JAMMU — A 35-year-old woman from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) was repatriated from Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district to Pakistan on Wednesday, nine days after she inadvertently crossed the Line of Control (LoC), officials said. Shahnaz Akhter, a resident of village Mohra Shareef in Kotli district, was apprehended by Army troops soon after she intruded into […]
SRINAGAR — The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has dismissed a PIL filed by PDP president Mehbooba Mufti seeking transfer of prisoners from outside jails to prisons in J-K. A division bench of the high court, comprising Chief Justice Arun Palli and Justice Rajnesh Oswal, in a 15-page order passed on Tuesday […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said that 108 areas in Srinagar are now enjoying round-the-clock, uninterrupted electricity supply, benefitting about 1.25 lakh households. He congratulated the Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) for successfully bringing 83 more areas of Srinagar under 24-hour power supply. “Chief Minister today congratulated KPDCL […]
SRINAGAR — A CRPF jawan was injured after a leopard attacked him at a camp of the paramilitary force in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Wednesday, officials said. The leopard strayed into the CRPF camp in Kapran area of Verinag in south Kashmir while personnel were having breakfast in the mess, they said. The […]
JAMMU — A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Army died in a firing incident inside a military camp in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesperson said on Wednesday. The incident occurred late Tuesday night and is under investigation, they said, ruling out any terror angle behind the shooting. “A JCO of […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Kashmir on Wednesday said it has filed a chargesheet before the Court of Judge Small Causes, Srinagar, in connection with FIR No. 17/2020 registered under Sections 419, 420, 468, 471 of the RPC and Section 66-D of the Information Technology Act. The chargesheet has […]
JAMMU — An avalanche warning was issued in five districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday in view of the recent heavy snowfall in the higher reaches of the Union territory, officials said. The low danger avalanche warning has been issued for Doda, Ganderbal, Kishtwar, Poonch and Ramban districts. The avalanche is likely to occur […]
JAMMU — Police on Tuesday arrested an alleged drug peddler associated with a Pakistan-based drone-dropped narcotics module in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said. The accused — identified as Siraj Din alias Saraju — is said to be a chief recipient of drone-dropped heroin from Pakistan, police said. His arrest was made in connection […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet has approved a proposal to upgrade the pay level of panchayat secretaries in the rural development department. The Council of Ministers, which met on Monday in Jammu under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, approved the proposal for up-gradation of the pay level of Panchayat Secretaries of […]
JAMMU — Amid fog-related disruptions over the past many days, the Northern Railway’s Jammu Division has arranged ‘scratch rake’ to minimize delays in train operations and to ensure passenger convenience during winter months, an official said on Tuesday. The significant decision has been taken on the directions of Divisional Railway Manager, Vivek Kumar, the official […]