SRINAGAR — Inspector General of Police Kashmir Zone, Vijay Kumar Wednesday said that police will come down heavily upon drug addicts in coming days. He said even girls are involved in drug menace and it is not a good sign for the society. Speaking on the sidelines of a sports event- “Taekwondo Championship” at Indoor […]
SRINAGAR — Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) Jammu and Kashmir, headed by the incarcerated Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, has sternly warned elements trying to ‘harm communal amity and unity in Jammu and Kashmir by stoking sectarian tensions here.’ All the leading constituents of the MMU in a joint statement said that it has come to their notice that […]
POONCH — PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday alleged that the BJP government has made people miserable and asked the Centre to show concern about the problems faced by the country’s citizens rather than deflecting through Afghanistan. Speaking to the media persons during her visit to Poonch, the former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister further […]
SRINAGAR — Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Vijay Kumar Wednesday said that four militants are still active in Srinagar and police are trying to either arrest them or to eliminate them in the encounters. Speaking on the sidelines of a sports event—Taekwondo Championship at Indoor Sports Hall, Polo-ground Srinagar, the IGP Kashmir said. “There […]
KISHTWAR — Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested Ex- militant who was absconding since 12 years in Kishtwar district of Jammu division. In a statement, the police said that Kishtwar Police have apprehended another absconder,(ex militant) who was evading arrest from the last 12 years. On a specific information received through reliable sources a […]
SRINAGAR — The Union Territory administration would soon set up the first industrial estate for women entrepreneurs. “The Women Industrial Estate will come up at Udhampur Industrial Estate in Jammu region. It will further strengthen the women entrepreneurs ecosystem in J&K,” Lt Governor Manoj Sinha announced while launching Mission ‘One Gram Panchayat-One DIGI-Pay Sakhi’ in […]
SRINAGAR — India’s leaders are anxiously watching the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, fearing that it will benefit their bitter rival Pakistan and feed a long-simmering insurgency in the disputed region of Kashmir, where pro-independence forces already have a foothold. Lt. Gen. Deependra Singh Hooda, former military commander for northern India between 2014-2016, said groups based […]
JAMMU — A Jammu native allegedly involved in the murder of a 67-year-old National Conference leader, whose highly decomposed body was found in a flat at Moti Nagar in West Delhi, has been arrested, PTI reported. Identifying the arrested accused as Rajender Chaudhary alias Raju Ganja, a driver by profession, the police said he is […]
NEW DELHI — India on Tuesday expressed disappointment over “unwarranted remarks” made by the UN human rights chief on Jammu and Kashmir, saying her comments do not reflect the ground reality and any shortcomings in upholding human rights must be addressed in an impartial manner and anchored in non-interference in a country’s internal affairs. “We […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Wednesday issued a statement regarding a concocted video which is being circulated on social media. In a statement, the police said that some concocted videos of a lady namely Sweety Jan daughter of Abdul Rashid Dar resident of Wuyan have been circulated by some social media groups where in she is […]