PULWAMA — The Jammu and Kashmir police Sunday claimed to have seized a huge quantity of ”fukki” in the South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. An official told that acting on a tip-off, a police team headed by SHO Pulwama Manzoor Ahmad raided a residential house in Arihal village of Pulwama. He said that during the raid […]
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Police book contractor after Executive Engineer accused him of assault in Budgam
BUDGAM — Police have booked a contractor and his nephew after top government official accused them of assault and lodged a police complaint against them. Sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that on Saturday, a contractor who resides in Khansahab accompanied by his nephew visited office of the Executive Engineer Roads and Buildings (R&B). […]
Covid restrictions, weekend curfew relaxed in 13 J&K districts
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Sunday relaxed the Covid restrictions in 13 districts across Union Territory. The weekend curfew has also been lifted in these districts. However daily night curfew will continue to exist from 08:00 pm to 07:00 am. These districts include Jammu, Kathua, Samba, Poonch, Rajouri and Udhampur in […]
Mehbooba seeks LG’s intervention in stopping PDP leaders removal from govt quarters
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir People Democratic Party (PDP) President, Mehbooba Mufti has sought LG Manoj Sinha’s intervention in stopping removal of PDP legislators from government allotted accommodation in Srinagar. Mehbooba has shot a letter to Sinha and expressed her concern over “selective targeting” of PDP leaders and former MLAs by asking them to vacate […]
No phone for online classes, Udhampur teen tops with 98% in class 10
UDHAMPUR — A teen from Udhampur has overcome many obstacles to top his district with 98.06 per cent marks in the Class 10 results declared by the state education board. As per the reports, Mandeep Singh said he could not go to school due to the lockdown last year and did not have a phone or […]
Srinagar admin bans use, sale, possession, transport of drones, similar UAVs in district
SRINAGAR — The authorities in Srinagar district have banned the storage, sale, possession, use and transport of drones and similar kind of unmanned aerial vehicles in the territorial jurisdiction of the district. In an order, district magistrate Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz has said that to secure the aerial space near the vital installations and highly populated […]
Teachers arrange community classes in remote areas of Pulwama
PULWAMA — For the benefit of the students, authorities have decided to allow functioning of community classes in Jammu and Kaashmir. In this connection, the administration has issued guidelines for these community classes, keeping in view the prevalent pandemic. These community classes are being organized in places where there are difficulties in accessing internet facilities. […]
DDC member booked for assaulting Tehsildar in Bandipora
BANDIPORA — The Jammu and Kashmir police have booked a district development council (DDC) member of JK Apni party from Arin constituency for assaulting a revenue official in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Saturday. Official sources told that a team of revenue officials including assistant commissioner revenue Bandipora, Parvaiz Rahim and Tehsildar Bandipora, Sheikh Tariq […]
‘J&K election process will begin after delimitation’: LG Manoj Sinha
SRINAGAR — Sending a clear warning that there will be no compromise with the territorial integrity of the country, Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory (UT) Lt Governor Manoj Sinha said anybody trying to challenge it will have to face the law of the land. Mr Sinha promised that Assembly elections will be held after completion […]
J&K police issue show-cause notice to ‘The Wire’ in relation to recent two stories from Kashmir
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday served a show-cause notice to The Wire, asking the news website’s editor-in-chief to explain why action should not be taken against them for allegedly misrepresenting facts and circulating concocted stories. “Such news articles has [have] caused fear and alarm among the people at large and that […]









