Srinagar: Awantipora Police claimed to have busted a hideout of militant outfit (LeT) Lashkar-e-Toiba at Chandhara area of Pampore town in Pulwama district and arrested one militant associate. He has been identified as Adil Ahmad Shah son of Mohd Azad Shah, a resident of Chandhara Pampore. Police in a statement said, Police along with 50 […]
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Srinagar Police enforces ban on smoking in public places, booked female tourist
Srinagar: From now, if people are caught smoking in open spaces particularly in public places, the city police are likely to book them under Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act. The measure is being taken to curb smoking in public places, police said on Sunday. According to news agency Kashmir Dot Com, Srinagar police on […]
LG declares heavy snowfall as natural calamity under SDRF
4×4 rescue vehicles, ambulances to be provided to Districts with immediate effect Srinagar: Manoj Sinha, Lieutenant Governor of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has declared heavy snowfall as State Specific Natural Calamity under (SDRF) State Disaster Fund. He said that 4×4 rescue vehicles, ambulances will be provided to Districts with immediate effect. LG also […]
WHO’s colour-coded country map segregates J&K, Ladakh from rest of India
New Delhi: The World Health Organisation’s map using different colours to show J&K and Ladakh from the rest of India on its website has evoked some angry reactions from the Indian diaspora in Britain. Two newly created Union Territories of India have been marked in grey colour, separate from India which appears in navy blue. […]
Forces destroy IED ‘planted’ on Gohlad-Mendhar road in Poonch
Jammu: Security forces on Sunday destroyed an Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) that was recovered on Gohlad-Mendhar road in this border sub-division. An official told that the devise was recovered during night patrol by a team of police headed by SHO Mendhar Manzoor Kohli under the supervision of SDPO Mendhar Zaheer Jafri. He said that the […]
How will the Supreme Court turn the clock back on Kashmir, wonders Omar Abdullah
Srinagar: “I still have faith in the Supreme Court of India,” says former J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah in an interview to The Wire, put up by the website on Saturday evening. But he is also anguished, he adds, at the court’s ‘complete, inexplicable and mind boggling’ lack of urgency in dealing with petitions challenging […]
Fog and frost affect normal life in J&K
Srinagar: Fog and frost on Sunday affected the pedestrian and vehicular movement in Jammu and Kashmir as the weather office said there would be improvement as the day advances. “Yesterday’s circulation still persists, but it will move away from J&K as the day advances”, an official of the local meteorological (MeT) department said. The 40-day […]
Congress Block President Imamsahib Appeals District Admin to Clear Snow From Roads
JUNAID GULZAR Shopian: Congress Block President Imamsahib appealed district administration Shopian to put all of its men and machinery in force so as to provide timely relief to common masses ahead of heavy snowfall going on in kashmir particularly in Imamsahib villages like Nadigam, Tulran, Handew, Narwani, Losedanow, Kadgam, Chitterwach and many more villages which […]
Five Lashkar OGW’s arrested in Sopore
Sopore: Sopore police on saturday evening claimed to have arrested five LeT militants associates in Sopore North Kashmir Baramulla district. While acting on a specific human /technical inputs , Sopore Police/ Security forces arrested five OGW’s of LeT outfit with incriminating materials, identified as Khursheed Ahmad Lone S/O Abdul Rehman Lone R/O Nowpora Jagir Kreeri […]
DDC Winning Candidate Waheed Parra Gets Bail
Srinagar (KIMS): Waheed-ur-Rehaman Parra, PDP (People’s Democratic Party) Youth President and winner of DDC (District Development Council) seat from Pulwama was on Saturday gets bail from NIA (National Investigation Agency) Court after more than a month. Waheed was arrested by NIA (National Investigation Agency) in November 2020 in connection with suspended Deputy Superintendent (DySp) Davinder […]