REASI — Under the new “PRASHAD” (Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive) scheme introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, around Rs. 52 crore has been proposed for infrastructural and other different kinds of development in the holy city of Katra- Vaishno Devi. This was disclosed here today by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) […]
JAMMU — An alleged drug peddler was detained from Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Saturday. Ghat Doda resident Vijay Kumar alias “Pandit”, a habitual drug peddler, was booked under provisions of illicit trafficking in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT NDPS) Act, a police spokesperson said. He has been lodged in […]
JAMMU — Union minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said efforts are afoot to set up a Tata memorial cancer institute in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir. This was conveyed by the minister while chairing a district development coordination and monitoring committee (DISHA) meeting in Kathua to review progress on various centrally-sponsored schemes (CSS) being […]
JAMMU — Security forces launched a massive search operation in several forward areas along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district following information about a suspected drone activity, officials said. However, nothing objectionable was found during the joint operation by police, CRPF, BSF and SOG on Friday, they said. The operation was […]
JAMMU — The Directorate of School Education, Jammu (DSEJ) on Friday ordered change in school timing falling in Summer Zone of Jammu division. According to an order, the schools shall observe timing as 9:00 AM to 3:00 P.M within Municipal Limits and 10:00 A.M to 4:00 P.M in Rural areas w.e.f 01-10-2022. “All the Government […]
NEW DELHI — The Udhampur blast case in which two persons suffered injuries, is likely to be handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Highly placed sources said that a team of elite NIA officials has been sent to J&K’s Udhampur. The team is likely to take charge of all the documents regarding the […]
JAMMU — A blast in a bus parked at a stand in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur city on Thursday morning, the second within a few hours, sent security agencies in a tizzy as they sounded a high alert, sources said. The roof and the backside of the bus were blown away by the blast that […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory administration ordered transfers and postings of three JKAS officers and give additional charge to another in the intrest of administration. According to an order, Mr. Ghulam Rasool, JKAS, Joint Director, Handicrafts, Jammu, is transferred and posted as Regional Director, Survey and Land Records (ex-officio Settlement Officer), Rajouri, […]
JAMMU — Two persons were injured, while few vehicles also got damaged after a mysterious blast took place inside a parked bus near a petrol station in Udhampur district on late Wednesday evening. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the blast took place inside the parked bus at around 10:35 pm […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Wednesday carried out multiple raids and searches at houses of suspected persons in twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri in in a militant funding case, officials said. Three teams carried out simultaneous raids in different areas of Rajouri and Poonch including Dharati village […]