Srinagar, Dec 01: The Jammu & Kashmir government on Tuesday set the ball rolling for implementation of Forest Rights Act-2006 in the Union Territory. To begin with, the administration has constituted a Union Territory level monitoring committee, district level committee(s) and sub-divisional level committee(s) for implementation of law in the UT. According to an order, […]
Srinagar, Dec 01 (KNO): State Election Commissioner K K Sharma has said that phase two of the District Development Councils (DDC) polls recorded 33.34 percent polling in Kashmir while 65.5 in Jammu. Addressing a press conference here, Sharma said that phase two elections for DDCs remained peaceful and the total voting percentage remained at 48.62 percent. […]
Srinagar, December 01:A 24 year old man was critically injured after unknown gunmen fired upon him in Buchpora area of Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district on Tuesday evening. A senior police officer said that militants fired upon a man identified as Nadif Khan son of Muhammad Hanief Khan resident of Bilal colony Soura in Buchpora, leaving […]
Poonch, Dec 1: An Assistant Sub Inspector of BSF was killed in snipper fire by Pakistan along LOC in Tarkundi area of Balakote Sector in Poonch district on Tuesday. SHO Mendhar Manzoor Ahmad Kohli confirmed that Assistan Sub Inspector was killed. He identified him as P. Jatha of 59 Bn BSF. (GNS)
Jammu, Nov 30: Govt forces noticed a suspicious movement of a ‘Pakistani jet’ along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Monday morning, officials said. A security official said that a chain of smoke was noticed in Poonch sector and which seemed to have a Pakistani jet. “The smoke chain […]
Srinagar, Nov 30: As the night temperature settled at minus 1.6 degree Celsius in Srinagar today, the weatherman on Monday predicted ‘very harsh winter’ this year in the Valley, stating that as per the forecast, they are expecting below normal temperature this winter. The weatherman has also predicted fresh wet spell here in the Valley […]
Anantnag, Nov 30: Union Minister in Prime Ministers Office, Dr Jitendra Singh today said high voter turnout in Kashmir valley reflects people’s faith in grass root democracy and end of dynastic rule. Addressing election rallies in Anantnag district , Dr Jitendra Singh said that this has become possible only as Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has […]
Srinagar, Nov 30: Former chief minister J&K Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said the thrashing of innocent civilians with batons and then force them to chant ‘Jai Shree Ram’ seems GoI’s ‘vision’ for integrating J&K into India now. Taking to micro-blogging site twitter, Mehbooba said “Army personnel drags civilians out of their homes in the middle […]
Srinagar, Nov 30: State Election Commissioner (SEC) K K Sharma Monday said every polling booth in Kashmir is sensitive and that adequate security measures are in place for the second phase of District Development Council (DDC) in which 43 constituencies will go for polls tomorrow. Sharma reiterated that no candidate is barred from going for […]
Srinagar, Nov 29: The Jammu and Kashmir government has prematurely retired its first employee under new rules. According to an order, the Board of School Education prematurely retired it’s one of the employee who has already completed i27 years of service on October-14-2020. The order issued by BOSE chairman Veena Pandita reads, “In exercise of the […]
