KASHMIR ADMINISTRATION

J&K admin warns employees visiting foreign countries without prior approval

"It has been provided that the station permission for proceeding outside the country on private affairs shall be granted by the administrat...

J&K removes 15 NoCs to promote industry in UT

The administration has already signed a string of MoUs with companies interested in investing in J&K. A senior official said one such MoU w...

Rajya Sabha passes Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill

Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy said the Constitution of India is now fully applicable on Jammu and Kashmir, and that the...

Jammu & Kashmir: Schools, colleges to reopen from Feb 1, 25,000 pilgrims to be allowed at Vaishno Devi per day

Member Secretary of State Executive Committee Simrandeep Singh said the ceiling on the number of pilgrims permitted to visit Mata Vaishno D...

Doda becomes first district in Jammu & Kashmir with no active COVID-19 case

Doda has recorded a total of 3,428 positive cases, of whom 64 died of the infection. Jammu and Kashmir had recorded a total of 1,933 COVID-...

No coercive action against those challenging Roshni Act judgement: J&K administration tells SC

The Roshni Act was enacted in 2001 with the twin objective of generating resources for financing power projects and conferment of proprieta...

Air, road links with Kashmir Valley cut off for second day

"The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway is closed due to accumulation of snow at many places, especially around Jawahar Tunnel," an official o...

28 lakh high-risk people will be vaccinated for COVID in first 3 phases in J-K

"Approximately 1 lakh healthcare workers shall be covered in the first phase of COVID vaccination programme. In second phase, approximately...

SC asks J&K HC to decide on Dec 21 pleas seeking review of its verdict scrapping Roshni Act

The Roshni Act was enacted in 2001 with the twin objective of generating resources for financing power projects and conferment of proprieta...

Lakshadweep Administrator Dineshwar Sharma passes away at 66

Sharma, 66, was recently shifted from the national capital to a Chennai hospital for specialised treatment of the lungs where he breathed h...

J-K DDC polls: 17 govt employees suspended for MCC violation

The attached employees include seven teachers, a forester, a policeman and two Special Police Officers, the officials said, adding they hav...

Abdullahs' house in Jammu built on encroached land, NC headquarters legalised under Roshni Act: JK administartion list

Former chief ministers Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah have been named by the Jammu and Kashmir administration in a list which alleges th...

No outside forces can derail our mission of peace and progress: J-K LG Manoj Sinha

The terrorists had come to execute a "big plan" which has now been foiled, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Jammu, Mukesh Singh, said. Th...

HC quashes PSA detention of separatist leader Masarat Alam, but he will remain in jail in NIA case

In the 2017 terror funding case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a charge sheet against Bhat, currently lodged in Tihar J...

Outdated land laws replaced with people friendly ones: Jammu and Kashmir administration

“Repealed laws were meant to serve the old agrarian economy and had to be modified for modern economic needs. Besides, they were beset with...

J&K administration gears up to conduct elections for local bodies

Officials, privy to the development, said they have been directed to formulate a plan and coordinate with the security grid to finalise the...

J&K administration earmarks special package for artists, shikara owners and transporters

Jammu and Kashmir administration has earmarked about Rs 170 crore for shikara owners, performing artists and transporters who could not ear...