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File photo: J&K CM Omar Abdullah SRINAGAR: The National Conference government in Jammu & Kashmir on Monday removed the chief education officer of north Kashmir after he issued a circular warning teachers against posting comments related to policy matters on social media.J&K education secretary Ram Niwas Sharma issued an order attaching the officer, Bashir Ahmad…
JAMMU: The Directorate of School Education Jammu (DSEJ) ordered the closure of all government and private schools across Jammu division for two days in view of the Met office forecast of heavy rains from October 5, Sunday to October 7, Tuesday.Naseem Javaid Chowdhary (JKAS), director school education of Jammu, said in his order that in…
File photo: Union minister Dr Jitendra Singh JAMMU: A Delhi-Udhampur airfare may soon be considerably cheaper with Union minister Dr Jitendra Singh Saturday announcing that Udhampur airport operationalisation had been finalised. Also, the proposed Kishtwar airport was included in the UDAN scheme, he added.The minister said the Udhampur airport could initially begin operations with ATR…
JAMMU: A suspected Pakistani drone hovering over a border village in Ramgarh sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district was noticed on Friday night, prompting security forces to launch a massive search operation.“Acting on the information, BSF and police rushed to the area and launched a combing operation to check whether narcotics or weapons had…
File photo: J&K CM Omar Abdullah SRINAGAR: Governing National Conference (NC) has decided to contest all four Rajya Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir, and is not in a mood to concede even one seat to ally Congress.BJP, too, announced to contest all seats, which NC described as “posturing”, and said the party would face…
File photo: Vaishno Devi temple JAMMU: Vaishno Devi temple in J&K’s Reasi district will be closed to devotees for three days from Sunday (October 5-7) following the forecast of heavy rain in several areas of Jammu and south Kashmir.The closure comes less than a month after the shrine reopened following a 22-day shutdown since Aug…
An earthmover operator clears debris after blasting triggered a rockfall and blocked the new Nimmu–Padum (Leh) road in Zanskar, Ladakh, for several hours in mid-Sept. Padum, the Zanskar sub-division headquarters with about 2,000 residents, was accessible only by one untarred road until a few years ago. It is now connected by four roads, with a…
An earthmover operator clears debris after blasting triggered a rockfall and blocked the new Nimmu–Padum (Leh) road in Zanskar, Ladakh, for several hours in mid-Sept. Padum, the Zanskar sub-division headquarters with about 2,000 residents, was accessible only by one untarred road until a few years ago. It is now connected by four roads, with a…
JAMMU: Crime branch of Jammu & Kashmir Police arrested a native of Hisar, Haryana, for the alleged murder of a Mumbai woman in Aug, sources here said Friday. Officers, however, remained tight-lipped about the arrest of Sher Singh and said details would be shared within days.An unidentified gunman fired several rounds inside a physiotherapy centre…
Image used for representative purposes JAMMU: BSF launched a search operation after picking up movement of a suspected Pakistani drone along the International Border near a forward village in RS Pura in Jammu district, officials said Sunday. The drone — the fourth such sighting this month — was seen hovering on the Indian side around…
