Author: Agencies
SRINAGAR: The Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) meeting of Security Headquarters, held here the other day under the chairmanship of Surjit Kumar, IGP Security, J&K, at Security Headquarters. The committee, supervised by Rashmi Wazir, DIG Security J&K, reviewed the service records of 98 officials from the Security Wing of J&K Police. After thorough examination, the DPC found all 98 officials eligible for In-Situ promotion, comprising 29 Head Constables, 67 Sub-Inspectors and 2 Follow-up Officers. The committee recommended their promotion with effect from the date of their eligibility. IGP Security, J&K, Sujit Kumar, subsequently granted In-Situ promotions to the officials and extended…
SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today attended the ‘Chinar Book Festival’ organised by National Book Trust of India at Srinagar. The inaugural event was also graced by Union Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan. In his address, the Lieutenant Governor congratulated the Union Ministry of Education and the National Book Trust for providing an opportunity to the readers to keep track of new ideas and perspectives and interact with eminent writers and scholars from across the country. “The books open the window to the world. Books offer new ideas and fresh perspectives that change the way we perceive things and promote critical…
SRINAGAR: Due to recent heavy rainfall and the need for track maintenance along both the Baltal and Pahalgam axes of the Shri Amarnathji Yatra route, the Yatra movement has been closed on both the tracks. Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Vijay Kumar Bidhuri, stated, “Due to the recent heavy rains, critical repair and maintenance works are required on both the Baltal and Pahalgam routes. It has been observed that due to continued deployment of men and machinery on the tracks from tomorrow, we would not be able to resume yatra. The Yatra will therefore remain suspended from 3rd August onwards from both…
GUWAHATI : Inaugurating the new Court-cum-Office Complex of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) in Guwahati today, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology; Earth Sciences and Minister of State for PMO, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Dr. Jitendra Singh described the development as a reflection of the remarkable transformation witnessed by the North East over the past decade. The Guwahati bench of CAT, among the oldest in the country, now finally has its dedicated infrastructure nearly 40 years after its establishment. Addressing a gathering that included Assam Cabinet Minister Ranjit Kumar…
VARANASI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday took a jibe at Congress and Samajwadi Party for raising questions over Operation Sindoor and alleged that they could not handle the pain Pakistan is going through and are “crying along with them.” Addressing a public meeting in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi, he said, “Everyone understands that Pakistan is upset. But Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP) cannot handle the pain that Pakistan is going through. There, the Aaka (masters) of the terrorists are crying, and here, Congress and SP are crying, seeing the condition of terrorists.” On his first visit to Varanasi following…
NEW DELHI: Responding to Rahul Gandhi’s claim that the late Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley threatened him over the farm laws, DDCA chief Rohan Jaitley on Saturday reminded the Congress leader that his father died before the laws were even introduced, stating, Rahul Gandhi now claims my late father, Arun Jaitley, threatened him over the farm laws.Let me remind him, my father passed away in 2019. The farm laws were introduced in 2020. More importantly, it was not in my father's nature to threaten anyone over an opposing view. He was a…— Rohan Jaitley (@rohanjaitley) August 2, 2025 “Let me…
JAMMU: PDP, a former BJP ally in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, on Saturday urged the Centre to follow the ‘agenda of alliance’ reached between the two parties in 2015 for a respectable solution to the problems facing J-K, as the saffron party’s Kashmir policy has “failed to yield any results”. Addressing a presser, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti also advocated a dialogue with the people of J-K before starting talks with Pakistan, claiming that the BJP’s rigid policy has only “silenced the people” of the Union territory where a “volcano is building” that needs to be addressed. “The…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday stepped up his attack on the Election Commission, alleging that the polling system in the country is “already dead” and the 2024 Lok Sabha election was “rigged”. Addressing the inaugural function of the day-long legal conclave on the theme ‘Constitutional Challenges: Perspectives and Pathways’, he alleged that the prime minister is sitting on his chair with a “thin majority” and had there been a difference of a few seats, he would have not been there. He cited data collected by the Congress from an Assembly constituency in Karnataka, where the party checked…
A small drone, suspected to used for wedding photography, was found abandoned inside an Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said on Saturday. Some Army personnel noticed the drone lying near the supply depot inside the camp at the Bari Brahmana cantonment late on Friday night, the officials said. Preliminary investigation suggested that the drone may have been used for a marriage ceremony nearby and lost control before landing inside the camp, they said. The drone has been handed over to the local police station for investigation, the officials said.
Jammu: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has informed the Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh High Court that it has decided to grant a visitor’s visa to Rakshanda Rashid, a Pakistani woman who was deported from Jammu after the Pahalgam terror attack, prompting the court to dismiss her petition seeking nod to return to her family here. The court, however, stated that the MHA order should not constitute a precedent in any manner. Rashid (62), a Pakistani citizen who married Sheikh Zahoor Ahmed 35 years ago in Jammu, was deported as part of the decision taken by the Indian government to…