Srinagar: Forces on Saturday launched massive searches of vehicles and frisking of pedestrians in summer capital, Srinagar, where militants of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) hurled a hand grenade towards a CRPF picket in the civil lines on Friday evening. Despite chilly weather condition due to fresh snowfall, security forces were removing windows of three-wheelers as a precautionary […]
Anantnag: Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday claimed to have arrested a man for allegedly harassing a girl in this south Kashmir district, a police spokesman said. Police requested the girl to approach women’s police station Anantnag following a social media post recently showing the man misbehaving with her at Lal Chowk, Anantnag. Taking cognisance […]
Jammu, Jan 12 (UNI) Three narcotic smugglers were arrested with the contraband of poppy straw in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Saturday. ”On a tip-off, a special naka was laid this morning at T chowk in Banihal and the trio was arrested with 42.5 kg poppy straw, ” police here said. […]
Srinagar: Scores of political workers from different areas joined Congress at the party’s Srinagar Office on Saturday. They expressed their full faith in the programmes and policies of the Congress Party, handout of the party stated The party stated that in an extraordinary meeting scores of Prominent Political Workers led by Sarpanch Gh. Hassan Poswal […]
Srinagar: The sub divisional administration Kangan has issued an advisory to general public in view of snowfall and slippery road conditions in several areas of the central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. “All vehicles plying on Kangan-Sonamarg and Kangan to Wangth Narnanagh, Kachnambal and Chahtergul areas should use anti skid chains tied on tyres, besides 4×4 vehicles […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah Saturday said that he will announce a truth and reconciliation process to probe killings if his party is elected to power with a majority in the upcoming assembly elections. Abdullah who represents Srinagar-Budgam constituency in the Parliament, said his son and NC vice president Omar […]
Srinagar: The additional district development commissioner Budgam Khurshid Ahmad Ganai Saturday suspended 26 employees for remaining absent from duties during a surprise visist to many offices. “During the inspection, 21 employee of Power Development Department (PDD) and 5 employees of Roads and Buildings (R&B) departments were found absent from their duties without any authorization,” reports quoting […]
Srinagar: Assam’s Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma while defending the controversial citizenship bill on Friday said its implementation is a must for the state to ensure it does not face a Kashmir-like situation in the future. Sarma claimed that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill can be an “opportunity” for not just Assam but the entire Northeastern part […]
Srinagar: An army soldier shot self dead in south Kashmir’s Kulgam last night. Officias said that Abishekh Roy Kumar who worked as wireless operator shot himself at 34 RR camp in Behibagh area of Kulgam. He died on the spot. It was not immediately known what forced the soldier to take the extreme step.
Srinagar: Authorities on Saturday shut the Jammu-Srinagar Highway for vehicular traffic following heavy snowfall at the Jawahar Tunnel. An official said that the fresh snowfall on both sides of the tunnel has made the road slip[pery and as such the decision to suspend traffic movement on the highway was taken. He said the traffic would be […]
