LG Manoj Sinha thanks Centre for sanctioning 316 road projects worth Rs 4,200 cr under PMGSY
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday expressed gratitude to the Centre for sanctioning 316 road projects worth over Rs 4,200 crore for the Union Territory (UT) under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY). “Grateful to Hon’ble PM Shri Narendra Modi Ji & Hon’ble Union Minister of Rural Development Shri Shivraj […]
‘Make Cabinet committee report on reservations public’, Waheed Para tells J&K govt
SRINAGAR: PDP leader Waheed Para on Tuesday said the Omar Abdullah government should make public the report of the Cabinet sub-committee on reservations in Jammu and Kashmir, saying the intentions of the government were under question. “Students are demanding answers, not delays. Why hold back the Cabinet committee report on merit? After your govt’s adverse […]
BSF conducts special training for village defence guards in Jammu sector
JAMMU: The BSF on Tuesday conducted a special training programme for village defence guards (VDGs) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, an official said. The training programme in the border area of Ramgarh focused on enhancing weapon handling, situation awareness and security threat response, an official of the Border Security Force (BSF) said. He said […]
BJP’s youth wing stages anti-government protest in Jammu
JAMMU: Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) workers on Tuesday staged a protest here against Jammu and Kashmir government’s decision to include Urdu as a compulsory subject in the recently notified Naib Tehsildar recruitment examination. The BJYM workers led by state president Arun Prabhat held the protest at Kacchi Chawni, raising slogans against the “discriminatory and […]
Nearly two dozen illegal structures demolished in Kathua
JAMMU: Nearly two dozen illegally built structures including residential houses were demolished in a major anti-encroachment drive in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Tuesday, officials said. The drive was carried out in Kathua’s Hiranagar sub-division. It was jointly conducted by the civil and police administration at Chapaki Kalan in the Hiranagar sector. It led […]
Wanted criminal receives gunshot injury attempting to snatch J&K cop’s pistol
JAMMU: A wanted criminal received a gunshot injury after he tried to snatch a weapon from a policemen while leading a police party to his hideout to effect recovery of illegal weapons including a pistol here, official said on Tuesday. Bagh Hussain, a resident of Balol Nallah near Kikri Morh, was recently arrested from Haryana […]
Panel drafts report on quota in J&K, to submit in next cabinet meeting
SRINAGAR: The cabinet sub-committee constituted by the Jammu and Kashmir government to examine the issue of reservations in the Union Territory (UT) has drafted its report and will submit it in the next meeting of the cabinet. “The Cabinet Sub-Committee constituted to examine the issue of reservations has drafted its report within the stipulated timeframe […]
SIA searches two houses in narco-terror case in Poonch
POONCH/JAMMU:The State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Tuesday conducted raids at two houses in Jammu and Kashmir’s border district of Poonch as part of its ongoing investigation in a case related to narco-terrorism, officials said. SIA sleuths searched the houses of Mohd Jameel alias “Akash” and Amir Sohail at village Gagrian and seized several digital devices […]
ChatGPT faces global outage; India, US most affected
NEW DELHI: OpenAI’s AI chatbot ChatGPT experienced a major global outage on Tuesday, leaving thousands of users unable to access the service across multiple continents, with India and the United States reporting the highest number of disruptions. According to the real-time monitoring platform Downdetector, user reports of ChatGPT outages surged rapidly around 3:00 PM, with […]
Gold slips Rs 110 to Rs 97,670/10 g; silver plunges Rs 1,000 to Rs 1.07 lakh/kg
NEW DELHI: Gold prices slipped Rs 110 to Rs 97,670 per 10 grams in the national capital on Tuesday due to persistent selling by jewellers and stockists, according to the All India Sarafa Association. The precious metal of 99.5 per cent purity fell Rs 100 to Rs 97,250 per 10 grams (inclusive of all taxes). […]
