SRINAGAR — The Amarnath Yatra was suspended on the Baltal route following heavy rains on Sunday, officials said. With this, the yatra stands suspended on both routes. The Pahalgam route was closed for maintenance work on Wednesday. Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, V K Bhiduri said heavy rains lashed both Pahalgam and Baltal routes of the Amarnath […]
JAMMU — More than 10 kg of ganja worth over Rs 12 lakh and a pistol were seized from a train here on Sunday, an official said. The recovery was made during a surprise checking of a Jammu-bound train soon after it arrived at a railway station here, the Government Railway Police official said. He […]
JAMMU — Village defence guards will be equipped with weapons and night vision devices, and “rewarded suitably” to shore up the anti-infiltration grid along the International Border (IB) by creating “a new level of difficulty for the enemy”, Jammu and Kashmir DGP R R Swain said on Sunday. He said that standard operating procedures will […]
JAMMU — Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday flagged off ‘Aarogya doctors on wheels’ ambulance to provide doorstep medical services in remote areas of Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district. The initiative is aimed at providing healthcare services to people of far-flung villages at their doorsteps free of cost, Singh, the minister of state in the […]
JAMMU — Pakistan has been pushing highly foreign trained militants into Jammu and Kashmir to destabilize its security situation, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha claimed Sunday and said a strategy has been formulated and security forces being redeployed to foil the neighbouring country’s nefarious designs. In an exclusive interview with PTI here, he asserted that there […]
JAMMU — Two alleged criminals were arrested and a country-made pistol was seized from one of them here on Sunday, police said. Dheeraj Kumar from Jethali in Doda district was intercepted by police at Nagrota while he was en route to Jammu from Udhampur on a motorcycle, when a country-made pistol was recovered from him, […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday paid obeisance at Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine atop Trikuta hills in Reasi district and also inaugurated and new ‘Yagyashala’ facility at the main bhawan, an official said. Sinha, who is also chairman of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, prayed for peace, prosperity […]
JAMMU — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday reiterated that the government’s stance on assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir has remained “unchanged” since the abrogation of Article 370 and expressed hope that Election Commission will soon declare the polling dates. He emphasised that the administration is ready to hold elections in the union territory, […]
NEW DELHI — A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking direction to the government to consider introduction of much harsher and deterrent punishments for Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS), in the context of further possible expansion of the infamous Golden Crescent and the Golden Triangle to India, a […]
NEW DELHI — Hailing the strong ties and mutual respect between India and Timor-Leste, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said President Droupadi Murmu getting the highest civilian award by the host country is recognition of her monumental contribution to public life. Taking to social media platform X, PM Modi said,”It is a proud moment […]