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Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances,Pensions,Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh announced here today that Centre will assist the Union Territory Government of Jammu & Kashmir to establish Grievance Portal in each of the 20 districts of the ... Read More »

Following is the text of an article by Ashok Tandon, a senior Journalist and a Member of Prasar Bharati Board, titled ‘Dawn of A New Era of Peace, Progress & Prosperity in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh : A Series of Road & Highway Projects to give impetus to growth’ : ... Read More »

Security sources said that arms and ammunition were also recovered from the spot. Identities of the slain terrorists are being ascertained. Firing has been stopped now. However, the search operation is still underway. Read More »

Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, received the season’s first snowfall, as cold wave like conditions gripped the Valley due to continuous downpour. The snowfall, which began in the higher reaches of the Valley on Thursday, has considerably brought down the maximum temperature in Kashmir. Meanwhile, hundreds of ... Read More »

The gunfight raged after the forces launched a cordon and search operation following information about a group of terrorists hiding in the village. The search operation turned into an encounter as terrorists opened fire upon the personnel who then retaliated. Both the terrorists were killed in the encounter. As the ... Read More »

Security sources said that joint security forces team of Army, Special Operations Group of Jammu and Kashmir  Police and CRPF launched cordon and search operation on specific information about presence of some terrorists. As the joint team of forces zeroed in on the suspected spot the hiding terrorists fired upon ... Read More »

Addressing a press conference at Nehru Guest House in Srinagar, Rajnath Singh congratulated the people of State for participating in just concluded municipal elections.Earlier, he reviewed security situation at a high-level meeting in Srinagar.  He said there has been a steady decline in stone pelting incidents and militant recruitment has ... Read More »

 He is also expected to take stock of the overall situation following recently held Municipal elections in the State and the ground situation.  The Home Minister will also attend a high-level meeting with Governor Satya Pal Mailk and top civil, police and security forces officials and assess the prevailing situation. Read More »

Jammu & Kashmir Bank has reported results for second quarter ended September 30, 2018. The Bank has reported 30.86% rise in its net profit at Rs 93.75 crore for the quarter under review as compared to Rs 71.64 crore for the same quarter in the previous year. Total income of ... Read More »

NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR:  Voting for the third phase of the urban local bodies elections is underway in Jammu and Kashmir. A total of 242 candidates – of which 84 are female candidates – are in the fray for  56 wards of Samba district. Total number of voters are 31818 which include 15,510 female ... Read More »

SRINAGAR:  Voting has started in the third phase of the Jammu and Kashmir urban local body elections this morning. Sources said there is likely to be no change in the trend of low voter turnout in Kashmir valley as most of the wards going to the polls are in downtown city ... Read More »

SRINAGAR:  Security forces shot dead a terrorist and seized some weapons after a fierce encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama this morning. The police said the security forces launched a cordon and search operation based in intelligence inputs about some terrorists hiding at Dalipora in Pulwama, 32 km from Srinagar.The dead ... Read More »

Jammu & Kashmir Bank’s overall business (Gross Advances + Deposits) as on September 30, 2018 has crossed a benchmark of Rs 1,50,000 crore including Rs 1,00,000 crore in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The Jammu & Kashmir Bank is engaged in the banking business. The company offers a range ... Read More »

During his stay, Rajnath Singh is likely to pay obeisance at the Amarnath shrine. He will also chair a security review meeting in Srinagar. This will be Home Minister’s first visit to the state following the collapse of PDP-BJP coalition government and imposition of Governor’s rule.  National Security Advisor Ajit ... Read More »

The authorities had on Friday issued a flood alert in south Kashmir. Saturday they issued a flood alert for low-lying areas of the central Kashmir, including the summer capital here, and asked the people to be alert and prepared for evacuation. The schools across the valley were closed for in view ... Read More »

Jammu & Kashmir Governor N N Vohra has been holding a round of meetings since imposition of governor’s rule in the state to tighten administration and security in the state. Friday saw him hosting an all party meeting to take all political stakeholders on board where the next steps on ... Read More »

Governor N N Vohra had Tuesday evening sent his report to the President recommending imposition of Governor’s rule in the state.  The report was sent after the Governor held consultations with political parties over the current situation in the state that arose after BJP’s pull out from the Mehbooba Mufti-led government. ... Read More »

The BJP on Tuesday pulled out of its alliance with Mehbooba Mufti’s People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Jammu and Kashmir.”It has become untenable for the BJP to continue its alliance government in Jammu and Kashmir, hence we are withdrawing” BJP general secretary Ram Madhav announced.  He added that restoring peace ... Read More »

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India has conveyed a strong protest through diplomatic channel against the so-called “Azad Jammu and Kashmir Interim Constitution (13th Amendment) Act 2018”. It was clearly conveyed that the entire State of Jammu and Kashmir, which also includes the ‘Azad Jammu and Kashmir’ is an integral part of India by virtue of ... Read More »