SRINAGAR: With the publication of draft rolls for municipal poll on 4th August, 2018, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Jammu & Kashmir held the first special camp on Sunday in all polling stations of Municipal Corporations, Councils and Committees across the State to facilitate people to enrolls voters, besides to verify their names on the electoral […]
SRINAGAR: The State Government today ordered constitution of a three member committee headed by ADG Security to review the security of protected persons. This decision has been taken in view of the incident at the residence of former Chief Minister and MP, Dr Farooq Abdullah at Jammu yesterday.
Srinagar: Life came to a grinding halt as shop and business establishments were closed and traffic was off the roads in Kashmir Valley due to two-day strike called by separatists from Sunday to protest alleged attempts being made to abrogate Article 35-A. Shops and business establishments, which remain open on Sundays, were closed and traffic was off […]
Jammu: An RSS-linked NGO, which has moved the Supreme Court for scrapping Article 35A that gives special rights and privileges to the Jammu and Kashmir natives, today said it would seek hearing of its plea by a Constitution bench, PTI news agency reported. There is no need to defer the hearing again We are going […]
SRINAGAR: Governor N.N. Vohra took an extensive tour of Dal lake to assess the progress achieved in the ongoing cleaning operations, particularly removal of Lily patches, macrophyte de-weeding and sewage control. He was accompanied by Sh. B.B. Vyas, Advisor to Governor; Sh. KB Agarwal FC, Housing and Urban Development Department; Sh. Baseer Khan, Divisional Commissioner […]
SRINAGAR: Advisor to the Governor, Khurshid Ahmed Ganai, will be available to meet public deputations at State Guest House, Canal Road, Jammu from 4.00 pm to 6.00 pm on August 07, 2018 (Tuesday).
SRINAGAR: On the 39th day of the ongoing Shri Amarnathji Yatra, 1529 Yatris paid obeisance at the Holy Cave. Till date 2,72,815 Yatris had the darshan of the Shivling at the Holy Cave.
JAMMU: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Sanjeev Verma today chaired a meeting to discuss the issues related to relief distribution to West Pakistani refugees living in different parts of Jammu province. The meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioner Jammu, Ramesh Kumar, Deputy Commissioner Samba Sushma Chauhan, Deputy Commissioner Kathua Rohit Khajuria, ACR Jammu Nisar Ahmed, ACR Samba Waseem […]
Jeddah: Saudi Arabia entered the Guinness World Records — breaking the record with the largest number of participants in the world by recording 2,950 participants — at the Hajj Hackathon, that was held by the Saudi Federation for Cybersecurity, Programming and Drones, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. On behalf of organizers and participants in the […]
Jeddah: The number of Hajj pilgrims coming from outside Saudi Arabia since the beginning of the Hajj season until the end of Thursday reached 662,051 pilgrims. According to the statistics issued by the General Directorate of Passports, this represents an increase of 39,714 or about 6 percent, compared to the number of pilgrim arrivals during […]
