Jammu, Jan 17: A magisterial probe has been ordered by Jammu and Kashmir government into the encounter in Sidhra area of Jammu in December last year in which four militants were killed. An official said that assistant commissioner Jammu, Piyush Dhotra has been appointed as an enquiry officer. The encounter took place near police check-point […]
Srinagar January 17: Around 1,666 incidents of human-animal conflict were reported in 2022 while 13 also lost their lives and 106 were injured as frequency of man-animal conflict has increased in the recent years perhaps due to people moving closer to forests and animals coming out into residential areas. According to data, the Wildlife Department […]
Jammu, Jan 17: A major controversy has erupted over the participation of former minister Lal Singh in Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra with a lawyer, who was at the forefront of a campaign to seek justice for eight-year-old Kathua child who was gang-raped and murdered in 2018, resigning from the Congress on Tuesday over allowing […]
Srinagar, Jan 17: In a boost to Congress ahead of entry of its Bharat Jodo Yatra in Jammu & Kashmir, former MLC Nizamuddin Khatana and his son Gulzar Ahmad Khatana, who were associated with Ghulam Nabi Azad’s Democratic Azad Party (DAP), are joining Congress on Tuesday. Former minister and senior Congress leader Peerzada Muhammad Sayeed […]
Srinagar, Jan 16: Lashing out at National Conference leader Sheikh Mustafa Kamaal for casting aspersions on the Uri and Lethpora attacks, senior BJP leader and party’s JK spokesman Altaf Thakur today said Mustafa Kamaal should be booked for supporting Pakistan and doubting the role of forces in Kashmir. Thakur in a statement issued here said […]
Srinagar, Jan 16: The Peoples Democratic party (PDP) Monday hold a protest against the government circular about anti encroachment drive on state land, roshni land, pasture land outside party office jammu Gandhi Nagar. The PDP in it’s statement said that the on the occasion parwaiz wafa youth secretary has voiced deep concern over the government’s […]
Srinagar, Jan 16: The vehicular traffic on Srinagar-Jammu National highway on Monday came to a sudden halt due to shooting stones at Panthial in Ramsu area. An official said an open steel cover bridge on the highway at Panthial has been damaged due to shooting stones. He said following the shooting stones and damage to […]
Srinagar, Jan 16: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday urged media fraternity to desist from publishing information about militant sightings in Rajouri district. In a communication, Rajouri police said sharing or publishing such information is detrimental to the ongoing investigation and anti-militancy operations. It said the media fraternity is requested to desist from publishing such […]
Kupwara, Jan 16: Assistant Executive Engineers (AEEs) and AEs of Rural Engineering Wing (REW), Kupwara here have begun indefinite strike after alleged harassment and humiliation by the concerned Deputy Commissioner (DC). The aggrieved AEEs and AEs have written to the Executive Engineer REW and stated that the strike will continue till the matter is resolved. […]
Srinagar, Jan 14: General officer Commanding-in-Chief (GoC-in-C) of the Army’s Udhampur-based Northern Command, Upendra Dwivedi said that conspiracies by neighbouring countries against our nation won’t be successful and those who use it for political gains will be given befitting reply. Addressing a rally in Rajouri on Veterans Day, he said that they eliminate terrorism and […]
