Three drug peddlers arrested in Jammu

Three drug peddlers arrested in Jammu

Jammu: Three suspected drug peddlers have been arrested with narcotics from different places in the Jammu region, police said Wednesday.  During a checking on Tuesday night, a vehicle coming from Jammu city was intercepted at the Asia Chowk in Katra town of Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district. A person named Bishan Singh was arrested after […]

Teachers in Pulwama hold protest demonstration demanding release of their pending salaries

Teachers in Pulwama hold protest demonstration demanding release of their pending salaries

Irshad-ul-Haq Pulwama: Scores of teachers in south Kashmir’s Pulwama Wednesday held a protest demonstration demanding the release of their pending salaries. The teachers said that their salaries for the last five months have not been released. The protesting teachers, holding placards appealed the administration to release their pending salaries. In a meeting, later, the teachers apprised Deputy […]

Mother-daughter duo rescued from Wular lake after their boat capsizes

Mother-daughter duo rescued from Wular lake after their boat capsizes

Bandipora: A Mother-daughter duo was on Wednesday rescued from Walur lake in northern Kashmir’s Bandipora district after the boat capsized due to overloading of wood and fodder. Reports said a team of Marcos on Wednesday rescued mother-daughter from Walur lake and saved their lives. The mother-daughter duo was identified as Rafiqa Begum and her daughter […]

ACB conducts searches at official residence of sacked J&K Bank chairman Pervez Nengroo

ACB conducts searches at official residence of sacked J&K Bank chairman Pervez Nengroo

Srinagar: A team of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday carried out searches at properties belonging to sacked Jammu and Kashmir Bank chairman Parvez Ahmad Nengroo. Official sources said that a team of ACB, accompanied by Magistrates and J&K policemen, searched three properties of Mr Nengroo, including his private and official residences, in Srinagar. The Governor […]

Five arrested with material used for ‘making IEDs’ in south Kashmir

Five arrested with material used for ‘making IEDs’ in south Kashmir

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police has arrested five persons and claimed to have recovered material used for making Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) from Zainapora area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday night. A police officer said that a special team of police in separate raids arrested the five persons and recovered material used for […]

Police orders probe after signboard with ‘don’t use mobile phone while drinking’ installed on Mughal Road

Police orders probe after signboard with ‘don’t use mobile phone while drinking’ installed on Mughal Road

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police has ordered inquiry after pictures of a signboard, “don’t use mobile phone while drinking”, installed on the historic Mughal Road went viral on social media. The sign board has been installed recently by traffic police of Jammu rural wing at Peer Ki Gali on Mughal Road. Reports said that the […]

Two dead in Ganderbal road accident

Two dead in Ganderbal road accident

Ganderbal: A motorcyclist and his pillion rider were killed after a Tipper hit their motorbike in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district last evening, officials said on Wednesday. The truck bearing registration number JK03-7541 hit the motorbike (JK01AA-5371) at Neitang Lar area on Tuesday evening, resulting in the on the spot death the motorcyclist while the pillion […]

UN calls for ‘prompt and thorough’ probe into Morsi’s death

UN calls for ‘prompt and thorough’ probe into Morsi’s death

Cairo: The UN human rights office has called for a prompt and thorough probe into the death of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, a day after he collapsed and died inside a Cairo courtroom on Tuesday. “Any sudden death in custody must be followed by a prompt, impartial, thorough and transparent investigation carried out by […]

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