JAMMU — Two police personnel were suspended for allegedly failing to take action in a blackmailing case of a prominent businessman, officials said on Friday. A businessman was honey trapped and later blackmailed by two persons, identified as Sourav and Ravi, they said. A sub-inspector and a munshi of police post Chatha were suspended for […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported seven new covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Friday. They said that five of the cases were reported from Jammu and each from Udhampur and Srinagar districts, taking the overall tally to 454227—166452 in Jammu and […]
SRINAGAR — Provincial Secretary Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party and DDC member Dadsara Tral, Avtar Singh Trali on Friday resigned from basic membership of the party. “I have failed to find a prudent political roadmap and the necessary coordination needed to tackle the issues pertaining to the public welfare and resolution of their grievances,” Singh […]
SRINAGAR — With monkeypox cases reported in more than 20 countries, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Friday said there is no need to panic over the virus as it does not spread easily between humans. “The virus spreads through close skin to skin contact and the risk of spread to the general population is very […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday formed a search committee headed by chief secretary for making suitable recommendations for selection of chairman and members of Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission. According to an order, the five member committee headed by Chief Secretary comprises of Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary), Agriculture Production […]
LEH — Seven soldiers were killed and several others injured when a vehicle carrying them skidded off the road and fell into the Shyok River in Ladakh on Friday, Army officials said. The accident took place in the Tuktuk sector at around 9 am at a place which is around 25 kilometers from Thoise in […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Friday directed the J&K Government to exhume the body of Ramban youth who was killed in an alleged “encounter” last year in Hyderpora area of summer capital Srinagar. Sources told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that the High Court has directed the government to exhume […]
SRINAGAR — Member Hajj Committee of India (HCI) Er Aijaz Hussain Friday said that the first Hajj-2022 flight from J&K will take-off from Srinagar International Airport on June 5. All arrangements for the smooth and hassle-free Hajj 2022 are in place and HCoI will ensure all the facilities for the Hajj aspirants. “First Hajj-2022 flight […]
JAMMU — A CBI court here has issued summons to Rubaiya Sayeed, daughter of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, to appear before it on July 15 in a case related to her abduction in 1989, officials said on Friday. This is the first time that Rubaiya Sayeed has been asked to […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Mehbooba Mufti on Friday visited the residence of Ambreen Bhat, who was killed by militants days ago at her home in Budgam’s Hushroo area, said that the “muscular” and “repressive” policies of BJP government has resulted in deterioration of the situation in Kashmir. “Instead of the situation getting […]