SRINAGAR, OCT 22: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today inaugurated ‘Jashn-e-Sangam’, at Tagore Hall Srinagar. In his address, the Lt Governor appreciated the efforts of J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages and Wadies Hindi Shiksha Samiti for organizing the 3-day Literary fest dedicated to promote art, culture and language. Jammu & Kashmir…
JAMMU, Sept 30: More than 39.18 lakh voters are eligible to exercise their electoral franchise during the last Phase-III of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Election to be held on 01st October 2024 across the 40 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in 7 districts of the Union Territory, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Pandurang K Pole said.In…
Javed Ahmad Beigh, a young Kashmiri Muslim political activist from Kashmir Valley made three “interventions” against Pakistan in a single session of United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), an intergovernmental body, which is part of the United Nations (UN).Javed Ahmad Beigh, who hails from Budgam district, made these “interventions” at an ongoing 57th session of…
SRINAGAR, Sept 19: Mohammad Shafi Pandit, the first Muslim IAS officer from Kashmir, passed away on Thursday. He was 80.Pandit was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Delhi after he was detected with cancer about a month ago, his family said. Pandit was the first Muslim from Kashmir to qualify the civil services examinations in…
Jammu, Aug 16: Assembly elections in Jammu Kashmir will be held in three phases and counting will be done on October 4, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced in a press conference on Friday. Voting for J&K elections will be held on September 18, 25 and October 1.Kumar made a stark observation over the acceptance…
Indian Army’s Colonel Manpreet Singh, who lost his life in a confrontation with terrorists in Jammu Kashmir’s Anantnag district last September, has been posthumously awarded the Kirti Chakra on this Independence Day.Three Army personnel were honored with the Kirti Chakra in total, including Rifleman Ravi Kumar and Major M Naidu.Colonel Manpreet Singh was leading the…
Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Nitish Kumar and Deputy Inspector Generals (DIGs) of Police Shakti Kumar Pathak and Ajeet Singh are among the six police personnel who have been awarded the Jammu and Kashmir Police Medal for Meritorious Service on the occassion of Independence Day.
Dr Bharti GuptaOver the years, various separatist movements have emerged in J&K, advocating for either greater autonomy or outright independence from India. These movements amplified feelings of distinct identity and separation. Separatism in Kashmir had contributed to a psychological disconnect between a chunk of people in the region and the rest of India before the…
Jammu, 25th July 2024 – The Akhil Bhartiya Poorva Sainik Sewa Parishad (ABPSSP) organized a “Kargil Shourya Yatra” today to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the victory of Indian forces over Pakistani forces in the Kargil War. The rally, held in Jammu city, saw an overwhelming participation of over 2500 people, including 250 ex-servicemen in…
Jammu, July 23 : The Centre has allocated Rs 42,277.74 crore to Jammu and Kashmir in the Union Budget for 2024-25, a nominal hike of 1.2 per cent from the Rs 41,751.44 crore given to the Union Territory in the last fiscal. In the budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha…
