SRINAGAR — Surinder Singh Channi on Sunday greeted people of the country on the auspicious occasion of Diwali festival. The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) General Secretary said Diwali is the festival of lights, its the victory of good over evil, knowledge over evil and everybody should celebrate this festival with joy, happiness […]
RAMBAN — Saying that Jammu and Kashmir would be developed as a World Class Health & Wellness Tourist Destination, the Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Women & Child Development and Ministry of AYUSH, Dr Munjapara Mahendrabhai said the Union Government has launched various social and health sector schemes in this regard. The […]
JAMMU — The Mughal road, connecting the twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri in the Jammu region with south Kashmir’s Shopian district was reopened for vehicular traffic on Saturday after a two-day closure due to heavy snowfall, officials said. The road was reopened for vehicular traffic on Saturday morning, they added. All the vehicles […]
RAMBAN — The Indian Army along with the Rural Self employment Training Institute (RSETI) Ramban has concluded a Poultry farming workshop at one of the remote region of Ramban. The workshop was concluded by Officials from Army and RSETI at Kaona village in Khari Tehsil of Banihal Subdivision. 35 volunteer youth who had attended the […]
JAMMU — A Border Security Force (BSF) medical officer arrested in connection with alleged irregularities in the recruitment of sub-inspectors was sent to 10-day CBI remand by a local court here, officials said. The CBI on Tuesday arrested BSF Commandant (Medical) Karnail Singh for allegedly using touts to get his son the question paper of […]
BANIHAL — Five alleged overground workers have been detained under the Public Safety Act for engagement in anti-national activities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Thursday, officials said. Police prepared dossiers of the five persons and their activities, mostly in the district’s Banihal tehsil, they said. The district magistrate slapped them with the Public […]
SRINAGAR — National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday filed chargesheet against 12 persons in connection with Sunjwan Jammu militant attack in April this year. In a statement, NIA said that the charge-sheet was filed in the Special Court Jammu against the accused persons in the case relating to the “conspiracy hatched among Kashmir based (militant) […]
JAMMU — A policeman lost his life on Wednesday while saving his two children from drowning in a river in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said. The two children had slipped into the Ujh river while taking a bath in Jasrota area on Wednesday, they said. As father Seshipal Singh saw them drowning, he […]
RAMBAN — The panel launching of 240 feet CI-40R Bailey suspension bridge over the river Chenab in Maitra area of Ramban district has been started today, officials said. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the project was approved by National Highway Authority of India this year for de-launching of the existing […]
NEW DELHI — The CBI has arrested Border Security Force medical officer Karnail Singh in connection with alleged irregularities in the recruitment of sub-inspectors by the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB), officials said on Wednesday. Singh was taken into custody on Tuesday and will be produced before the special Central Bureau of Investigation […]