SRINAGAR — Drug abuse is a big challenge as it not only provides oxygen to terrorism by means of funding militant networks but also targets the younger generation, Jammu and Kashmir police chief Dilbag Singh said on Saturday. Singh, the Director-General of Police, chaired a high-level meeting with the officers of the force at the […]
SRINAGAR — An 8-year-old girl died after drowning in a river near her house at Chanigam area of Ashmuqam in South Kashmir’s Anantnag on Saturday evening, an official said. An official said that a girl identified as Aasia Fayaz (8) daughter of Fayaz Ahmad Shah, a resident of Chanigam Ashmuqam slipped and drowned into a […]
JAMMU — Jammu recorded its hottest day of the season so far with the mercury touching 43.5 degrees Celsius on Saturday as the heatwave intensified engulfing most parts of Jammu and Kashmir. The maximum temperature in Jammu city was 6.6 degrees above season’s average, forcing people to stay indoors especially in the afternoon. Jammu recorded […]
SRINAGAR — Over 13 percent women experienced violence in J&K after their marriages and husband is the main perpetrator of the violence in majority of cases. As per the National Family Health Survey 5 (NHFS-5) findings, just 14 percent of the women who have experienced violence in J&K have sought any help. The report said […]
SRINAGAR — Special Investigating Team (SIT) constituted by the Jammu and Kashmir government to probe all aspects of the killing of Kashmiri Pandit employee Rahul Bhat, will be headed by Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Central Kashmir range, Sujit Kumar Singh, Officials said. He said that the SIT has been constituted and will be headed by […]
SHEIKHPORA (BUDGAM) — Fear and anger were writ large on the faces of Kashmiri Pandit employees and their family members as they continued their protest on Saturday at the Sheikhpora transit camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district against the killing of Rahul Bhat and demanding their relocation to safer places outside Kashmir Valley. A […]
SRINAGAR — To make Jammu and Kashmir power surplus in the next four years, Power Development Department is working earnestly towards doubling electricity generation capacity in the Union Territory in three years. The J&K government has initiated a large scale capacity augmentation programme to address the current power deficit in the UT. Earlier, Jammu and […]
SRINAGAR — National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday arrested two alleged over ground workers in a “TRF conspiracy case” registered suo-moto by the agency in November last year. According to a statement, NIA conducted searches at four locations in, Kupwara, Pulwama and Shopian and arrested two accused in the case. “The case relates to activities […]
JAMMU — The Army on Saturday said over 100 civilians trapped in a remote village due to the washing away of a footbridge were rescued while work is in progress to construct a new bridge to enable regular movement across the river. The wooden bridge over a river at Chisoti village in Machail area was […]
SRINAGAR — The government on Saturday ordered transfer of two JKAS officers and assigned addition charge of a post to another officer in the interest of administration with immediate effect. According to a government order, Mohammad Akbar Wani (JKAS), Managing Director, J&K Cable Car Corporation, has been transferred and posted as Secretary in the Agriculture […]