SRINAGAR — The Meteorological Department on Thursday forecast rain and snow in Jammu and Kashmir for next 24 hours. The weather remained inclement during the last 24 hours in the Union Territory as rain lashed plains while higher reaches received snowfall. An official of the Meteorological Department said, light to moderate rain/snow is expected in […]
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Al Umar Mujahideen Chief Mushtaq Zargar’s property attached in Srinagar
SRINAGAR — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday attached the property of Mushtaq Ahmad Zargar alias Latram, Chief of Al Umar Mujahideen (AUM) militant group in Nowhatta area of Srinagar. National Investigation Agency (NIA) action comes after Ministry of Home Affairs declared Latram as designated terrorist. Mushtaq Ahmad Zargar alias Latram, a resident of […]
Missing Kupwara youth’s body recovered, handed over to family
KUPWARA — The body of a youth, Abdul Rashid Dar, who had gone missing from the army’s custody in December last year in the Kunan Poshpora area of Kupwara was recovered on Wednesday and handed over to his family. “After recovering the body from Zurhama forest area, in the morning, the family was called by […]
JKPSC cancels paper-II of Prosecuting Officer preliminary exams
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC) has cancelled the Paper-II (Qualifying) of J&K Prosecuting officer (Preliminary) Examination held on 29 January, 2023 and announced that fresh examination to be held on 16th March, 2023. According to an order, the JKPSC said that examination held earlier was cancelled after the complaints were […]
LeT shadow group, TRF, in crosshairs of security agencies
NEW DELHI — Security forces have pumped up their efforts to dismantle the network of LeT’s shadow group The Resistance Front (TRF) which had issued a poster glorifying the militants who had killed a Kashmiri Pandit Sanjay Kumar in Pulwama, officials said Wednesday. The agencies are choking its fund flow and acting against its members […]
20,000 vacant posts in administration to be filled soon: Manoj Sinha
JAMMU — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha addressed the foundation day celebration of Cluster University, Jammu at Padma Shri Padma Sachdev Government PG College for Women, Gandhi Nagar. Congratulating the Cluster University for achieving excellence in quality education, the Lt Governor said that the University, established on 1st March 2017 with five Constituent Colleges, is playing […]
Imran Khan suspends ‘jail bharo’ movement
LAHORE — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan on Wednesday announced suspension of ‘Jail Bharo’ movement after Supreme Court’s decision regarding elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) provinces, local media reported. The movement, which kicked off from Lahore on February 22, was scheduled to culminate on March 1 with party […]
118 militants of Doda based in PoK, 10 most active in J&K: Police
DODA — As many as 118 militants of Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda are based in Pakistan and PoK, of whom 10 are most active and are attempting to spread militancy in the region by recruiting the youth, a top police officer said on Wednesday. The police said the two militants have been declared as ‘Individual’ […]
Domestic LPG cylinder price hiked by Rs 50 per unit
NEW DELHI — Petroleum and oil marketing companies raised the price of commercial liquid petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders by Rs 350.50 per unit and domestic LPG cylinders by Rs 50 per unit with immediate effect from Wednesday. Non-subsidised LPG price was hiked to Rs 1,103 per 14.2-kg cylinder – the first increase since July 2022, […]
32 dead, over 80 injured in Greece train collision
ATHENS — At least 32 people were killed and more than 80 others injured in a horrific head-on collision between two trains in central Greece, authorities said on Wednesday. The accident took place late Tuesday night in Tempi, near the city of Larissa, CNN quoted the Greek Fire Service as saying. The cause of the […]









