SRINAGAR — Police on Tuesday said that they have arrested three persons including a Juvenile for allegedly kidnapping and sexually assaulting a minor girl in Malbagh area of Soura in Srinagar district. In a tweet Srinagar police wrote, “Three accused including one Juvenile apprehended for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a minor girl in Malbagh, Soura. […]
SRINAGAR — Government on Tuesday appointed Vivek Bhardwaj (IAS), Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary) Finance Department as Director on the Board of Directors of J&K Bank Ltd. “In exercise of powers vested under Article 69(1) of the Articles of Association of the Jammu and Kashmir Bank Limited, Vivek Bhardwaj, IAS, Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary) […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported five new covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the pathogen in the last 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday. They said that the three cases were reported from Jammu and two from Srinagar district, taking the overall tally to 454153—166402 in Jammu and 287751 in Kashmir. […]
NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday directed security forces to conduct coordinated counter-militancy operations pro-actively in Jammu and Kashmir. He also said that to fulfil Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a prosperous and peaceful Jammu and Kashmir, the security forces should ensure zero cross-border infiltration to wipe out terrorism in […]
JAMMU — The Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) on Tuesday passed a resolution for the removal of loudspeakers and public address systems operating without permission from religious and public places, evoking criticism from the rival Congress. This decision comes after Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra implemented a similar order. Narotam Sharma, corporator of Ward 3, introduced […]
JAMMU — A man was killed after he was hit by a train while crossing a railway track on the outskirts of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said on Tuesday. The incident took place near Ratnu Chak, the railway officials said. The identity of the deceased has not been ascertained yet, they said, adding […]
SRINAGAR — Body of a 30-year-old man was fished out after five days from NHPC Dam at Salambad Uri on Tuesday. Official sources said that a person Nisar Ahmad Telli son of Jabar telli of Dacha Salamabad, Boniyar had jumped from Chandanwari Uri bridge into river Jehlum on May 12. After five days of continuous […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday said that it have arrested two militant associates of proscribed militant outfit LeT in Chandpora area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Police In a statement said, Police in Budgam alongwith Army (62RR) & CRPF (43Bn) at a checkpoint established at Chandpora area of Budgam arrested two militant […]
NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir following several targeted killings, including of Kashmiri Pandits, in the union territory, officials said. The high-level meeting, attended Lt Gov Manoj Sinha, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla as well as the heads of intelligence and security agencies, […]
VESSU (QAZIGUND) — Divisional Commissioner Kashmir P K Pole Tuesday visited the protesting Kashmiri Pandits at Vessu in southern area of Qazigund and assured them that “all the service related issues will be resolved within a week’s time” while as other demands will be taken up with top officials. Pole, who was accompanied by IGP […]