J&K administration announced a 45-day summer vacation from June 8 in government and recognised private schools | representative image | Photo Credit: NISSAR AHMAD The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday announced a 45-day summer vacation from June 8 in government and recognised private schools up to higher secondary level falling in the summer zone … Read more
Image for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: S. Subramanium As many as 217 drug peddlers have been arrested and narcotics worth over ₹7 crore recovered so far this year in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on June 1. As part of its crackdown on drug peddling, the Baramulla police has registered … Read more
Security personnel conduct a cordon and search operation, in Poonch district on Monday, May 29, 2023, following the movement of suspected people in the areas. | Photo Credit: PTI Security forces on May 29 carried out a search operation in a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district following a tip-off about the movement of … Read more
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) President Farooq Abdullah said during a press conference in Jammu on May 1 that attempts are on to unite non-BJP parties ahead of next year’s parliamentary elections. | Photo Credit: ANI National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah on May 1 said he does not have a magic lamp that can … Read more
File photo of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) chief Uddhav Thackeray. The party on April 22 slammed the BJP government | Photo Credit: PTI Slamming the BJP-ruled Centre over the recent terror attack on an Army vehicle in Jammu and Kashmir, the Shiv Sena (UBT) on April 22 said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister … Read more
Image for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: PTI The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the J&K Police has told the Jammu and Kashmir High Court that a police verification report regarding the passport of PDP president Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter, Iltija, was forwarded to the passport office in February. The CID sought dismissal of the writ … Read more
A senior Health Ministry official said that the price hike was to ensure that there would be no shortage of medicines in the market and that manufacturers and consumers mutually benefit. File image for representation purpose only. Photo: Special Arrangement Prices of essential medicines set to see a hike from April 1 Prices of 384 essential … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah e-inaugurated the Mata Sharda Devi temple near the LoC in J&K. | File Photo | Photo Credit: ANI Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday e-inaugurated the Mata Sharda Devi temple near the Line of Control (LoC) in Karnah sector of Jammu and Kashmir, saying the abrogation of Article 370 … Read more
Jammu and Kashmir Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha | File Photo | Photo Credit: PTI Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday defended the move to introduce property tax in the Union Territory for the first time, saying “people have money for iPhones, data, games but don’t want to pay for services”. “There is … Read more
The story so far: The Union Ministry of Mines announced on Thursday, February 10, that lithium reserves had been found in Jammu and Kashmir, a first in the country. The Geological Survey of India established 5.9 million tonnes of inferred lithium resources in the Salal-Haimana area of Reasi District in Jammu and Kashmir. Officials in … Read more