SRINAGAR: A team of the officials of the Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) locked down a children’s home here for violating various provisions of J&K Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2013 and shifted its inmates to a better facility. The team conducted the surprise inspection of ‘Gulistan Children Home’ run by […]
SRINAGAR: Crime Branch Kashmir booked a Job fraudster, impersonating himself as a Personal Secretary to Chairman J&K Bank and deceitfully extracted huge amounts from the educated youths under the pretext of jobs in J&K Bank. Crime Branch Kashmir received an order passed by the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Pulwama dated 07.09.2018, titled Abdul Majid Kuchay V/S Abdul […]
SRINAGAR: The Governor’s Administration has sought central government assistance to project Mughal gardens as World Heritage sites. The matter was discussed during a meeting between Advisor to Governor Khurshid Ahmad Ganai and Joint Secretary Ministry of Culture, Government of India, Nirupama Kotru. During the meeting, Ganai sought central governments’ assistance in preparing a Detailed Project […]
JAMMU: In order to carry out various repair and upgradation works, the power supply to Babliana and its adjoining areas fed from BL-3 feeder shall remain affected on October 22 and 24 from 08 am to 12 noon. Similarly, the power supply to Channi Himamt and its adjoining areas fed from CH-6 and CH-7 feeders […]
Srinagar: Bharatiya Janata Party has secured 23 wards of five municipalities of Rajouri district. The municipalities include MC Rajouri, MC Thanamandi, MC Sunderbani, MC Nowshera and MC Kalakote. Officials said that Congress and independent candidates have won 20 wards each in the five municipalities of the district. In the 17 wards of Municipal Committee Rajouri […]
Srinagar: A woman allegedly committed suicide by jumping into a water tank along with her three children, police said Saturday. The incident took place in Sadar police station area of the district late Friday night when other family members of the woman had gone out, they said. The reason behind the extreme step is yet […]
Srinagar: Journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in a fight in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, the country’s state TV reports, quoting an initial inquiry, BBC reported. Deputy intelligence chief Ahmad al-Assiri and Saud al-Qahtani, senior aide to Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, were sacked over the affair, it says. US President Donald Trump said what […]
Srinagar: The BJP Saturday failed to open its account in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ladakh region in the urban local body elections held earlier this month. Out of the total 26 wards in this region, the Congress bagged all the 13 seats in Leh municipal committee. It also won five wards in neighbouring Kargil district, election […]
Srinagar: An 18-year old youth drowned to death while fishing in a pond constructed by Irrigation department at Chandigam area of Lolab in northern Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Saturday. The youth identified as Shaheen Ahmad Mir (18) son of Abdul Rashid Mir, is a resident of Chandigam, Lolab. Shaheen slipped and drowned in the Irrigation […]
Srinagar: 12 Bharatiya Janata Party candidates have been declared winners in the Watergam Municipal Committee of Baramulla district. Officials said that BJP won 11 of the 13 wards uncontested while only one ward that was contested also went to BJP. Meanwhile one of the 13 wards of the committee remained uncontested. Meanwhile seven independent candidates […]
