NEW DELHI — Steel maker JTL Industries on Wednesday said it has secured an order to supply 3000 metric tonne (MT) of pipes under the government’s Jal Jeevan Mission. The order to supply galvanized iron pipes has been placed by Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department, Jammu, JTL Industries said in an exchange filing. In Union […]
JAMMU — Authorities on Tuesday launched a comprehensive drive and rescued seven children who were forced into child labour in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, officials said. The drive was conducted jointly by the social welfare and labour departments following directions issued by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights. The rescue team carried […]
RAJOURI — Eleven patients, who were admitted to the Government Medical College Hospital (GMC) after falling ill due to a mysterious illness in Badhaal village of Rajouri district, have fully recovered and been discharged, officials said on Tuesday. A team of doctors from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, concluded a […]
UDHAMPUR (KIMS) — A Special Police Officer (SPO) has been arrested for drug peddling in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Tuesday. “A police team from Police Station Udhampur, led by its Station House Officer (SHO), was conducting patrolling and checking near the SKPA Udhampur area when they intercepted a suspicious individual. […]
SRINAGAR — Demonstrations and candlelight vigil were held at several places in Kashmir on Tuesday against the killing of an ex-serviceman in a terror attack, officials said. Terrorists shot dead former soldier Manzoor Ahmad Wagay and injured his wife and 13-year-old niece in an attack in Behibagh village in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Monday. […]
SRINAGAR — Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) on Tuesday detained five suspects allegedly involved in smuggling SIM cards to militants lodged in various jails in Jammu and Kashmir. “Five individuals were detained for interrogation/questioning for their involvement in a criminal conspiracy hatched with anti-national elements aiming at procuring /transportation/ smuggling of SIM cards inside the Central […]
JAMMU — Some unidentified masked persons opened fire at a car on Tuesday night and no one got injured in the accident, police said. Eyewitnesses reported that several masked persons arrived in a car vehicle at a farmhouse in the Phallian Mandal area of the city and opened fire at another vehicle, they said. Those […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) MLA from Pulwama Waheed Para, who is undergoing trial in a UAPA case, on Tuesday said the criminal justice system of the country needs radical reforms, as the “slow pace of prosecution traps the accused and their families in uncertainty”. “Once an undertrial, always an undertrial,” Para posted on […]
JAMMU — Two men have been arrested for abducting two girls from their homes in separate incidents here, police said on Monday. The abducted girls have been safely rescued, officials said. On January 19 a woman lodged a complaint in Domana police station, alleging that Sonu Kumar, hailing from Nabyua Kallan in Uttar Pradesh and […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir government has intensified crackdown on unscrupulous businessmen, who peddle machine-made carpets as handwoven Kashmiri carpets. “In response to growing complaints from buyers and tourists about the sale of machine-made carpets from outside the region being falsely marketed as authentic Kashmiri handmade carpets, the Handicrafts and Handloom Department, Kashmir, has […]