JAMMU AND KASHMIR

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday chaired a high-level meeting with Deputy Commissioners and senior officials, at the Civil Secretariat, to review the preparations for the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign, which will start on Saturday, August 13. “Har Ghar Tiranga is a celebration of the spirit of Janbhagidari and Jan Andolan. Schools and colleges are organising programmes recalling the contributions […]

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday decided that all government buildings and offices across the Union Territory shall hoist the National Flag on Independence Day, 2022. A circular issued by the General Administration Department in this regard reads, “In connection with Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav and the commemoration of 75 years of India’s Independence, it […]

SRINAGAR: A prominent Kashmiri Pandit businessman is taking a bold step as he is set to unveil Kashmir’s first-ever multiplex in the Sonwar area of Srinagar. The move comes more than three decades after the terrorists shut down all cinema halls in the valley. And the Dhar family, which owned the now defunct Broadway Cinema […]

SRINAGAR: Two terrorists and three Army soldiers, including a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO), were killed in a pre-dawn fidayeen attack on an army camp in Rajouri district on Thursday. The four brave soldiers who laid down their lives are identified as Subedar Rajendra Prasad, Rifleman Manoj Kumar, Rifleman Lakshmanan D and Rifleman  Nishant Malik. Additional […]

SRINAGAR: The preparations for hoisting the Tricolour across the length and breadth of Jammu and Kashmir are going on in full swing with great enthusiasm and fervour shown by the common people. Like in other parts of the country, the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign is being carried out across the nation so that the tricolour is hoisted […]

BUDGAM: Lateef Rather, the Resistance Front (TRF) chief and one of the masterminds of targeted killings in Kashmir, was eliminated by security forces in an anti-terror operation here. Vijay Kumar, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Kashmir Zone, stated that all three LeT (Lashkar-e-Taiba) terrorists were neutralised during an encounter in Budgam district on Wednesday. […]

SRINAGAR: Despite the possible threat from terrorist outfits, more than three lakh pilgrims visited the holy shrine of Amarnath. Shri Amarnath Yatra 2022 will come to an end on Thursday. The 43-day annual pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine started on June 30 on the twin routes – the traditional 48-km Nunwan-Pahalgam route in Anantnag […]

SRINAGAR: Director General of Police J&K Dilbag Singh visited Kishtwar on Monday to take stock of the arrangements and security of the ongoing Machail yatra and chaired an officers meeting to review the security scenario of the districts of Kishtwar and Ramban. He also took an aerial survey of the far-flung areas of the Kishtwar […]

SRINAGAR: As part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav the 8th National Handloom Day was celebrated by Handloom Development Department Udhampur on the premises of Assistant Director Handloom at Subash Nagar in Udhampur. A large number of weavers and artisans from the district attended the programme. They were updated about the developmental and welfare schemes […]

SRINAGAR: To celebrate 75 years of independence and commemorate it as Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, the Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) launched the National Anthem Singing Competition-2022 for which entries were made open online between August 1 and August 7. The government had called upon the citizens of Jammu and Kashmir to take […]