JAMMU — Three persons including a mother-son duo were killed and four others injured when a load carrier they were travelling in turned turtle near Chaklass Mahore in Reasi district on Saturday, officials said. They said the load carrier—Tata Mobile (JK20B-3982), on its way from Pulwama to Chinka Arnas met with the accident at Firdousi […]
SRINAGAR — The higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir received fresh snowfall on Saturday, while heavy rain lashed the plains in the union territory. A Met Department official said moderate to heavy rain continued in the plains while Sonamarg, Pahalgam, Gulmarg and other places in the higher reaches received fresh snowfall. “Moderate to heavy rain […]
SRINAGAR — Security has been beefed up across Kashmir ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s maiden visit to the Valley after the abrogation of Article 370 on Saturday, officials said. They said a thick security cover has been thrown around the BJP office at Jawahar Nagar in the city where Shah is likely to […]
SRINAGAR — Central Government has sent additional security forces to Jammu and Kashmir in view of the increasing militant related activities. New bunkers are being put on the ground to cut down on the free movement of militants. According to the report of NDTV, 50 companies of additional paramilitary forces are being inducted to strengthen […]
SRINAGAR — Various businesses dealing in home delivery of products and services have alleged the police drive to seize two-wheelers in Kashmir over the past three days has severely affected their operations, PTI reported. As per the news agency, residents of the city have alleged that the middle class, lower-middle class and students have been […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu & Kashmir Government directs to shift 26 detenues who have been detained under the provisions of Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 from their present place of lodgement in different jails of Jammu and Kashmir to Central Jail, Agra, Uttar Pradesh with immediate effect. An order in this regard has been […]
SRINAGAR — Former Chief Minister and President Peoples Democratic Party Mehbooba Mufti has served a legal notice to former J&K Governor and incumbent Meghalya Governor Satyapal Malik for levelling defamatory allegations against her. Satya Pal Malik recently had claimed that Farooq Abdullah had brought Roshni Act in Jammu and Kashmir and all politicians including Mehbooba […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said the seizure of a large number of bikes by police in Kashmir was a “collective punishment” and a means to “snatch” the livelihood of the youth. Ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s likely visit to Kashmir this weekend, many riders have alleged that their two-wheelers […]
SRINAGAR — Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar on Friday ruled out any militant related angle in the death of mentally unsound non-local in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. In a statement, the police said that today at around 12:20 hrs, an unidentified dead body was found under the jurisdiction of police station Anantnag. The […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have jointly put in place an “aerial surveillance cover” for the areas where minority community members are living and also the city Centre Lal Chowk to prevent further attacks by militants on the eve of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to […]