Anantnag: Al least eight people were injured, including three grievously after a passenger vehicle fell into Dadi-canal in Khiram-Srigufwara area near Munjharan in district Anantnag on Monday. Initial reports suggest that three among the injured are in critical conditions. The injured passengers have been shifted to Anantnag District Hospital. details awaited.
Jammu: The Excise Department (ED) Monday claimed to have foiled smuggling bid of poppy in fruit boxes and have seized 190 kg of the drug at Lakhanpur interstate toll plaza in Kathua district of the state. officials said that the seizure was made from a truck which was loaded with fresh fruits, adding that they […]
Pulwama: Tral town is observing shutdown against arrest of arrest of at least a dozen people, including close relatives of a few active militants by the government forces. The detentions were triggered after a special police officer (SPO) was attacked by suspected militants last week. Shops and commercial establishments remained closed and thin movement of […]
New Delhi: The Central government and NDPP-BJP dispensation in Nagaland have decided to “tread carefully” on the 21-year-old Naga peace talks and therefore while they want early solution, at the same time security forces will continue to remain “proactively prepared for any kind of scenario”. It is on this backdrop, sources said, the Army Corps […]
Islamabad: Incarcerated former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday appeared before the Accountability Court here in connection with the Al-Azizia and Flagship corruption references being heard against him. Wajid Zia, the star prosecution witness in the case, is also expected to appear before the court, Paksitan daily Dawn reported. Both the references are being heard […]
Jammu: Authorities on Monday suspended vehicular movement over Jammu-Srinagar Highway after multiple landslides triggered by heavy rains in Ramban and Udhampur districts blocked the road. Mughal road however is through for two-way traffic. According to officials the road was blocked by landslides at Seri in Ramban district and Kheri in Udhampur district, they said. “There is […]
Jammu: Police on Monday claimed to have arrested two smugglers and rescued almost 38 animals in four separate incidents. “Seven animals during a routine patrolling in the Rajouri district last evening. The smuggler was arrested on the spot,” Police spokesman said. According to him a vehicle was intercepted at Chatyari area and five animals were rescued […]
Srinagar: Jammu & Kashmir may have a new governor later this month, when incumbent N.N. Vohra exits office after a 10-year term, BJP general secretary Ram Madhav confided in an interview with ThePrint. “I assume there will be a new governor soon,” Madhav said. Names of Maharashtra governor C. Vidyasagar Rao, a committed activist of […]
Srinagar: The Karvan-e-Aman bus service, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK), resumed on Monday after remaining suspended last week for security reasons, official sources said here. The cross-Line of Control (LoC) could not operate last Monday as separatists had called for a general strike against alleged ‘attempts being made to weaken the […]
Srinagar: Yatra to the holy cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas was suspended from traditional Pahalgam track on Monday due to slippery conditions following rain, while it was progressing on shortest Baltal route despite rain, official sources said. They said for the safety of the pilgrims, the yatra on traditional Pahalgam track was suspended this […]
