SRINAGAR — Medical interns from 10 Government Medical Colleges and two Dental Colleges in Jammu and Kashmir began a 48-hour hunger strike on Monday after talks with the state government failed to end their seven-day strike for an enhanced monthly stipend. “Our strike is indefinite. It will not stop until we receive an official order. […]
KATHUA — Jammu and Kashmir Police have busted an alleged inter-state narcotics smuggling network in Kathua, seizing 2.672 kg of opium and arresting four persons, officials said on Monday. Acting on a tip-off about the movement of narcotics, a team from Police Station Lakhanpur intercepted a truck bearing registration number PB05 AK 9902 at a […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday urged Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to intervene in the ongoing hunger strike by MBBS interns in J&K, alleging that college authorities were threatening to terminate their careers and pressuring their parents to make them withdraw the protest. In a post on X, the […]
JAMMU — A suspected drug peddler escaped from the custody of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in Jammu, triggering an alert and intensified search and checking operations across the region, officials said on Monday. Aqib Bashir, a resident of Pulwama district’s Kakapora, was arrested by the NCB along with 522 grams of heroin from a […]
JAMMU — Search operations have been intensified to trace the bodies of a man and a woman believed to have drowned in the Chenab river in separate incidents in Doda and Ramban districts of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. A 21-year-old woman jumped into the river in Doda on Saturday afternoon, while the […]
NEW DELHI — The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Jammu could become the first hospital in the country to be guarded by an armed contingent of the CISF given its “sensitive” location close to the India-Pakistan international border, officials said. The 226.84-acre hospital and medical college is located in the Vijaypur area […]
JAMMU — Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda ordered a complete ban on the use of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) across the district for two months, citing concerns over cybersecurity, unlawful activities and maintaining public order. In an order issued recently under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), Doda District Magistrate Krishan […]
SRINAGAR — Srinagar Lok Sabha MP Ruhullah Mehdi on Sunday criticised the Jammu and Kashmir administration over the handling of the ongoing protest by medical interns seeking an enhanced stipend, claiming that government college principals are coercing them to end their indefinite strike a day after the health minister called their demands “genuine”. Mehdi, who […]
SHOPIAN — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday have arrested four persons for alleged drug consumption after they tested positive for THC during drug detection tests at District Hospital Shopian, officials said. The arrests were made after a police party from Police Station Zainapora, while conducting routine patrolling at Bandpawa Crossing, intercepted four persons who […]
JAMMU — For Krishan Lal, a routine Saturday afternoon turned into a father’s worst nightmare when his daughter uttered a final “bye-bye” to him over the phone before jumping into the Chenab River in Doda district. Officials said the district administration launched an extensive search operation. A video purportedly shot by the young woman, Payal […]