JAMMU — The Government has declared Kalij Pheasant as bird of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. An order in this regard has been issued by Department of Forest, Ecology and Environment after the approval of the Lieutenant Governor. The bird, which is also known as “Lophura Leucomelanos”, is widely found particularly in Mansar, […]
JAMMU — All India Congress Committee (AICC) leader and In-charge J&K affairs of the party, Rajni Patil (MP) has said that claims of the BJP leaders and Union Government regarding normalcy in Kashmir are proving hollow. Patil, who arrived here on Wednesday, reviewed the prevailing situation with the senior Congress leaders and frontal wings. She […]
JAMMU — Former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and current Governor of Meghalaya Satya Pal Malik has said that Prime Minister Narendra had told him categorically that there can be no compromise on corruption in J&K after which he had cancelled deals worth crores involving Ambani and a senior RSS functionary in which he was […]
SRINAGAR — National Investigation Agency (NIA) Wednesday said that it conducted searches at 11 locations in Kashmir and arrested four persons. In a statement, NIA spokesman said that the investigating agency conducted searches at 11 locations in Srinagar, Pulwama, Kulgam and Baramulla districts of Jammu and Kashmir and arrested four more persons— Suhail Ahmad Thokar […]
SRINAGAR — Advising present government to adopt people friendly approach, senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Ghulam Nabi Azad Wednesday said that it has become very vital to nab anyone involved in target killings so that their modus operandi could be known and made public. While condemning the target killings […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday asked Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik to withdraw his purported comments that the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister was a beneficiary of now-abandoned Roshni scheme, failing which legal action will be taken against him. “False & unsavoury utterances of Satya Pal Malik about me being a […]
BANDIPORA — Atleast 50 people have fallen ill after consuming Wazwan at a marriage party in Lawaypora village of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Wednesday, officials said here. Officials told that the around 50 wedding guests complained of vomiting and loose—motion after they consumed the feast at the marriage party at Lawaypora. “Hearing this incident, […]
SRINAGAR — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) sleuths Wednesday raided multiple locations in Kashmir Valley in connection with case FIR no- RC-29/2021/NIA/DLI “hatching of conspiracy for undertaking violent terrorist acts in J-K and other major cities, by cadres of proscribed terrorist organisations Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), Al Badr and their affiliates”. Reliable sources […]
NEW DELHI — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will soon take over probe into the recent civilian killings in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), sources in the security setup said on Tuesday. The agency will investigate four cases involving pharmaceutical dealer ML Bindroo, street vendor Virendra Paswan and school teachers Supinder Kour and Deepak Chand, all […]
JAMMU — Three members of a family were arrested for smuggling drugs and Rs 1.6 lakh recovered from them in Jammu district on Tuesday, officials said. A police team stopped a man, his father and mother at a checkpoint near Chorli Kothey in Bishnah belt. They signalled to stop for checking and instead of stopping, […]