AWANTIPORA — Police have booked an alleged drug peddler under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT-NDPS) Act in Awantipora and lodged him in District Jail Baderwah, officials said on Thursday. The accused has been identified as Mehraj-ud-Din Ganie, son of Gh. Mohd. Ganie, a resident of Kranchoo Pampore, presently […]
SRINAGAR — Many areas in the higher reaches of Kashmir received fresh snowfall while the plains were lashed by rain, bringing the day temperature down by several degrees, officials said here on Thursday. Under the influence of a western disturbance, the higher reaches of Kashmir, including the tourist resorts of Gulmarg and Sonamarg, received fresh […]
SRINAGAR — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday chaired a meeting of the High-Powered Task Force on Examination Reforms, reaffirming the government’s commitment to ensuring safe, secure, fair and transparent public examinations in Jammu and Kashmir. The meeting was attended by the Minister for Health and Medical Education, Sakina Itoo, Minister for School and Higher […]
SRINAGAR — Vehicular traffic on the Mughal Road and Srinagar-Leh highway was suspended on Thursday following fresh snowfall and slippery road conditions at Peer Ki Gali and along the Zojila axis, officials said. They said traffic movement on the Mughal Road was suspended due to slippery conditions at Peer Ki Gali, while the Srinagar-Sonamarg-Gumri Road, […]
ANANTNAG — Police arrested five persons and recovered around 2.2 kg of narcotic substances during five separate anti-drug operations in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said on Thursday. The operations were conducted by police teams from Aishmuqam, Dooru, Anantnag, Dialgam and Srigufwara police stations as part of an intensified crackdown on drug trafficking in […]
SRINAGAR — Security forces on Thursday resumed the search operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district to track down two terrorists, who attacked a CRPF post injuring three personnel, officials said. Two heavily armed terrorists emerged from a dense cluster of trees and opened fire at a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) post in the […]
SRINAGAR — Police apprehended a man and recovered two hand grenades during a joint operation in the Baderkoot forest area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, officials said on Thursday. The operation was conducted jointly by Baramulla Police, CICT Ftr BSF (112/06 Bn), 2 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and CRPF’s 176 Battalion as part of an Area […]
JAMMU — Jammu city and Shopian town have secured second and third positions, respectively, in the Swachh Himalayan City category at the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025–26, while Budgam district has received the Swachh City Award in the Union Territory category. The awards were presented by President Droupadi Murmu at a ceremony held at Vigyan Bhawan […]
SRINAGAR — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday visited Base Hospital in Srinagar to enquire about the health of a CRPF head constable injured in a terror attack in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district and assured that those responsible would be brought to justice. The injured personnel, Head Constable Sonbir Singh, sustained serious injuries in the […]
SRINAGAR — The Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) Kashmir arrested a man and recovered 13 bottles of Codeine Phosphate from his possession during an anti-drug operation in Pattan area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, officials said on Wednesday. The operation was conducted at Wanigam-Hyder Beigh Road in Pattan following specific information, during which the accused, identified […]