Srinagar, May 02: In the past one month, Jammu and Kashmir government has released 371 prisoners including 72 inmates serving detention in outside UT jails under Public Safety Act (PSA), official documents reveal. The decision to release prisoners lodged in both J&K prisons as well as outside jails, in a bid to decongest the jails […]
Srinagar, May 02: Over 80 per cent Covid-19 positive cases in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir are asymptomatic while rest of the patients is having mild symptoms, officials said. Atal Dulloo, Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education Department, Jammu and Kashmir said that around 80-85 per cent patients who have been tested […]
Kishtwar, May 02: Taking serious note of the dereliction of duties in conducting the COVID-19 Swasthya Nidhi health audit, District Magistrate Kishtwar Rajinder Singh Tara today placed four Booth Level Officers under suspension. The suspended BLOs are currently in Jammu and failed to resume their duties despite being informed well in time. Moreover, Additional Deputy […]
Srinagar, May 2: Militants on Saturday evening lobbed a grenade on government forces deployment in Tahab area of Pulwama district in south Kashmir. Reports said that the suspected militants hurled a grenade on the joint team of police and CRPF deployed at Tahab Chowk. However, the device missed the intended target and exploded on the […]
Baramulla, May 2: Authorities on Saturday sealed a petrol pump and 15 shops in violation of government’s prohibitory orders aimed to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus in Baramulla district of north Kashmir. Reports said that a team of officials led by Deputy Commissioner Dr G N Itoo sealed the petrol pump in main […]
Srinagar, May 2: An army soldier was killed and another suffered injuries in an accidental grenade blast at Tanghdar area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Station House Officer (SHO) Tanghdar Waseem Ahmad Budoo said that the grenade blast occurred inside the army’s 2 JAT post along the Line of Control (LoC) during an anti-militancy drill. […]
Srinagar, May 2: Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday reported 27 fresh cases of novel coronavirus in last 24 hours, taking the number of Covid-19 patients in Jammu and Kashmir to 666. Official sources said that 15 persons include eight members of a family of a deceased elderly woman from Rainawari area tested positive in Srinagar. […]
Srinagar, May 02: A gunfight broke out between the militants and the security forces in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Saturday, police said. “Encounter has started at #Chanjmullah area of #Handwara. Police and security forces are on the job. Further details shall follow,” said a police spokesman on Twitter. In another encounter […]
Pulwama: Two militants have been killed in an ongoing encounter that raged between government forces and militants in Dangerpora area of main town Pulwama in South Kashmir on Saturday morning. A senior police official said that two militants have been killed in the gunfight, adding that search operation is on in the area. Earlier, an […]
Srinagar, May 02: Amid lockdown in view of COVID-19 pandemic, scores of clay loaded tippers were seized during the nocturnal raids in various parts of the district. District Deputy Commissioner Pulwama on receiving incessant complaints from the locals conducted nocturnal raids in pariga , wanpora , Pampore , Laddu to check operations of illegal mining […]
