NEW DELHI — Hailing the high disposal rate of the newly created Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) benches of Jammu and Srinagar, Union minister Jitendra Singh on Monday said they would provide speedy relief to central government employees on service matters. While reviewing the functioning of these two benches along with CAT Chairperson Manjula Das, the […]
JAMMU — Jammu police on Monday claimed to have arrested two persons with Chinese pistol near Jammu Airport. A police spokesman said that a team of police station Satwari led by SHO Inspector Deepak Jasrotia while on patrolling duty near Airport Jammu found one Vehicle (Baleno) bearing number JKO2CE-5360 parked on roadside in darkness. The […]
KUPWARA — National Conference (NC) Vice President Omar Abdullah on Monday said that the much debated development is only visible on social Media hashtag and sponsored news. He said this while addressing a huge workers convention here at TRC ground in North Kashmir Kupwara district. Addressing the convention, Omar said, “Our state was split, our […]
SRINAGAR — Two policemen including an Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) were killed and 12 others injured, two of them critical, after militants attacked a police bus at Zewan area of Srinagar on Monday. A police official said that at around 6 pm, militants fired indiscriminately at a bus ferrying policeman from Armed Reserve Police (ARP) […]
JAMMU — A woman about 65 years of age was killed after being hit by a train in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, an official of the Railway Police said on Monday. The body of the unidentified woman, hit by Sealdah Express, was found near Balole bridge on Sunday evening, the official said. He […]
SRINAGAR — With no hope left to get the body, the family members of Amir Ahmad Magray, who was killed in the alleged gunfight of Hyderpora in Srinagar, have decided to hold a protest at the press enclave on Tuesday afternoon this week to demand the return of the mortal remains of their kin. Amir’s […]
KUPWARA — An army man was injured in an accidental fire in Pharkiyan Gali in Kupwara, officials said on Monday afternoon. They said that Sepoy Gurpej Singh, 24, of 6 Rashtriya Rifles was injured after getting hit in his right foot during post duty at 268 Infantry Brigade. The soldier, they said, was taken to […]
JAMMU — An woman infiltrator was killed last night after BSF officials noticed a suspicious movement, BSF said Monday. A BSF spokesman said that alert BSF troops neutralized “a lady Pakistani intruder last night.” “The BSF troops noticed suspicious movement in R S Pura area and warned the intruder many times not to cross IB […]
KUPWARA — A soldier ended life by shooting himself dead inside a camp in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, official said on Monday. They said that the soldier of Havildar rank identified as Shinde Sandeep Arjun was posted at Drangyari Chowkibal when he shoot himself with own service rifle at around 4:30 a.m. He was […]
SRINAGAR — Intense cold conditions continued in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Monday as Srinagar recorded a low of minus 3.5 degrees Celsius. A meteorological department official here told GNS that the minimum temperature in Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K, was 2.5 degrees Celsius below the normal for this time of the year. […]