JAMMU — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today launched a campaign for Nasha Mukt Jammu Kashmir at an event organized at the convention centre here. Speaking on the occasion, the Lt Governor asserted that the administration has adopted zero tolerance policy against drug dealers and drug traffickers. “It is a collective responsibility of the society to […]
JAMMU — Three people, including a Nepali resident, were arrested with sharp-edged weapons here on Wednesday evening, officials said. Acting on a tip-off, police arrested Govind, a resident of Nepal, while he was headed towards Bishnahin from Deoli, they said. He had some sharp-edged weapons in his possession, police said. In a separate incident, two […]
RAJOURI — At least eight persons were injured in a road accident in Budhal area of Rajouri district on Wednesday. A minibus was on its way from Budhal to Kotranka when it met with an accident at Kewal area, officials said, adding that the driver lost his control over the vehicle carrying 16 to 20 […]
JAIPUR — Two residents of Jammu and Kashmir were caught in a restricted area in Jaisalmer district and are being interrogated jointly, police said on Tuesday. Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Premshankar said on the information of the Border Security Force (BSF), a police team caught Mohammad Abbas (23) and Mumtaz Ahmed (25), residents of Poonch in […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) General Secretary Surinder Singh Channi has expressed grief over the loss of lives in a road accident near Bonda village in Kishtwar district. On Tuesday afternoon an Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) on way from Chingam to Chatroo skidded off the road and plunged into a deep […]
JAMMU — At least eight people were killed and three others injured critically when a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said. The SUV, carrying the passengers from Chingam to Chatroo, met with the accident near village […]
JAMMU — The 9.8 km tunnel connecting two stations on 111 km under-construction Banihal-Katra railway link in Jammu and Kashmir was completed on Monday, officials said. It is part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Line (USBRL) project. This is the third tunnel following the 12.6 km tunnel T-49B, the longest tunnel of Indian Railways, which was […]
JAMMU — Authorities on Monday imposed Section 144 in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba to prevent rallies and protests on the national highway, officials said. An order issued by Anuradha Gupta, District Magistrate, Samba, reads “Section 144 will come into force on August 29 and remain for 2 months”. The order reads that Supreme Court in […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its order on a father’s plea to perform last rites, at the burial site, of his son, who was killed in the Hyderpora encounter in Srinagar in November last year. Senior advocate Anand Grover, representing Mohammad Latief Magrey, submitted before a bench of Justices Surya Kant […]
JAMMU — A surrendered militant was detained under Public Safety Act (PSA) for his alleged involvement in “anti-national and anti-social” activities in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, and lodged in Kot Bhalwal Jail in Jammu, officials said on Monday. The order for the detention of Mohammad Amin Wani, a resident of Bankoot village of […]