Riyadh: As many as 20 pilgrims were killed and dozens were injured after a bus moving towards the holy city of Mecca burst into flames following a collision on a bridge on Monday. As per the reports, the crash occurred in the southern province of Asir. "According…

Says if moon is sighted on April 20, people to go for Qaza fasting after Eid, future decisions to be made after thorough consultations with Ulema* SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir’s Grand Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam Tuesday said that Shab-e-Qadr will be observed on April…

NEW DELHI: (EPFO) on Tuesday fixed 8.15 per cent interest rate on the employees’ provident fund for 2022-23. The decision was taken by EPFO’s board of trustees. Last year, EPFO had declared 8.1 per cent as the rate of interest for 2021-22, which was the lowest…

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir police on Tuesday asked all Drawing and Disbursing Officers to direct all officials of the department to update their Income Tax Returns after complaints of bogus and fraudulent claims by some officers surfaced. According to a…

JAMMU, MARCH 28: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, today chaired the 52nd and 53rd Annual General Meetings (AGMs) as well as 68th Board of Directors (BoDs) meeting of J&K Agro Industries Development Corporation Limited (JKAIDCL) at Civil…

NEW DELHI: PAN-Aadhaar linking deadline has been extended till 30th June 2023, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said in a notification today. The CBDT said in its notification that the deadline has been extended to provide some more time to taxpayers…

Extends value addition, marketing, handholding services to farmers, facilitates lotus stem export to int'l markets SRINAGAR: The farmers, inhabiting in the world famous 'Dal Lake', associated with Lotus Stem (Nadru) got a new lease of life with the Jammu…

SOPORE: An attendant was injured after scuffle with a security guard in Sub-District hospital Sopore in north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Tuesday. An official said that a scuffle between a security guard and an attendant took place around 2 pm after a…

Writes to SHO PS Shopian against The Daily Manch SRINAGAR: The Chief Education Officer Shopian has sought penal action against the administrator of the Facebook page The Daily Manch for sharing a concocted story regarding unfair conduct of SSE (Class 10th)…

SRINAGAR: Comptroller and Auditor General of India has taken the lid off brazen illegalities and irregularities in recruitment, promotions and allowances in Jammu & Kashmir’s two prestigious agricultural varsities- SKUAST (Kashmir) and SKUAST (Jammu). In…

Cracks SSB’s special women entry exam JAMMU: National Cadet Corps (NCC) Cadet Zubiksha Thakur of 2 J&K Girls Battalion, Jammu has cracked the Service Selection Board (SSB) interview and has been selected for Short Service Commission (SSC) as an officer in…

SRINAGAR: The administration of J&K Union Territory has removed the prison tag from MLA hostel Srinagar, where Kashmir’s mainstream leaders were lodged after their detention in 2019. The UT’s Home department has de-notified MLA hostel Srinagar as a subsidiary…

SRINAGAR: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Wednesday said the revision of electoral rolls in Jammu & Kashmir doesn’t disturb schedule or conduct part of polls and the poll-body is aware that there is a vacuum in the Union Territory which needs to…

JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed an economic growth of 14.64%, with the tax revenue going up by 31% in the financial year 2022-23, even as the administration aims to double the GDP in next five years, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Wednesday.…

SRINAGAR: The Centre on Wednesday said out of the total 272 km Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link, 161 km has already been commissioned, while Rs 26,786 Crore expenditure has been incurred till March 2022 out of the anticipated cost of Rs 37,012 Crore.…

JAMMU: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh will observe summer vacations from June 19 this year till July 7, officials informed. “The summer vacations shall now be observed from 19th of June 2023 to 7th of July 2023, both days inclusive,” said…

SRINAGAR: The government on Wednesday appointed Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Vijay Kumar Bidhuri as the inquiry officer to probe various aspects related to the visits of Gujarat conman to Kashmir. According to an order, the inquiry officer has been asked…

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha has greeted the people on the auspicious occasion of Ram Navami. In a message the Lt Governor said that Lord Ram is the embodiment of righteousness, compassion, justice and high moral values. May the auspicious…

SRINAGAR: In what could raise questions on J&K Government’s capacity to harness water resources, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India has revealed that only 10 micro/mini/small hydel power projects with the capacity of 79.75 MWs (five percent) have…

JAMMU : In one of the largest reformative measures started few months back, J&K Administration has nearly completed appointing about 10000 educated and young persons belonging to different villages of the UT on the significant grassroots level posts of Lumbedars…