JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Wednesday suspended Varinder Singh, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP), Crime Branch, Jammu. He has been placed under suspension with effect from 11th November 2022, the date of his arrest in case No. FIR No.15/2022, U/s 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, in P/S Anti Corruption Bureau, […]
SRINAGAR — Parents on Wednesday urged authorities to prepone winter vacations for at least upto 10th standard students in wake of the freezing cold conditions and absence of heating arrangements in educational institutions in Kashmir Valley. While classes upto 5th standard have been ordered to observe the winter vacations from December 1 (tomorrow), the vacations […]
SRINAGAR — Weather was dry and cold in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh during the last 24 hours as the Meteorological (MeT) office said on Wednesday that dry weather with hazy mornings is expected to continue. “Dry weather with hazy mornings is expected in J&K and Ladakh during the next 24 hours. Due to clear […]
NEW DELHI — Prannoy Roy and his wife Radhika Roy — founders and promoters of channel New Delhi Television (NDTV) — resigned as directors on the Board of RRPR Holding Private Limited, a promoter group vehicle of NDTV, the company said in a regulatory filing to the stock exchanges on Tuesday. RRPR Holding holds 29.18 […]
KULGAM — Even as Heroin abuse is tremendously rising across Kashmir, the southern district of Kulgam has topped the list as the district spends Rs 1 lakh on the use of the substance, official figures revealed revealed Tuesday. Figures suggest that Kulgam district spends Rs 1,01,660 on heroin monthly which is highest in the whole […]
JAMMU — Democratic Azad Party chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday said politics based on religion has ”deeply harmed” the country and asked the voters to check the track record of every candidate and his party before casting their ballots to defeat the ”divisive” elements. He termed the prevailing trend of infusing religious divide for […]
JAMMU — Two persons were detained on Monday after the drone they were using to cover a wedding flew near the Raj Bhavan, a designated ‘no-fly zone’ here, officials said. The drone has been seized and the duo is being questioned, they said on Tuesday. “There was a (wedding) party going on in Hari Niwas […]
NEW DELHI — Amid an exercise to wind up certain verticals as part of global exercise to cut costs, Amazon on Monday announced to shut down its wholesale distribution business in India. The e-commerce major is discontinuing Amazon Distribution, its wholesale e-commerce website available in some parts of Bengaluru, Mysore and Hubli. The company earlier […]
SRINAGAR — The teaching fraternity of twin universities of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday thanked Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha for his announcement about the enhancement in the age of superannuation of teaching fraternity. In a joint statement issued by teaching fraternity of Kashmir University and Jammu University, it said that the decision was awaited since […]
SRINAGAR — A local court in Srinagar on Tuesday directed the Traffic police Kashmir to halt issuance of e-challans for seizure of vehicles till the time technical glitches faced by the system are resolved and also asked the traffic police authorities to release all vehicles seized in gross violation. Special Mobile Magistrate (Traffic) Srinagar observed […]