Srinagar, Jan 6: Four persons were arrested for alleged killing of a peacock – National Bird – in Sumah Akhnoor in Jammu, officials said on Thursday evening. They said that four persons namely Ishtiyaq Ahmed son of Mohd Aslam, Safdar Hussain son of Mohd Ayub, Mohd Farooq son of Mohd Yousaf and Mohd Tazeem son […]
Srinagar, Jan 6: For the second consecutive in a row, Jammu and Kashmir recorded higher number of cases with 349 of them confirmed in the last 24 hours along with three deaths due to the virus, officials said on Thursday. 202 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu division and 147 from Kashmir, taking […]
Srinagar, Jan 6: Anti Corruption Bureau on Thursday produced a chargesheet against 39 persons, which include Assistant Directors, Tehsil Supply Officers, Supervisors, Storekeepers, Ration Dealers of FCS&CA and flour Mill Owners, for ‘misappropriation of ration.’ “Anti-Corruption Bureau produced a charge sheet before Learned Special Judge Anti-Corruption Jammu in case FIR No. 14/2006 P/S VOJ (now […]
Srinagar, Jan 06: National Conference (NC) on Thursday denounced the allocation of 1034 Kanals of land to the Army under ‘Strategic Areas Act’ in Kashmir’s Gulmarg and 354 Kanals in Sonamarg. “Our reservations about the ‘strategic areas act’ are evidenced by this reckless land transfer. We had contended that the act will be used arbitrarily […]
Srinagar, Jan 06: Police Thursday claimed to have busted a TRF/Mujahideen Gazwatul Hind modules by arresting two militants and two over ground workers (OGWs) in Barzulla area of Srinagar. Addressing a press conference in Srinagar, Deputy Inspector General of Police Central Kashmir range, Sujit Kumar Singh said that two militants and two OGWs were arrested […]
Srinagar, Jan 06: The administration of Jammu & Kashmir has decided to withdraw the special security group (SSG) cover to four former chief ministers and their 15 immediate family members. Sources said that the administration of the UT has decided to withdraw SSG cover to former chief ministers Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti, Ghulam […]
Srinagar, Jan 6 The Jammu and Kashmir government must review its decision to ‘declare’ 1034 kanals of land at the famous ski-resort of Gulmarg and 354 kanals in another popular tourist destination Sonmarg as “strategic areas” for the use of armed forces, CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousaf Tarigami said on Thursday. “These are two most […]
Srinagar, Jan 6: Srinagar-Leh highway, passing through the Zojila pass, has been closed till further orders. “Due to continuous spell of snowfall and extreme whether at Zoji-la axis resulting in heavy accumulation of snow on the axis, the Srinagar-Leh highway passing through the pass has become unworthy of vehicular movement,” reads an order issued by […]
Kabul: UN humanitarian agencies warned on Tuesday that a harsh winter in Afghanistan is aggravating already severe conditions that are challenging millions of Afghans across the country. The spokesperson of the General Secretary of the United Nations, Stéphane Dujarric, announced that based on the estimates of the UN Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs […]
Srinagar, Jan 6: Low visibility at Srinagar ‘international’ airport led to delaying of all flight operations on Thursday morning, officials said. “All flights at Srinagar Airport are delayed due to low visibility. The operations will commence on weather improvement,” AAI said in a tweet. In last two days 79 flights to and from the Srinagar […]
