Women Block Road Over Electricity Crisis, Smart Meter Row
SRINAGAR: Women inhabitants of Beerwah on Tuesday staged a fresh protest against the Power Development Department over the installation of smart meters and prolonged...
Flood-Hit Jammu Water Works Stalled Financially Despite Physical Completion
SRINAGAR: A detailed project report for the permanent restoration of the 600 mm and 500 mm Sitlee to Lohar Manda rising mains, damaged in...
Is Jammu Kashmir Moving Towards Fiscal Freedom or Slipping Deeper into Dependency?
by Sri Varshith Kumar Reddy E
Jammu and Kashmir’s 2026–27 Budget expands welfare and capital spending, yet low own revenues and a heavy reliance on...
Budget Lacks Political Vision, Outsourcing Jobs a Disaster: Sajad Lone
SRINAGAR: Peoples Conference president Sajad Gani Lone on Tuesday strongly criticised the government’s budget, describing it as a purely bureaucratic exercise that lacks a...
20-Year Recruitment Ban Behind JKFDC Staff Shortage: Govt
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has said that the shortage of staff in the JK Forest Development Corporation (JKFDC) is the result of...
Honorarium Hike for MLAs’ PAs Under Review: Jammu Kashmir Govt
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Tuesday said that a proposal to increase the honorarium of Personal Assistants attached to Members of the...
SKIMS Soura’s Engineering Wing Subsumed Under PWD After 2019 Reorganisation
SRINAGAR: The engineering wing of Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, was wound up after the 2019 reorganisation and its maintenance and developmental works...
FFRC Bars Private Schools From Charging Transport Fee During Vacations
SRINAGAR: The Fee Fixation and Regulation Committee (FFRC), Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory, has issued a strict circular directing private schools to stop charging...
Protest Held in Katra Against SMVD Ropeway Project
SRINAGAR: A protest was held in Katra against the proposed Shri Mata Vaishno Devi ropeway project, with demonstrators voicing strong opposition and warning of...
Unidentified Man Killed in Srinagar Road Accident
SRINAGAR: An unidentified person lost his life after being struck by a Swift Dzire car in the Chanapora area of Srinagar, officials said on...
Tulbul, Chenab Water Projects Likely to Start Soon: CM Omar
SRINAGAR: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said that work on the long-pending Tulbul Navigation Project and the plan to divert water from the...
Scooty–Car Collision Leaves Rider Critically Injured in Beerwah
SRINAGAR: A scooty rider sustained critical injuries in a road accident that occurred on Tuesday on the Beerwah–Arwah road after a collision with a...
Jammu Kashmir Tourism Department Without Gazetted DPC for 40 Years
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Department has reportedly not convened a gazetted-level Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) for more than four decades, leaving only...
Cabinet Had No Role in Vaishno Devi Ropeway Approval: CM Omar
SRINAGAR: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday clarified in the Legislative Assembly that the Council of Ministers had no role in approving the ropeway...
Unidentified Man Critically Injured in Srinagar Road Accident
SRINAGAR: An unidentified man sustained critical injuries after being struck by a car in the Chanapora area of Srinagar, officials said.
Officials said the accident...
