SRINAGAR — The Home Department of Jammu and Kashmir Government on Monday ordered transfers and postings of two Indian Police Service (IPS) officers in the interest of administration. According to an order issued by Raj Kumar Goyal (IAS) Financial Commissioner/Additional Chief Secretary, Shri Nitish Kumar, IPS is posted as Inspector General of Police, CID, J&K […]
JAMMU — Kashmiri Pandit government employees demanding relocation outside the Kashmir Valley in the wake of targeted killings by militants, suspended their 310 days long strike, saying they were “surrendering” as authorities had “stopped” their salaries. The protesters comprised Kashmiri Pandits working in different government departments under a prime minister’s employment package. The Jammu and […]
JAMMU — In a major breakthrough in its drive against narco-terrorism, the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday recovered seven kilograms of heroin, over Rs 2 crore cash and a pistol from the house of a notorious drug peddler along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district, a senior police officer said. Additional Director […]
JAMMU — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court, Jammu, on request of Kishtwar Police issued a non-bailable warrant against 13 militants who hail from Kishtwar district and are settled and operating from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK). Police in a press release said, upon request of Kishtwar Police, NIA Special Court, Jammu, issued Non-Bailable Warrants […]
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’ […]
JAMMU — Several stone sculptures, believed to be thousands of years old, were found in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, an official spokesperson said on Tuesday. The sculptures were found buried 10 feet in the ground when some villagers of Siwli in Gandoh sub-division were excavating the place to find a water source, the official […]
JAMMU — Scores of protesting Kashmiri Pandit prime minister’s package employees on Monday reiterated their demand for relocation outside the valley, saying their worst fears have come true with the latest killing of a community member in Pulwama. The protesters assembled outside the relief commissioner’s office in Jammu and staged a protest against the killing […]
JAMMU — An eight-year-old boy was killed on Sunday when a fire gutted his house in a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, an official said. Five heads of cattle also perished in the fire that broke out in the house of Mohammad Hanief in Naunatu village of Nagseni block, the official said, […]
SRINAGAR — School Education Department has terminated services of 23 Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT) teachers of Jammu division on basis of qualification certificates acquired from Un-recognized Boards. Director of School Education Jammu (DSEJ) said that those teachers are termination from services on basis of qualification certificates acquired from Un-recognized Boards. The official communique in this regard reads, […]
JAMMU — Two people, including a Madrasa teacher, were arrested for allegedly kidnapping a 16-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Sunday. The girl, who was pursuing Arabic studies in the Madrasa, was rescued and handed over to her family after completion of legal formalities, a police spokesperson said. The main accused Bilal […]