Srinagar, Nov 20: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has announced that pre-budget discussions will begin on November 27. According to the order, the discussions will include a series of meetings with 36 government departments, covering both the Revised Estimates for 2024-25 and the Budget Estimates for 2025-26. The discussions will focus on a thorough review []

2nd Edition CRPF Cup 2024 Srinagar Sector T20 Challenge begins with a dazzling opening ceremony at Sher-e-Kashmir Stadium Srinagar on Wednesday. Pawan Kumar Sharma, IG Srinagar Sector, was the Chief Guest on the occasion. Shri PK Singh, DIG Srinagar South CRPF, Shri HS Kales, DIG (Adm) Srinagar Sector, Shri Sudhir Khmar, DIG Srinagar North, Shri []

Srinagar, Nov 19: The much-anticipated Delhi-Srinagar Vande Bharat Express is likely to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Republic Day, January 26, 2025, according to sources within the railway department. A senior railway official, speaking anonymously, told Rising Kashmir, The pace of work on this prestigious project has been impressive. If weather conditions []

Div Com Kashmir inaugurates the exhibition, flags-off heritage walk

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday held talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the margins of the G20 Summit regarding progress in border de-escalation. EAM Jaishankar expressed pleasure in meeting his Chinese counterpart on the sidelines of the G20 Summit. He also made note of the meeting between the leaders, Prime Minister []

BJP High Command plans sweeping organizational changes in J&K ahead of upcoming Budget Session

The Meteorological Centre Srinagar on Monday said Dry Weather to Prevail in J&K, however light rain and snow is expected on November 24. Generally dry weather is expected across Jammu and Kashmir from 18th to the evening of 23rd November. During the late night of 23rd November to the forenoon of 24th November, light rain []

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the G20 nations to take lead in addressing global challenges, including achieving peace in war-ridden regions such as Gaza, Lebanon, Ukraine and Sudan. He emphasised that peace requires actions grounded in the values of the UN Charter, the rule of law, and the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity. []

Prime Minister Narendra Modi touched down in Brazils Rio de Janeiro on Monday on the second leg of his three-nation visit to attend the 19th edition of the G20 Leaders Summit. PM Modi was received by Indian delegates led by Indian Ambassador to Brazil Suresh Reddy. In a post on X, PM Modi expressed his []

The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced today that Israeli airstrikes across various areas in Lebanon resulted in the death of 7 people while 65 others were wounded over the past 24 hours. The Lebanese National News Agency reported that the total toll since the beginning of the aggression up until yesterday has reached 3,452 dead []

Two flares were fired at the private residence of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in the early hours of Sunday, Times of Israel reported. In a statement released by the Israel Police, details of the attack were shared. It was noted that neither Netanyahu nor his family was present at the residence during the time of []

Srinagar, Nov 15: The Directorate of Employment (DoE) in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) reported that 3.52 lakh youth were registered as unemployed in the first quarter of 2024. Of these, 1.09 lakh are graduates and postgraduates, comprising 31% of the total. Director of Employment, Nisar Ahmad Wani, stated that in the last quarter of 2023, []

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Jammu, Nov 14: Field Office of Union Ministry has approved 6 applications from Jammu & Kashmir for participating in the Indian International Trade Fair being organized at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from Nov 14, 2024 to Nov 27, 2024, to promote marketing avenues including Business to Business and Business to Consumer. Two applicants have also []

Jammu, Nov 14: Commissioner Jammu Municipal Corporation Dr. Devansh Yadav on Thursday visited Ward. No 62, Upper Roop Nagar falling under the jurisdiction of Jammu Municipal Corporation. During the tour, the Commissioner took stock of grievances of residents of the said ward. The residents raised the issues of street lights & High Mast Lights, water []

Ganderbal police on Thursday informed that Cyber Cell Ganderbal during the current year 2024 recovered 68 Missing/ Stolen Mobile Phones. In a post on X, Ganderbal police wrote, In order to extend the services to the general public; #CyberCellGanderbal during the current year 2024 recovered 68 Missing/Stolen Mobile-Phones worth Lakhs of Rupees and Solved huge []

The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced today that Israeli airstrikes across various areas in Lebanon resulted in the death of 78 people while 122 others were wounded over the past 24 hours. The Lebanese National News Agency reported that the total toll since the beginning of the aggression up until yesterday has reached 3365 dead []

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a three-nation tour from November 16 to 21, visiting Brazil for the G20 Summit, and to strengthen bilateral ties with Nigeria and Guyana. At the invitation of Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, PM Modi will visit Nigeria, from 16-17 November 2024. This will be the first visit by []

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Jammu, Nov 12: The National Education Day was celebrated with enthusiasm by Government Degree College Marh to commemorate the birth Anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first Education Minister of Independent India who had a profound impact on many sectors of life especially in the field of Education. The celebrations continued for two days []

Authorities in north Kashmirs Bandipora district rescued 20 vehicles that got stuck in snowfall on Bandipora-Gurez Road, officials said here on Tuesday. An official told that the administration responded as soon as they received information about 20 vehicles stuck on the Razdan Pass and other areas. Teams from the Administration, J&K Police, and Beacon were []

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name Michael Waltz, a Florida Republican, as his national security adviser, according to a source familiar with the developments. Mike Waltz has time and again reiterated the importance of India for the United States. Last year, Waltz had also led a bipartisan American Congressional delegation and had travelled to []

The Jammu and Kashmir Police in Kulgam have recovered contraband substances from two drug peddlers in two separate incidents. A police spokesman said that at a specific checkpoint established at Furrah, a Police party of Police Post Mirbazar intercepted a person carrying a nylon bag. He has been identified as Nazam Hussain son of Mumtaz []

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today flagged off the second Mobile Sanskrit Gurukul of Shri Kailakh Jyotish and Vedic Sansthan Trust, at Raj Bhawan. On the occasion, the Lt Governor extended his felicitations and commended Shri Kailakh Jyotish and Vedic Sansthan Trust and everyone associated with the initiative for their constant efforts to popularize Sanskrit language []

The Jammu & Kashmir Government has relaxed the upper age limit of candidates for the Combined Competitive Examination-2024. In a notification issued by General Administration Department, the upper age limit for open merit candidates, reserved category and in-service candidates and physically challenged candidates would respectively be 35, 37 and 38 years.

Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir has been witnessing a surge in monkey attacks on civilians and around 20-25 cases have been received in the hospital in the last five to six months, a medical official said on Sunday. There has been a surge in the cases in the Jaganoo block of the district. Speaking []

Srinagar, Nov 09: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a Prosecution Complaint (PC) against Kiran Patel, a conman from Ahmedabad, who posed as a high-ranking official of the Prime Ministers Office (PMO) and duped several Gujarat-based businessmen by promising them lucrative business opportunities in Jammu and Kashmir. The complaint, lodged under the Prevention of Money []

Awantipora, Nov 09: In line with the national vision of a ViksitBharat by 2047, the Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST) hosted a workshop on the Role of Higher Education Institutions in ViksitBharat@2047: A Focus on Viksit IUST. This workshop provided a platform for strategic planning, where 50 department heads and coordinators of various []

At least 16 people were killed and 30 got injured in a blast at the Quetta Railway Station on Saturday morning, as reported by Dawn. Quettas Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Operations, Mohammad Baloch confirmed the death toll while speaking to media. According to Dawn, he further said that the incident seems to be a []

Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant Governor on Saturday extended to the people of Uttarakhand on the states 25th Foundation Day. In a post on X, LG Sinha wrote, On Uttarakhand Foundation Day, my heartiest greetings and best wishes to the people of Devbhoomi. May this land of spirituality scale new heights of progress and prosperity in []

National Conference (NC) President Farooq Abdullah said that the decision taken by the Central Government in 2019 to revoke Article 370 was not acceptable to the people of Jammu and Kashmir and that there would be a day when the people here would get their respect back. Following the ruckus that has erupted in the []

As Delhi grapples with air pollution, several patients with respiratory problems are visiting the OPD of the Pulmonology Department in New Delhis All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), a doctor said on Thursday. Scores of patients were seen at the OPD of the Pulmonology Department, AIIMS, as shown in visuals. Dr Karan Madan, Associate []

The United Arab Emirates, in cooperation with the World Health Organisation (WHO), conducted a humanitarian initiative to evacuate 86 critically wounded patients from the Gaza Strip, including children and cancer patients in need of extensive treatment. They were accompanied by 124 of their family members to Abu Dhabi from Ramon Airport in Israel, via the []

American democracy has again proved that the peoples verdict is unpredictable and predictable both. Whether it is Indian elections or the US elections exit polls are losing the sheen as it once had. The reason being that what is being peddled in the public domain by social media managers and the handles may sound music []

SRINAGAR, Nov 06: The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) on Wednesday have announced the results for the bi-annual 2024 examinations for the 12th grade in Jammu and Kashmir. Among the 45,838 candidates who took the exams, 23,781 students passed, yielding an overall pass rate of 52 per cent. The results indicated that []

Srinagar, Nov 06: In the wake of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assemblys resolution calling for the restoration of the regions special status, Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Ghulam Ahmad Mir expressed strong support for the resolution and reiterated his partys longstanding position on the issue. Mir recalled that the Congress party had passed a []

Srinagar, Nov 06: Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference (JKPC) chairman and MLA Handwara Sajad Lone on Wednesday reiterated his commitment to supporting any resolution aimed at restoring Article 370, Article 35A and the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir, as well as condemning the majoritarian actions that have affected the J&K. His remarks came after his []

Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Wednesday paid rich tributes to former MLA Kulgam (1962-1967), Mohammad Yaqoob Bhat. Speaker, Abdul Rahim Rather, led the House in offering homage to late Yaqoob Bhat. All the legislators observed two minute silence as a token of respect for the noble soul. Pertinently, the JK Legislative Assembly had already []

In order to restore the November-December academic session for classes 10th to 12th, the government Wednesday ordered JKBOSE to conduct the examinations of these classes from February-2025 and complete by March end. Besides, the government further ordered that the annual examination (summative assessment) of class 8th shall be conducted by concerned schools from academic []

In a decisive step against narcotics trafficking, Anantnag Police have attached the property of a known drug trafficker, Mohammad Ashraf Dar, under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. A Police spokesperson said, Mohammad Ashraf Dar, son of Jalal-Ud-Din and resident of Tulkhan Bijbehara, has a history of offenses under the NDPS Act, with []