JAMMU — Migrant Kashmiri Pandit employees on Wednesday intensified their months-long protest demanding a transfer from the Valley following Lt Governor Manoj Sinha’s remarks about stopping their salaries. The protesters also said it was best for the government to sack them as they would not rejoin their services in the Valley in the absence of […]
JAMMU — A minor girl allegedly kidnapped last month from Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district was found in Pune and her abductor arrested, police said on Wednesday. The girl had gone missing on November 16. When she did not return from school, her family members launched a search for her but the girl could not […]
RAJOURI — A woman was found dead under mysterious conditions in-front of her house on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday in Gundha village of Rajouri district even as police have started investigation. Quoting an official news agency KNO reported that woman’s body was found in-front of her house with injury marks on her […]
SRINAGAR — Major General Mohit Seth Tuesday took over as the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Army’s Kilo Force in the Kashmir Valley. According to a statement, Major General Sanjiv Singh Slaria on relinquishing the command moved to Headquarter Northern Command, Udhampur. The statement reads Major General Sanjiv Singh Slaria’s tenure saw the Kilo Force […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board Chairperson Dr Darakhshan Andrabi on Monday visited Kathua in Jammu to inspect Waqf managed properties and assets in the district. Dr Andrabi was accompanied by Waqf Board Chief Executive Officer Dr Sayed Majid Jahangir and Administrator Mudassir Iqbal and other board dignitaries. Dr Andrabi had a tour of […]
JAMMU — Jammu woman Sargam Koushal, representing India, was on Sunday crowned the Mrs World at a gala event in Las Vegas, USA. Mrs Koushal trumped contestants from 63 countries to bring the title back to India after 21 years. Sharing the news on Instagram, the managing organisation of the Mrs India pageant said, “The […]
SRINAGAR — A former militant was arrested in Bagli Modh area of Doda district for selling drugs in the area, police said here on Sunday. In a statement, police said that on November 11 a case FIR No. 88/2022 U/S 8/20 NDPS Act was registered at Police Station Gandoh in which one drug peddler namely […]
JAMMU — The body of a 70-year-old man was found in a train in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, an official of the Government Railway Police said. The unidentified man was found dead in the Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) train, travelling from Pathankot to Udhampur, at the Samba Railway Station, the official […]
RAMBAN — A portion of an under-construction tunnel on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway in Marog Ramban district has collapsed, while no loss of life was reported. Quoting an official news agency KNO reported that the portion of new tunnel-1 collapsed last evening. He said the tunnel is part of four lane project of the highway and […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir police have attached property of an LeT militant in Thathri area of Doda district after obtaining a court order for the same. In a statement, a spokesperson said the property, which has been attached, belongs to Abdul Rashid, an LeT commander operating from Pakistan. The statement reads he went […]