SRINAGAR: Srinagar Police on Monday said it have arrested 07 absconders in the last one month as they were involved in heinous cases, registered against them in different police stations of the district. The absconders include Farooq Ahmad Bhaga s/of Dalgate…

JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday said the tender process for a ropeway for the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine is the final phase and the project will be undertaken with “utmost sensitivity” to safeguard the interests of local businesses.…

Jaipur: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Monday said that petrol and diesel can be brought under the GST ambit if the GST council takes a call. She was in Jaipur to attend the post-budget press conference where she answered at length on questions…

JAMMU: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday sought External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s intervention for her passport, saying she has been waiting for it for the past three years to take her 80-year-old mother on a pilgrimage to Mecca. In a letter to…

Srinagar: BJP leader Altaf Thakur on Monday hit out at PDP president Mehbooba Mufti, accusing her of indulging in politics of dividing the people of Jammu and Kashmir. "Here in Kashmir, she speaks something and in Jammu, her statements are different. She…

Jammu: People's Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday visited the historic Raghunath bazar here. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister interacted with traders to ascertain the current situation in one of the economic and trade hubs of the…

SRINAGAR: With the number of dog bite case on the rise, the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has roped in an agency from Rajasthan for carrying out mass sterilisation of dogs to control the rising canine population here. While the exact dog population…

Srinagar: The general atmosphere in Kashmir has undergone a positive change as the gap between civilians and security forces has reduced over the past few years, a Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) official said on Monday. "There is a change in the atmosphere of…

KATRA: Sanskrit has been the guiding force of our culture and knowledge economy and it is our collective responsibility to popularize the Sanskrit language and preserve the treasure of science, spirituality, philosophy and culture, Lieutenant Governor Manoj…

JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday  ordered the stop-gap placement of 41 inspectors of J&K Police as Deputy Superintendents of Police. Read the complete list issued by the Home Department here: https://thedispatch.blob.core.windows.net/the…

NEW DELHI: Former Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir and retired IAS officer B V R Subrahmanyam was on Monday appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Niti Aayog replacing Parameswaran lyer, who has been named as the Executive Director of World…

JAMMU: Authorities on Monday sealed the office of Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (NPP) here, drawing strong criticism from its former chairman Harsh Dev Singh who recently rejoined the party after resigning from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Director…

SRINAGAR: Special Investigation Unit (SIU) Awantipora on Monday conducted raids at two different locations in Tral area of south Kashmir, officials said. The raids were carried out at the residential houses of two suspects namely Jamsheed Ahmad Bhat son of…

SRINAGAR: The Department of Wildlife Protection (Wetlands Division, Kashmir), is conducting the census of Migratory/resident Birds in the valley wetlands on 21 st of February-2023. The participants from Kashmir University, SKUAST-K, Central University, various…

JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir government has constituted a five members committee for suggesting measures for making the Batote-Doda-Kishtwar road accident free. Sanction is hereby accorded to the constitution of a Committee, comprising the following, for…

Highest domestic CTC stood at INR 64 LPA JAMMU: Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Jammu released its final placement Reports for 2021-23 for the sixth batch of the post-graduate programme in management (MBA 2020-22). The placement scenario at IIM Jammu…

JAMMU: Authorities on Monday cancelled the results of 2 Border Battalions of Jammu and Kashmir Police Border Battalion after observing some discrepancies. However, the officials said that revised results will be issued within half an hour. The examination…

SRINAGAR: In a major setback to the Hizb-Ul-Mujahideen, the launching commander of the outfit Bashir Ahmad Peer alias Imtiyaz Alam was killed on Monday in Rawalpindi in Pakistan. Peer was killed on Monday evening after an assailant shot at him from point…

JAMMU: Police arrested four people, including two women, who were involved in human trafficking and rescued five minor girls here, officials said. A police team received input about some minor girls standing near a bus stand. During questioning, the police…

NEW DELHI, Feb 21: Union Minister Jitendra Singh has said terrorists are carrying out targeted killings in Jammu and Kashmir owing to the tremendous pressure put on them by security forces. He claimed that such targeted killings take place whenever there…

SRINAGAR: State Investigation Agency (SIA) is carrying out raids at multiple locations in central, north and south Kashmir parts on Tuesday morning as part of its investigation of a militancy related case registered at SIA. An official told that sleuths of…