The Dispatch

12/12/2023

Dearness Allowances for employees

12/12/2023

“Let Jammu And Kashmir Go To …”: Farooq Abdullah On SC Verdict On Article 370

12/12/2023

What is your take on the verdict of Article 370? Any comments

12/12/2023

92% construction of AIIMS Jammu, 44% of AIIMS Awantipora completed: Centre

SRINAGAR: The Centre on Tuesday in the Rajya Sabha said that 92 percent of civil construction of AIIMS Jammu and 42 percent of AIIMS Awantipora has been completed. In a written reply to a question Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar said that J&K goverment has

12/12/2023

Centre to introduce J&K women reservation bill in Lok Sabha Tuesday

SRINAGAR: The Government of India is set to introduce a bill in the Parliament on Tuesday to grant 33 percent reservation for women in the Legislative Assembly of Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory. The Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation(Amendment)Bill-2023 is being introduce today in the Lok Sabha

11/12/2023

The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah on Monday said that he and the party is prepared for the long battle for the restoration of Article 370, saying that the party’s struggle for the same cause will continue.

SRINAGAR:The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah on Monday said that he and the party is prepared for the long battle for the restoration of Article 370, saying that the party's struggle for the same cause will continue. Describing the Supreme Court's decisio

11/12/2023

List of holidays for year 2024

11/12/2023

The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday said that they have not issued any orders to make arrests, particularly ones related to court proceedings, including Article 370 case and that there are no restrictions on the movement.

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday said that they have not issued any orders to make arrests, particularly ones related to court proceedings, including Article 370 case and that there are no restrictions on the movement. "It is to clarify that police has no orders to effect any ki

11/12/2023

Directs EC to hold polls before Sep 2024, Asks Centre to restore Statehood at an earliest

Directs EC to hold polls before Sep 2024, Asks Centre to restore Statehood at an earliest SRINAGAR: The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the President's order allowing the Centre to amend Article 370 without the recommendation of the Constituent Assembly. Delivering the landmark judgement, the 5-

11/12/2023

Big : upholds abrogation of in constitutionally valid, asks Election Commission of India to conduct elections to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir by 30 September 2024

11/12/2023

SC: Hold Assembly polls in J&K by Sept 30, 2024

11/12/2023

Article 370 Was A Temporary Provision, Says Chief Justice Of India

10/12/2023

KU, IUST suspend classwork to watch PM's webcast on Monday

10/12/2023

Dry weather ahead.

09/12/2023

The injured policeman has been identified as Hafiz Ahmad, a resident of Hamdaniya Colony Bemina Srinagar

He has been shifted to hospital, condition is stable: Officials SRINAGAR: A policeman was shot at and injured at Hamdaniya Colony, Bemina, Srinagar on Saturday, officials said. An official said that unknown gunmen attacked a policeman identified as Hafiz Ahmed Son of Ghulam Hassan, resident of Mathi

09/12/2023

Sole woman Cricketer from Kashmir Valley up for auction has gone unsold at a ceremony underway in Mumbai.

SRINAGAR: Sole woman Cricketer from Kashmir Valley up for auction has gone unsold at a ceremony underway in Mumbai. Jasia (35), who had become the only woman Cricketer to feature in WPL after being bought by Delhi for a base price of ₹20 Lakh in the last edition, failed to attract the bidders as s...

09/12/2023

J&K has second highest potential to produce solar energy

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir ranks at the second place for having higher potential to produce solar energy in India, documents reveal. As per the document Jammu and Kashmir has a potential to produce 111050 MW of solar energy. Throughout India Rajasthan ranks at the first place for having a potential

09/12/2023

: Srinagar records coldest night of the season at -4.6°c, Shopian freezes at -5.9°c: official

08/12/2023

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08/12/2023

SSP Sopore warns strict action against social media pages glorifying su***des

SRINAGAR: Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sopore, Shabir Nawab has issued a stern warning to social media page handlers, especially Facebook, urging them to refrain from glorifying su***de cases. He said strict legal action would be taken against those found engaged in such activities. The SSP

08/12/2023

Had inputs about possible attack at Eidgah but mistakes do happen sometimes: ADGP Kumar

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Police Friday said all the officers and other ranks have been directed to follow Standard Operating Procedure (SoPs) in spirit while on leave or on duty to avoid incidents like the one in which a police inspector was attacked on October 29 at Eidgah, Srinagar. Talking to

08/12/2023

Directorate of School Education Jammu announced winter vacations in winter zones in a phased manner from December-11 to February-29.

08/12/2023

Slain Inspector Masroor Wani's wreath laying ceremony held at DPL

08/12/2023

SC to deliver verdict on Article 370 case on Monday

SRINAGAR: A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, will deliver one of the most awaited court verdicts on Monday, December 11, when it rules on the constitutionality of abrogation of Article 370 and reorganization of Jammu & Kashmir

07/12/2023

Police inspector injured in Srinagar terror attack succumbs at AIIMS Delhi

SRINAGAR: Jammu and police inspector who was injured in a terrorist attack in Srinagar has succumbed to his injuries at AIIMS New Delhi on Thursday. A top official told that the police inspector identified as Masroor Ahmad of Srinagar was taken to New-Delhi for treatment, however he succumbed to his

07/12/2023

Police Inspector Masroor Ahmad Wani, who was shot in Srinagar succumbs at AIIMS New Delhi.

07/12/2023

NIA attaches residential house in Awantipora village

AWANTIPORA: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday attached a residential house in Chursoo village of Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district under UAPA. An official told that the house is owned jointly by the Khursheed Ahmed Bhat and his five brothers. He said that house has b...

07/12/2023

At -2.6°C Srinagar recorded coldest night of the season.

06/12/2023

Trial run of electric train between Banihal-Khari stations conducted successfully

RAMBAN: The Northern Railways here have conducted a successful trial run of an electric train for the first time from Banihal Railway Station to Railway Station Khari in Ramban district. A Northern Railway official told that the first 15-kilometres electric train trial run was conducted from Banihal

06/12/2023

Hoax bomb call triggers search at DPS Jammu; case filed

JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday said that it acted swiftly to a bomb threat call made to a private school in Jammu, however, it later turned out to be a hoax call. In a post on X, Jammu police said that it conducted extensive search and sanitised the area, however, the threat turned out to be

05/12/2023

When Sheikh Abdullah took over the charge of office in February 1975, almost half of the legislature comprised of legislators who were returning to House election after without actually facing a contest. Local officers of the civil bureaucracy were either on Central deputation or posted to insignificant assignments. The economy was in complete disarray and the subsidies -a largesse of two decades to keep people happy -had mounted debt burdens to unmanageable proportions. The education sector was in shambles with no regard for merit. In wake of these and other challenges, Sheikh took some drastic measures to streamline governance, economy and education.

The broader identity of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah’s leadership is mainly defined by four factors -sustained struggle for democratic rights to people, integration of Jammu and Kashmir with the Union of India on principles of secularism, equal empowerment of people through revolutionary land reforms ...

05/12/2023

4 Kerala residents killed, 2 injured after vehicle skids off road on Zojila Pass

GANDERBAL: Four tourists from Kerala died while two were injured after a vehicle, they were travelling in, rolled down into a deep gorge on Zojila Pass in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Tuesday, officials said. An official told that the vehicle on way to Sonamarg skidded off the road and ...