Srinagar: Government on Friday imposed strict curfew in Bhadarwah valley and Doda town of Jammu and Kashmir following killing of a senior BJP leader and his brother in Kishtwar town last night. Official sources said that the curfew has been imposed as a “precautionary measure” in view of killings of BJP state secretary Anil Parihar, […]
Jammu : Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Sanjeev Verma held a a meeting to review the progress of construction of bunkers, 135 feet border fencing and Border Out Posts (BOPs) in districts of Jammu, Kathua, Samba, Rajouri and Poonch of Jammu division. Deputy Commissioners (DC’s) of five border districts attended the meeting through video conferencing. The Div Com […]
Srinagar: A JCB operator died Tuesday after a landslide hit a JCB he was operating to clear a landslide along the 300-kilomtre Srinagar-Jammu highway in Ramban district. Identified as Jamsheed Ahmad, reports said, Ahmad was clearing the landslide at Digdol when a huge rocks rolled down. Ahmad jumped out of the JCB and sustained injuries. He was […]
Poonch: Eight residential houses, five belonging to as many brothers, in fire incident at Dogrian, Bufliaz area of Surankote in Poonch district, reports said on Monday. Reports said that the fire erupted at around 1:00 a.m. and with in no time engulfed the adjoining houses. The residential houses which were gutted completely include that of […]
SRINAGAR: In an effort to ease public mobility, Government is planning to reintroduce radio taxis in the State. The plan was discussed in a high-level video conference meeting chaired by Principal Secretary Transport Dr Asgar Samoon Wednesday. The meeting was held regarding mobility on highways including NH-44, NH-1 and Mughal Road in State. Options to […]
SRINAGAR: In order to ensure hassle-free movement of vehicles carrying Darbar move employees and important official records to Jammu, only one-way movement of traffic from Srinagar towards Jammu shall be permitted on October 27, 28 and November 3, 4 on the Srinagar- Jammu Highway. As such no movement of any sort of traffic including that of […]
JAMMU: Excise Dept fines truckers evading Toll tax today slapped fine on two minor mineral laden trucks for evading Toll here at Toll Post Gandyal, Kathua. As per the department handout, a team of officials intercepted two vehicles bearing registration Nos.PB04V-0323 & PB35N-9117 each carrying ‘Sand’ illegally with malafide intentions to evade the Toll. The […]
SRINAGAR: The Government today ordered reconstitution of the Board of Directors of the Jammu and Kashmir Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation (JKIDFC) Ltd. As per the orders issued by the Government, Navin K Choudhary, Principal Secretary Finance, will be the Chairman of the Board while Shailendra Kumar, Principal Secretary Industries & Commerce, Khurshid Ahmad Shah, Commissioner […]
Jammu: A fierce explosion took place inside an Army camp’s unmanned shelter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Tuesday. However, no casualties were reported. The blast happened inside 93rd brigade headquarters at Moti Mahal in the border district around 10.45 am. It has nothing to do with cross-border shelling (from Pakistan), said Jammu-based Army […]
New Delhi: The Indian Army has asked the Pakistan military to take back bodies of two alleged intruders who were killed in a gunfight along the Line of Control in Sunderbani sector of Jammu on Sunday, official sources said. Two heavily armed Pakistani intruders and three soldiers were killed Sunday in the gunfight after the […]
