SRINAGAR — Rain in plains and snowfall in higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir occurred during the last 24 hours as the Meteorological (MeT) office said on Thursday that the same weather conditions were likely to continue. “Light to moderate rain in the plains and snowfall in the higher reaches of J&K is likely to […]
SRINAGAR — CPI (M) State Secretary Ghulam Nabi Malik on Wednesday condemned the allegedly custodial killing of Imran Bashir Ganai of Harman Shopian and demanded credible probe into this unfortunate incident. Malik in a statement said that it is widely perceived that the said person had not been involved in any unlawful activity. “Recently in […]
SRINAGAR — Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Production Department, Atal Dulloo today inaugurated 550 metric ton (MT) capacity Cold Storage facility at Agri Complex Lal Mandi here. The 550 MT capacity cold storage facility would house perishable items and veggies for preservation at nominal charges to fetch marginal farmers’ attractive prices for their produce. On […]
SRINAGAR — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today chaired the first meeting of J&K Higher Education Council here at Raj Bhawan Auditorium. The Lt Governor stressed on the need to develop a pragmatic roadmap to enhance the potential of human resources and progressively transform J&K’s universities into economic growth centres. “Our Higher Education ecosystem needs to […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik, who is lodged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail in a terror financing case, on Wednesday appeared in a special court here through Video conferencing in connection with the 1990 killing of four Air Force personnel personnel. The special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act court […]
SRINAGAR — National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday filed chargesheet against 12 persons in connection with Sunjwan Jammu militant attack in April this year. In a statement, NIA said that the charge-sheet was filed in the Special Court Jammu against the accused persons in the case relating to the “conspiracy hatched among Kashmir based (militant) […]
JAMMU — A policeman lost his life on Wednesday while saving his two children from drowning in a river in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said. The two children had slipped into the Ujh river while taking a bath in Jasrota area on Wednesday, they said. As father Seshipal Singh saw them drowning, he […]
SRINAGAR — At least 17 drug peddlers and narcotic smugglers have been booked under PIT-NDPS in Srinagar, police said here on Wednesday. Srinagar police on its official Twitter handle informed that PIT-NDPS is preventive detention for one year akin to PSA. “Seventeen Drug peddlers and Narcotic smugglers booked under PIT-NDPS. PIT-NDPS is preventive detention for […]
RAMBAN — The panel launching of 240 feet CI-40R Bailey suspension bridge over the river Chenab in Maitra area of Ramban district has been started today, officials said. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the project was approved by National Highway Authority of India this year for de-launching of the existing […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Wednesday rapped the Jammu and Kashmir administration over unscientific dumping and disposal of solid waste, saying it cannot play with the lives of the people. A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and C T Ravikumar dismissed a plea by Municipal Committee of Bandipora against imposition of environmental compensation […]