JAMMU — Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar on Monday ordered a complete prohibition on the sale, possession and consumption of liquor within a radius of 500 metres of the Shree Sarthal Devi Mata Shrine in Sarthal area of the district. Kishtwar District Magistrate Pankaj Kumar Sharma issued the ban order under Section 163 of […]
JAMMU — A special police officer (SPO) was dismissed from service for allegedly demanding and accepting bribe from a truck driver in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said. A departmental inquiry was also ordered against three policemen, including an assistant sub-inspector, for alleged dereliction of duty and failure to report the […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police have arrested five alleged drug peddlers and recovered various contraband substances during separate operations in Shopian, Kulgam and Anantnag districts, officials said on Monday. In Shopian, police during naka checking at Matipora Bridge intercepted Feroz Ahmad Wani, a resident of Batamuran. A search of his nylon bag led to […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police have attached a property worth around ₹40 lakh belonging to an alleged drug peddler in Anantnag district as part of its ongoing action against assets linked to narcotics trafficking, officials said on Monday. The property, comprising 12.5 marlas of proprietary land at Ainoo Brai, belongs to Parvaiz Ahmad Bokad, […]
SRINAGAR — Five people were killed and six others were injured after an SUV plunged into the Kishanganga river in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Monday, officials said. The accident took place on Seemari road in Teetwal area of the north Kashmir district. A rescue operation was launched immediately, they said. People who sustained […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday informed the Legislative Assembly that several measures are being taken for the preservation and restoration of Dal Lake, including regular deweeding, waste collection and mechanical dredging. Responding to a question on the preservation of water bodies, the Chief Minister said continuous manual deweeding and […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday informed the Legislative Assembly about several measures being taken to promote sustainable and planned urban development across the Union Territory. As Minister-in-charge of Housing and Urban Development, Abdullah said the ₹361 crore Integrated Solid Waste Management Project at Achan in Srinagar has been approved […]
SHOPIAN — Jammu and Kashmir Police in Shopian have arrested a suspected drug peddler and recovered 13.264 kg of a ganja-like substance and four grams of a charas-like substance from his possession, police said. The arrest was made during routine naka checking at Matipora Bridge, where a police party from Police Post Berthipora intercepted a […]
SRINAGAR — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch in Jammu and Kashmir has arrested a man who allegedly duped several persons of crores of rupees by impersonating the owner of migrant properties in the valley. Investigating a fraud complaint, the EOW found that the accused had committed several frauds by impersonating migrant […]
BARAMULLA — Police in Baramulla have arrested a man in connection with the theft of ₹83,000 from a Khidmat Centre at Mirpora, Mamoosa in Pattan and recovered ₹5,130 from his residence, officials said. Police said the theft took place on September 25 when the centre operator, Mir Waheed, had left the premises to offer Friday […]