JAMMU — Two alleged drug peddlers, including a woman, were detained under the Public Safety Act on Thursday during raids in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, police said. The PSA is an administrative law that allows detention without charge or trial for up to two years in some cases. Police teams conducted raids at two […]
SRINAGAR — Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday sought support of the people to take the Union Territory out of the shadows of “fear, unemployment and helplessness”. Azad, who quit the Congress last month, said he will not rake up emotive issues like “freedom”, “autonomy” or “self-rule”, but will only […]
SRINAGAR — Five people, including two influential clerics, from south Kashmir were detained under preventive laws on Thursday, officials here said. Among those detained are Moulana Mushtaq Ahmad Veeri and Abdul Rashid Dawoodi, they said. The authorities are contemplating booking the clerics under the Public Safety Act and shifting them to a Jammu jail, they […]
LAHORE — The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday announced national squads for the seven-match T20I series against England, the tri-series in New Zealand, and the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s T20 World Cup Australia, 2022. Chief Selector Muhammad Wasim named the players during a media briefing at PCB’s headquarters at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. Addressing […]
SRINAGAR — Youth Congress Joint Secretary, Manpreet Singh has expressed anguish over loss of lives in a road accident in Rajouri district of Jammu. The accident took place at Deri Ralyot in Manjakote area of the district after a passenger bus on its way to Jammu from Surankote Poonch, skidded off the road and plunged […]
JAMMU — A hybrid militant, who was in touch with his handlers in Pakistan, was arrested from Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, officials said on Thursday, adding that a major terror strike has been averted. Police identified the militant as Zaffar Iqbal, a resident of Mahore tehsil of Reasi. He was in touch with the […]
RAJOURI — Five persons were killed and 12 others injured when the bus they were travelling in plunged into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said on Thursday. The bus, which was on its way to Jammu from Surankote Poonch, skidded off the road and plunged into the gorge at Deri […]
SRINAGAR — Body of a 42-year-old woman was found and retrieved from river Lidder in Pahalgam of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district this afternoon. Preliminary reports reaching GNS, suggest that the woman drowned while she was taking bath in the river. Some passersby on spotting the body informed the police, who on reaching the site retrieved […]
RAJOURI — Seven persons were injured in a road accident that took place at Mandir Gala in Rajouri district on Thursday morning. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that a light vehicle was on way to Rajouri from Bai Nambal village of Kotranka when it’s driver lost control near Mandir Gala and […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological (MeT) office on Thursday said dry weather conditions will continue for the next 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir. The union territory had pleasant skies and sunshine in the last 24 hours. “Clear sky with pleasant sunshine is expected in J&K during the next 24 hours,” an official of the MeT […]