Anti encroachment drive No Landless, poor to be disturbed: Div Com assures Civil Society delegation

Anti encroachment drive No Landless, poor to be disturbed: Div Com assures Civil Society delegation

A delegation of the civil society members today called on Divisional Commissioner Jammu Ramesh Kumar at his office and discussed the issue of ongoing anti-encroachment drive. The delegation comprised Devender Singh Rana, Khalid Hussain, Suhail Qazmi, Sahil Ji Maharaj, Arun Gupta, President Chamber of Commerce, Jammu, Rajeev Gupta, Mahant Mohan Giri, Mahant Rajesh Bittu, Mahant…

Principal Secretary holds interactive meeting with College Principals

Principal Secretary holds interactive meeting with College Principals

Principal Secretary, Education, Alok Kumar, today convened an interactive meeting with college Principals of all seventy colleges of Jammu division at Government College for Women, Parade Ground, Jammu. During the meeting, Principal Secretary discussed various issues pertaining to Higher Education Department which inter alia included academic issues, NCC, NSS, Sports, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. He…

Two JeM Militant Associates Apprehended in Pulwama: Police
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Two JeM Militant Associates Apprehended in Pulwama: Police

Police on monday claimed to have arrested two Jash-e-Mohammad Militant associates along with huge cache of arms and ammunition in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Police said that on specific input regarding delivery of consignment of weapons in general area of Pulwama , a special team of Pulwama Police & Army ( 55RR) was formed and…

Supreme Court dismisses plea challenging J&K Delimitation Commission
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Supreme Court dismisses plea challenging J&K Delimitation Commission

The Supreme Court has dismissed the petition challenging constitution of Delimitation Commission for redrawing the Assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir. The top court has dismissed the petition challenging the delimitation exercise carried out for redrawing the Legislative Assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in the Union Territory. Notably, two persons Haji Abdul…

Cold conditions prevail in Punjab, minimum temp dip below normal

Cold conditions prevail in Punjab, minimum temp dip below normal

Cold conditions prevailed in Punjab and Haryana on Monday as minimum temperatures fell a few notches below normal at many places. Bathinda in Punjab was the coldest place in the region with the night temperature recording four notches below normal at 3.2 degrees Celsius, the Met office here said. Amritsar recorded a low of 3.6…

‘Bharat Organ Yatra’: Pune mother plans to pedal from Kashmir to Kanyakumari in 11 days

‘Bharat Organ Yatra’: Pune mother plans to pedal from Kashmir to Kanyakumari in 11 days

A housewife and mother of two, Preeti Maske, who claims of having set three world records, is now trying to add another feather in her cap by cycling from Kashmir to Kanyakumari in 11 days. Her new crusade also aims to raise awareness on organ donation and has been named ‘Bharat Organ Yatra’. Maske, 46,…

Amid agitation for statehood, Ladakh gets new lieutenant governor
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Amid agitation for statehood, Ladakh gets new lieutenant governor

Amid widespread protests by Ladakh bodies in support of their ongoing agitation for statehood, the union territory on Sunday got a new lieutenant governor after President Droupadi Murmu accepted the resignation of current LG Radha Krishnan Mathur. The President appointed Brigadier (Dr) BD Mishra (retd) as the lieutenant governor of Ladakh. “The President of India…

ADGP calls for maximum effort to neutralise militants active in Rajouri

ADGP calls for maximum effort to neutralise militants active in Rajouri

Additional director general of police (Jammu zone) Mukesh Singh on Sunday called for maximum effort to neutralise terrorists and their overground workers active in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. Singh was speaking at a joint security review meeting in Rajouri — the border district where seven people, including two children, were killed and 14 injured…

Anti-encroachment drive: 45 shops sealed, two razed in J&K’s Ramban

Anti-encroachment drive: 45 shops sealed, two razed in J&K’s Ramban

At least 45 shops were sealed and two others demolished during the ongoing anti-encroachment drive in Banihal township of Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Sunday, officials said. Two political activists were taken into preventive custody before the start of the drive to retrieve government land along the sub district hospital road amid tight security…

Google employees criticise CEO Sundar Pichai, feel ChatGPT rival Bard announcement was rushed

Google employees criticise CEO Sundar Pichai, feel ChatGPT rival Bard announcement was rushed

Google CEO Sundar Pichai is reportedly facing internal criticism over how the company introduced Bard, an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot that was announced by Pichai on Feb 7, and is seen as a direct competitor to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Google employees have taken to Memegen, the tech giant’s popular internal forum, to lambast the CEO, and…