RANCHI — A special CBI court in Ranchi on Monday sentenced Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad to five years imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 60 lakh on him in the Rs 139.35 crore Doranda treasury scam, the fifth fodder scam case. The former Bihar chief minister along with other accused was […]
JAMMU — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday lamented the killing of a Bajrang Dal activist in Karnataka, saying it was “tragic”. Bajrang Dal activist Harsha, 23, was stabbed to death by unidentified people in Karnataka’s Shivamogga district on Sunday night. “It (the killing) should not have happened. It is very tragic,” […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported 104 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours while one person succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Monday. They said 85 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 19 from Kashmir Division, taking the overall tally to 452410. Giving […]
JAMMU — The Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta today urged the forest department to replenish the denuded forest cover, increase plantation outside forest areas and repair the neglected water bodies using both traditional ecological knowledge and modern practices in convergence with the MGNREGA to kickstart a virtuous cycle of good soil health, increased land […]
SRINAGAR — Continuing its efforts to eradicate the menace of drugs from the society, Police have arrested 10 drug peddlers across Kashmir valley and recovered psychotropic/contraband substances from their possession. Besides two notorious drug peddlers have been detained under preventive detention under PIT NDPS Act in Kulgam. In Sopore, a police party of Police Post […]
POONCH — The bush fire that broke out in the intervening night of Sunday-Monday has engulfed many areas along the Line of Control in Poonch district. Reports said that LoC areas of Mendhar and Mankote sectors of Mendhar sub division are under forest fire, which started in the intervening night of Sunday and Monday and […]
JAMMU — Students of lower classes thronged their schools in most parts of Jammu province early Monday to attend offline classes after a gap of nearly two years, a week after Jammu and Kashmir administration announced phased opening of educational institutions amid declining trend of COVID-19 cases. However, the schools in Kashmir and winter zones […]
BUDGAM — After busting the gang of vehicle lifters, recovering stolen vehicles from the, police in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district have made two more arrests in this regard and have recovered two more stolen vehicles. Pertinently, police in Budgam district recently had busted an inter-district gang of vehicle lifters, arrested four accused and recovered eleven […]
ANANTNAG — A local court at Anantnag has directed the Police Station Kokernag for registration of FIR against the BJP leader namely Mohammad Sidiq Khan and Shahid Ahmad Bhat on serious allegations of sexual exploitation and blackmailing of the applicants leveled in the complaint. The court order dated 11-02-2022 reads that the complainants (name withheld) […]
SRINAGAR — A man was killed in an oxygen cylinder blast in Lal Nagar, Chanapora area of Srinagar on Monday. Official sources said that a 55-year-old man identified as Qaisar Ahmad Naqashbandi resident of Budshah Nagar was injured critically when an oxygen cylinder exploded in his shop. They said he was shifted to nearby Florence […]
