SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Government has increased the monthly stipend for MBBS and BDS interns, including Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs), from ₹12,300 to ₹25,000. According to an order issued by the Health and Medical Education Department on Wednesday, the enhanced stipend will be effective retrospectively from October 1, 2026. The order states that […]
SOPORE — Sopore Police have recovered a missing girl from Laiser area of Rafiabad within 36 hours of receiving a complaint, officials said on Wednesday. According to police, Police Station Dangiwacha received a complaint on October 19 regarding the girl’s disappearance. Acting promptly, a police team was constituted to trace her. With the help of […]
ANANTNAG — Anantnag Police in challaned 244 vehicles and seized 166 others during a special traffic enforcement drive across the district on Tuesday. According to officials, a total of 410 vehicles, including two-wheelers, were dealt with for various traffic violations during the drive. The enforcement campaign was aimed at ensuring compliance with traffic rules, improving […]
SRINAGAR — Srinagar Lok Sabha MP Ruhullah Mehdi on Tuesday said the democracy in the country is “beginning to breathe” while referring to the protests against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Gyanesh Kumar, and demanded that all polls held under his supervision be “revisited and reviewed”. He also criticised the crackdown on protesters in Delhi during […]
SRINAGAR — Medical interns in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday resumed their strike over the government’s failure to fulfil its commitment to increase their monthly stipend. The interns had gone on strike in September to press for a stipend hike. On September 8, the government had asked them to call off their agitation and give […]
LUDHIANA — A Delhi to Srinagar bus was attacked with stones near Doraha in Punjab, barely a day after another bus of the same company was targeted in Haryana. The incident took place on Sunday night when the bus was passing through Doraha in Khanna, said police. A stone thrown from the roadside smashed a […]
SRINAGAR — Operating hour restrictions imposed at Srinagar International Airport were withdrawn on Monday, officials said. “Srinagar International Airport wishes to inform passengers and stakeholders that the previously imposed restrictions on airport operational hours, limiting operations to 0800 hrs to 1700 hrs, have been withdrawn,” the officials of the Srinagar Airport said in a statement. […]
KISHTWAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police in Kishtwar has solved the murder case of a Special Police Officer (SPO), Bashir Ahmed, who went missing along with his service weapon from a police picket in Trigam, with two accused arrested in connection with the case. According to police, the SPO was reported missing by his family […]
KARNAL — Two men have been rounded up for allegedly throwing stones at a Jammu and Kashmir-bound bus following a dispute in Haryana’s Karnal district, leaving a passenger and a ‘dhaba’ employee injured, police said on Sunday. The incident drew a reaction from Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who said his office had […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Police have booked the wife of an Army officer for allegedly “collecting and sharing” sensitive information with foreign intelligence operatives, including individuals linked to “China”, official sources said on Sunday. According to the sources, she was pursuing certain research-related activities, which are being examined. The police are also examining the […]