arun Kumar Mehta, […]
Srinagar, May 23: A 10-year-old student lost his life after allegedly falling into an ‘unfenced’ pond in Sedow area in south Kashmir’s Shopian district this afternoon. Reports said that one Farhan Muzaffar Lone, son of Mohammad Muzaffar Lone, studying Government Middle School Sedow, fell into a pond during lunch break and by the time he […]
Srinagar, May 23: Weather department on Tuesday forecast widespread rains in plains and “moderate to heavy snowfall” over higher reaches in Jammu and Kashmir till May 26. The meteorological department here also issued “yellow weather warning ( be aware)” during May 23-26. “Rain/ Thunderstorm very likely to commence at most places from late afternoon onwards […]
Srinagar, May 22: Following the transfer of teaching staff, the School Education Department Monday decided to transfer the mature stayed non-teaching staff as well. The department is likely to adopt the Annual Transfer Drive (ATD) type policy for the transfer of matured stay non-teaching staff. Director of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) in a committee to […]
Srinagar, May 22: Delegates from various G20 member countries have arrived in Srinagar as the third Tourism Working Group Meeting takes off today amid an all time heightened security cover across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The delegates, were received by Union Tourism Minister G. Kishan Reddy, along with G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant […]
Srinagar, May 22: Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh on Monday said that there are no takers of strike calls from Pakistan in the Kashmir Valley now as the mindset of the people of Jammu and Kashmir has changed. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of G20 event in Srinagar, Singh, said that there was a […]
