SRINAGAR — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested its former Superintendent of Police (SP) and IPS officer Arvind Digvijay Negi for allegedly leaking secret documents to an overground worker of the banned militant organization Lashkar-e-Taiba, its official spokesperson said. The spokesperson said that Negi, a police officer who was promoted to the IPS […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported 197 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest single-day count in 46 days, even as one person succumbed to the virus, the first death reported after four days, officials said on Friday. They said 118 of the fresh cases were from Jammu Division and 79 from […]
JAMMU — The Government of Jammu and Kashmir has declared paid holiday for the voters of Punjab, working in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. An order issued by General Administration Department of J&K in this regard reads, “In terms of Section 135-B of the Representation of People Act, 1951, sanction is hereby accorded […]
JAMMU — As a major initiative towards good governance and ease of convenience to the citizens, the Revenue Department is starting issuance of trilingual Land Passbooks in Hindi, Urdu and English to the landholders with effect from 19th of February 2022 from the districts of Jammu and Srinagar. To begin with, 7 Tehsils of Srinagar […]
POONCH — A 50-year-old man was injured after attacked by a wild boar (wild pig) in Mendhar area of Poonch district on Friday. Official sources said that the Wild boar attack Abdul Haq (50) son of Lal Din at Nakka Manjhari village in Mendhar, leaving him injured. He was shifted to hospital. Dr Naveed Anjum […]
SRINAGAR — An 8-year-old girl died after drowning in a rivulet in Tekipora in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday afternoon. Reports said that Sania, 8, daughter of Shamsuddin Bhat drowned in Machhar nallah. Soon after the news spread, locals of the area rushed to the site and fished out the girl in unconscious condition […]
NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir along with the development initiatives undertaken in the Union Territory. Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Army Chief Gen Mukund Naravane and top security officials of the central government and […]
JAMMU — In yet another relief to senior BJP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Dr Nirmal Singh, and his wife Mamta Singh, the Jammu and Kashmir Special Tribunal has extended the stay on demolition order of the Jammu Development Authority that had asked the couple to demolish their “illegally” built […]
SRINAGAR — CPI(M) leader Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami on Friday said that the decision of the government to downgrade and withdraw security of political leaders, activists of different parties is arbitrary and has no justification. The decision could endanger the lives of these leaders and activists. The political process in the region is itself a difficult […]
BENGALURU — An lecturer of a private college in Karnataka’s Tumakuru district has resigned after being asked to remove her hijab by the college management. Chandini Naz, an English lecturer at Jain PU College called the college management’s decision an “assault on her self-respect”. In a letter Naz said, “I am resigning from my position […]