SRINAGAR — At least 17 drug peddlers and narcotic smugglers have been booked under PIT-NDPS in Srinagar, police said here on Wednesday. Srinagar police on its official Twitter handle informed that PIT-NDPS is preventive detention for one year akin to PSA. “Seventeen Drug peddlers and Narcotic smugglers booked under PIT-NDPS. PIT-NDPS is preventive detention for […]
SRINAGAR — Former minister and BJP leader Sunil Sharma on Wednesday said that BJP will form the next government on its own in Jammu and Kashmir and that they were ready for elections anytime. Talking to reporters in Dooru, Sharma said that BJP was ready for elections in Jammu and Kashmir and the way Election […]
RAMBAN — The panel launching of 240 feet CI-40R Bailey suspension bridge over the river Chenab in Maitra area of Ramban district has been started today, officials said. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the project was approved by National Highway Authority of India this year for de-launching of the existing […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Wednesday rapped the Jammu and Kashmir administration over unscientific dumping and disposal of solid waste, saying it cannot play with the lives of the people. A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and C T Ravikumar dismissed a plea by Municipal Committee of Bandipora against imposition of environmental compensation […]
NEW DELHI — Pulitzer-winning Kashmiri photojournalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo has said she was stopped from flying to the United States by immigration authorities at the Delhi airport “despite having a valid visa and ticket”. The 28-year-old photojournalist, who was awarded the Pulitzer for the coverage of COVID pandemic for Reuters, was scheduled to fly to […]
NEW DELHI — The CBI has arrested Border Security Force medical officer Karnail Singh in connection with alleged irregularities in the recruitment of sub-inspectors by the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB), officials said on Wednesday. Singh was taken into custody on Tuesday and will be produced before the special Central Bureau of Investigation […]
BANIHAL — The digging work was completed Tuesday on a 10.2 km tunnel connecting Sumbar and Dharam villages on the 111-km under-construction Banihal-Katra Railway link, an official said. The breakthrough on T-48 Tunnel was executed by conducting a blast under the supervision of Chief Executive Officer of the Northern Railways S P Mahi, the official […]
BARAMULLA — Directorate of School Education has terminated a government teacher in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district for producing fake and forged class 10th certificate to get the government job. According to an order, Neelofar Manzoor daughter of Manzoor Ahmad of Rohama was engaged as an Education Volunteer in 2005 on the basis of her 10th […]
HANDWARA — A Bomb Disposal Squad diffused an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) after it was detected by joint forces in between Langate – Wudipora of Handwara village of North Kashmir on Wednesday. Officials told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that a Joint team of Police along with Army’s 30 Rashtriya Rifles detected an IED […]
SRINAGAR — The higher reaches of Jammu & Kashmir received light snowfall during the last 24 hours, causing a dip in the day temperature. The Meteorological (MeT) office on Wednesday said that mainly clear sky with chances of light rain was expected in the next 24 hours. “Light snowfall occurred in the higher reaches of […]