Srinagar: Pakistan has invited Turkey to join the multi-billion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, which would benefit both countries, official media said Nov 8. “Pakistan highly values its relations with Turkey, and the new government desires to further strengthen relations between Islamabad and Ankara, said Asad Qaiser, speaker of the National Assembly, while speaking with […]
Srinagar: Government forces Friday launched a cordon and search operation in Ganaigund village of Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Sources said that the joint teams of 42 Rashtriya Rifles, Jammu and Kashmir Police, 182 Bn CRPF launched the search operation after inputs about the presence of militants in the village. More details are awaited.
Srinagar: Inspector General of police (IGP) traffic Basant Rath and the Mayor-elect Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) Junaid Mattu late Thursday engaged in a spat over the traffic management in Kashmir’s capital city. Talking about his plan of mending the traffic in Srinagar, Mattu took to Twitter. “Have received numerous complaints about traffic mismanagement issues in the city. I […]
Srinagar: A special police officer (SPO) of Jammu and Kashmir Police was killed on Friday after a vehicle he was travelling in skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Bhabore area of Doda district. Two brothers have received serious injuries in the accident. A private carrier on way to Doda from Gath while […]
Srinagar: Heroin worth Rs. 250 crore, being smuggled to Delhi inside apple cartons in a truck from Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara, was seized by the Narcotics Control Bureau on Thursday, news agency ANI has reported. The police said the contraband was being taken to the Azadpur Mandi in north Delhi. However, the NCB along with the Jammu police […]
Srinagar: The Srinagar-Leh Highway reopened for vehicular traffic on Friday morning after remaining closed for eight consecutive days due to landslides amid heavy snowfall last week. The officials however said that only stranded vehicles will be allowed to travel initially. “The stranded vehicles in different areas of Drass, Meenmarg, Kargil and Leh mostly carrying passengers, […]
Jammu: Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, Army Commander, Northern Command, accompanied by the White Knight Corps Commander, Lt Gen Paramjit Singh on Thursday visited hinterland posts of Kishtwar and Suigarh sector to review the operational preparedness and the prevailing security situation. During the visit to the sectors, the Army Commander was briefed by the commanders on […]
Washington: A gunman opened fire inside a crowded bar on late Wednesday night in Thousand Oaks region of California, killing 12 people, including a sheriff’s deputy, who had rushed inside to confront him, authorities said. According to Washington Post, the gunman was later found dead inside. Gunfire erupted as people were line dancing on ‘College […]
Jammu: The record of 4.5 lakh workers of labour and employment department will be digitalized in 100 days, said an official on Thursday. “Government has set a target of 100 days to digitize records of 4.5 lakh workers across the state out of which the record of 2.6 lakh workers has been completed,” Commissioner/Secretary, Labour […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Mohammad Umar Farooq has for the fifth consecutive year been chosen among the 500 most influential Muslim personalities across the globe by Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre(RISISC) Jordan and one among the five top most influential persons in the sub-continent. According to the RISISC-Jordan’s annual report for year 2019, […]
