Nearly 6-fold increase since 2018-19 JAMMU: In a historic achievement J&K is well on target to complete around 2 lakh works under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) this financial year. This information was given out in a…

JAMMU: Come Saturday, the motorists will have to shell out more at the various toll plazas on Srinagar-Jammu-Delhi national highway. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has revised the toll fee on Lakhanpur toll plaza, Thandikhui toll plaza and Bann…

PUNJAB: Former Punjab Congress President Navjot Singh Sidhu who was jailed in a road rage case, will be released from Patiala jail on 1st April. A tweet posted from his official Twitter handle read, “This is to inform everyone that Sardar Navjot Singh Sidhu…

JAMMU: At the helm of administrative affairs of Jammu and Kashmir for two years and eight months now, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha is named the most powerful person related to the affairs of the union territory. Sinha has figured at number 24 in the Indian…

SRINAGAR: The Muslims on Friday helped perform last rites of a Hindu who was on leave to attend first death anniversary of his brother killed by militants last year in Kakran area of south Kashmir's Kulgam district. Reports said that Balbir Singh (55), son…

NEW DELHI: On the first day of the new financial year with petroleum companies revising the prices of LPG cylinders on April 1st. The reports carried out by Live Mint suggest that the rate of commercial gas cylinders has been cut by nearly ₹92 on the first…

Grand Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam announces Rs 65 per person as Sadakat-ul-Fitr Says no harm in paying Rs 70 or more; SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir’s Grand Mufti Nasir-ul Islam Saturday said that Rs 65 have been fixed as the Sadaqat-ul-Fitr per person this Ramdhan…

GANDERBAL, APRIL 01: Chief Justice High Court, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, Justice N. Kotiswar Singh, today visited the District Court Complex Ganderbal and reviewed functioning of the court besides taking stock of infrastructural facilities there. Chief…

SAMBA: Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday morning recovered a consignment of arms and ammunition from a suspected drone dropped packet in Rakh Barutia village of Vijaypur in Samba district. An official said information regarding some suspicious material was…

SRINAGAR: At least 36000 from Jammu & Kashmir performed Umrah since September 2022 till this Ramadan, indicating 50 per cent increase of pilgrims compared to last year in the Union Territory, J&K Association of Haj & Umrah Companies (JKAHUC) said. General…

SRINAGAR: In a shocking incident, a 36-year-old man has been arrested in Kupwara district of Kashmir Valley for murdering his own daughter, a minor. Mohammad Iqbal Khatana, a taxi driver left the home on March 29 on the pretext of fixing a punctured tyre…

JAMMU: The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi said that Jammu and Kashmir is beautiful, and even more so during the Tulip season. In reply to the tweet threads by Srinagar District Administration about blooming of Tulip garden located in the foothills of Zabarwan…

JAMMU: In a tragic accident, a woman was killed after she fell off a train in Vijaypur of Samba district, police informed on Monday. The identity of the woman, aged around 35 years, is yet to be ascertained, it said. “A woman fell down from Jammu Mail Express…

SURAT: The Surat Sessions Court today granted bail (till disposal of his appeal) to Rahul Gandhi in the defamation case over his remark “why all thieves share the Modi surname” made during a political campaign in Karol in April 2019. The case will be heard…

SRINAGAR: A court in Srinagar has ordered “preliminary onquiry” into an application by a resident of Rambagh Srinagar, alleging defrauding of Rs 18 Lakh by three persons including Kiranbhai Patel who posed as a PMO official and enjoyed high security protocols…

Says there were not deployed for Municipal, Panchayat election duties SRINAGAR: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) report has pointed out that the Home Department paid one month's additional salary to 483 Police personnel who were not deployed…

GANDERBAL: Srinagar-Leh highway was on Tuesday closed for traffic after avalanche hit near Zojila Pass in central Kashmir's Ganderbal district. An official told that avalanches hit near Panimatha and Kai-Pathri on Zojila Pass following fresh snowfall in the…

JAMMU : Union Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Alkesh Kumar Sharma, today released the first annual report 2022-23 of Jammu and Kashmir e-Governance Agency (JaKeGA), IT department. CEO JaKeGA, Abhishek Sharma, Director NIELIT…

GANGTOK: A major avalanche in Sikkim's Nathula area killed as many as six tourists while leaving 11 others injured on Tuesday, even as rescue and clearance operations continued at Nathula along the border with China. The avalanche occurred early Tuesday morning…

Initiative to boost market ecosystem, benefit farmers, consumers JAMMU: The agriculture and allied sectors in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir are poised for significant growth and boost with launch of a slew of technological advancements and extension…