Jammu: A drug peddler with contraband of opium was arrested in Greater Kailash area here on Tuesday. “Police during naka checking stopped one Motorcycle and on search, 300 grams of Opium was recovered from the possession of the bike rider identified as Sunil Kumar alias Shella, resident Nanak Nagar, Jammu,” police here said. They said that […]
Srinagar: Islami Tanzeem-e-Azadi Chairman Abdul Samad Inqilabi has again been booked under Public Safety Act (PSA) even as he remained lodged in a jail in Jammu. Meanwhile, a local court has directed jail authorities to provide medical treatment to Inqilabi, who is allegedly suffering from multiple ailments. A spokesperson for slami Tanzeem-e-Azadi said Inqilabi has […]
Srinagar: State Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) president Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami on Tuesday accused the government of totally neglecting the women working as ASHAs, despite starting the National Rural Health Mission with much fanfare. ”The government must provide a dignified monthly honorarium to these activists who essentially act as backbone of the health structure in […]
Srinagar: Nearly 400 militants infiltrated into Jammu and Kashmir in the last three years and 126 of them have been killed by security forces, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Reddy said 27 security personnel were killed during the engagements with the infiltrators. Four militants […]
Srinagar: Police on Tuesday recovered an unidentified male body on river Jehlum near Shadipora area of Sumbal in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Reports said that some locals spotted the body floating near Shadipora and informed the concerned police station immediately. A police team reached the spot and retrieved the body. Confirming it a police officer […]
Srinagar: Police have arrested two persons for their alleged involvement in the last month’s killing of a Shopkeeper in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. A police officer said that the youth Aquib Bashir and Auqib Shalla of Chesti Colony Baramulla was arrested recently and one pistol was recovered by a team of 46RR, SOG and CRPF […]
Doda: An Assistant Sub-Inspector of Jammu and Kashmir Police was killed in a road accident after an Alto vehicle he was driving in skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge on Brath road in Doda district. An official said that the vehicle (JK-06A 4758) met the accident near gas agency on Barth […]
Kashmir Editors Guild led alliance on Monday won the maiden elections of the Kashmir Press Club. Except the President’s post that was won by Shuja-ul-Haq, an electronic media journalist all the other positions including the Executive Member positions were won by the Kashmir Editors Guild Alliance. Shuja defeated Haroon Shah of the KEG by just one […]
Jammu: A fresh batch of 3967 pilgrims on Tuesday left for Amarnath Cave Shrine in South Kashmir amid from Yatri Niwas, Bhagwati Nagar base camp. The fleet of 167 vehicles ferrying pilgrims was escorted by CRPF personnel in jeeps and on motorbikes. However, for Pahalgam route, 1741 male, 455 females, 35 children and 121 sadhus left […]
At least 28 people have died and dozens more, including women and children, are missing after heavy rains and flash floods wreaked havoc in Pakistan Administered Kashmir’s Neelum Valley on Monday. Over 150 houses in the Laswa area of the valley were damaged and dozens of people were swept away in floods that officials said were caused by […]
