Jammu: A total of 183 persons are still detained under Public Safety Act while no one is under house arrest in Jammu and Kashmir, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. Giving details, Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said that since August 1, 2019, 613 persons “including separatists, over ground workers, stone pelters etc.” […]
Jammu: The Covid-19 data of Jammu and Kashmir since March 2020 reveals that the scourge of the disease in the union territory had waned the most in January in the past eight months A senior health official said that the disease could even be wiped out by the end of February in J-K. The union […]
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday slammed the Centre for not providing cash transfers to the poor in the Union Budget, and said the Modi government was planning to give the country’s assets to a few capitalists. In a tweet after the Budget, he said, “Forget putting cash in the hands of people, […]
New Delhi: Newly carved out Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) and Ladakh got a special package in the Union Budget for 2021-22 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on Monday in which she announced laying of new gas pipeline and setting up of a central university. In her budget speech, the […]
Jammu: Schools in Jammu’s summer division reopened for classes 9 and 12 on Monday, after 10 months of coronavirus-induced shutdown. The students have supported the decision and are happy to walk back to their schools, friends and teachers. “We are excited about the first day of school as we have come back after so long. […]
Pulwama: Two militants who were trapped in an encounter at Batpora Lelhara village of Kakapora belt in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district have surrendered before forces, officials said on Saturday. They said that two militants surrendered before senior officers of police and security forces along with 02 AK 47 rifles. They further added that one militant […]
Pulwama: A gunfight broke out between militants and security forces in Batpora Lelhara village of Kakapora belt in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday evening. An official told that a joint team of Police, Army’s 50 RR and CRPF launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) on specific information about the presence of militants in […]
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti Wednesday said the arrest of her party”s youth wing president Waheed ur Rehman Para was emblematic of the situation of Kashmiri politicians who are being “persecuted” by New Delhi for not toeing its line. Para was arrested on November 25, 2020 in connection with the Naveed Babu-DySP Davinder […]
Srinagar (KIMS): An armed personnel was killed and three others were injured in an (IED) Improvised Explosive Device blast in Shamsipora area in Kulgam district on Wednesday. Reports said, an (IED) Improvised Explosive Device was planted in school building at Subhanpora locality of Shamsipora in Kulgam district. The IED went off inside school in which […]
New Delhi: The Delhi Police have filed 22 cases in connection with the violence during the Republic Day tractor rally by farmers protesting against the centre’s three contentious farm laws passed in September. The Delhi Police also said more than 300 policemen were injured in the violence, which took place mostly in and around Mukarba […]