JAMMU — Panic gripped the district hospital in Poonch after a fire broke out in a section on Saturday, but a swift response from hospital staff and the fire and emergency services brought the blaze under control before it could spread to the wards, officials said. There were no reports of any casualties in the […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police have attached a residential house and frozen cash worth ₹4.73 lakh in Shopian district, alleging that the property and money were acquired through proceeds of drug trafficking, officials said on Friday. Police said the residential house, built on 1,065 sq ft of land at Melhura village and valued at […]
SRINAGAR — The National Health Mission (NHM) employees in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday suspended their strike for a month after a written assurance from the government to resolve their issues within that time period, officials said. They said the coordination committee of the NHM employees held discussions with Health Minister Sakina Itoo, after which […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday handed over appointment letters to 29 newly appointed officers of the Jammu and Kashmir Police (Gazetted) Services and urged them to discharge their duties with courage, integrity and compassion. Sinha said the appointment letters represented the trust of the people of Jammu and Kashmir […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said the BJP should introduce the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill in Parliament if it has the numbers to pass it, instead of pushing it through individual states. “If you have the numbers, bring it to Parliament. Why are you doing it through different […]
SRINAGAR — Lok Sabha MP Ruhullah Mehdi on Saturday said he will soon announce his political future after a “discussion with the people of Jammu and Kashmir”, weeks after he decided to part ways with the National Conference (NC) on “ideological grounds”. Mehdi had announced that he would quit the Lok Sabha and resign from […]
SRINAGAR — Pulwama MLA Waheed ur Rehman Para on Thursday accused the National Conference (NC) of allegedly turning the Islamic Kalima into a personality cult chant for party founder Sheikh Abdullah, describing the alleged act as “blasphemy, not devotion.” In a post on X, Para claimed that the NC had “rewrote the Kalima” in honour […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday trapped and arrested a Treasury Office clerk in Kalakote, Rajouri, for allegedly demanding and accepting a ₹20,000 bribe from a retired government employee, officials said. The accused was identified as Khadam Hussain, posted as a clerk at the Treasury Office, Kalakote. According to the […]
JAMMU — A shopkeeper was seriously injured after he was allegedly assaulted with lathis by four people in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Wednesday. All four accused have been arrested. Three of them were arrested from Jalandhar in Punjab on Wednesday. On Sunday, the accused barged into Sachin Puri’s shop in […]
BHADERWAH — In a major crackdown on illegal felling and timber smuggling, the Forest Protection Force on Wednesday seized hundreds of illegally extracted deodar and green kail sleepers in Bhaderwah forest division of Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, a senior official said. Divisional Forest Officer, Bhaderwah, Devinder Kumar said six labourers found extracting timber were […]