RAWALPINDI — Amid the federal government formation hitting a stalemate in Pakistan after a fractured general election mandate, Commissioner Rawalpindi Division Liaquat Ali Chatta on Saturday resigned from his post in protest against electoral irregularities, especially rigging, The News International reported. According to the report, the Commissioner held a press conference at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium […]
NEW DELHI — The Indian Railways will start train services on the Banihal-Khari-Sumber-Sangaldan section, a 48.1-kilometre-long significant segment of the country’s most ambitious Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link project, on February 20. “We will get a step closure to realise our dream to connect Srinagar with Kanyakumari,” a source in the railways told PTI. “The Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail […]
JAMMU — Commissioner of Railways Safety D C Deshwal on Friday completed his two-day inspection of recently completed 48-km-long Banihal-Sangaldan section along the ambitious Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL), officials said. Sangaldan railway station in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district falls between Banihal and Katra on the remaining 111-km stretch of the USBRL project, which on […]
SRINAGAR — A Tipper driver died after the vehicle he was driving plunged into the Dal Lake near Makaye Park in Srinagar, officials said. A police official said that reports were received that a tipper bearing registration number JK06-2692 plunged into the Dal Lake near Makaye point, following which a team was dispatched to the […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — A man has been arrested for his involvement in killing of two Punjabis in Shalla Kadal area of Shaheed Gunj, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir Police said on Tuesday. The Jammu and Kashmir Police in a press release said, “Based upon clinching evidence collected during investigation, the accused man identified as Adil Manzoor […]
JAMMU — A special CBI court has issued an appearance notice to 21 accused, including a senior IAS officer, in the J&K gun licences issuance scam. The scam pertains to the issuance of gun licences against gratification to people in J&K between 2012 to 2016. Bala Jyoti, special judge CBI cases, after hearing a complaint […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — In a major reshuffle, the Government of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday ordered transfers and postings of 74 officers in the interest of administration. According to an order, Mr. Ajaz Abdullah Saraf, JKAS, under orders of transfer Additional Registrar, Cooperatives, Kashmir, is posted as Additional Transport Commissioner, J&K, against an available vacancy, […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Home Department of Jammu and Kashmir Government on Monday ordered promotion of two Indian Police Service (IPS) Officers to the rank of Additional Director General of Police (ADGP). According to an order, Anand Jain, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Jammu Zone and Nitish Kumar, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Crime Investigation […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Home Department of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday ordered transfers and postings in Police Department. The Department has ordered transfers and postings of 16 Police officers in the interest of administration with immediate effect. According to an order, Anayat Ali Choudhary, IPS, awaiting posting upon repatriation from Union territory of Ladakh, […]
PUNE — Members of a right-wing organisation barged into the National Film Archive of India (NFAI) premises in Maharashtra’s Pune city objecting to the screening of a docudrama, claiming it showed the Indian Army in a bad light, a police official said. The incident took place on Sunday when the docudrama, titled ‘I Am Not […]