SRINAGAR — In a significant step aimed at expanding pension-related services and improving accessibility for pensioners across Jammu & Kashmir, J&K Bank and Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare (Government of India) today launched a collaborative initiative on the sidelines of the 59th Pre-Retirement Counselling (PRC) Workshop and 13th Bankers’ Awareness Programme held here at […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday laid foundation stones for two sewage treatment plants to improve sanitation and safeguard water bodies in the city. Foundation stone was laid for the 2.5 MLD (million litres per day) Sewage Treatment Plant at Chattabal and augmentation of the 17.08 MLD Sewage Treatment Plant […]
SRINAGAR — Seven people have been booked in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir for the consumption of banned drugs, police said on Tuesday. In Bijbehara, police, in coordination with a medical team, conducted tests using a rapid drug detection kit, a police spokesperson said. During the exercise, five people tested positive for drug consumption […]
JAMMU — The ongoing anti-drug crackdown across Jammu division has yielded significant results, with more than 700 drug peddlers arrested and assets worth over Rs 45 crore attached or demolished, an official said on Tuesday. Authorities have also recovered large quantities of narcotics, dismantled drug trafficking networks and intensified rehabilitation efforts under the ‘Nasha Mukt […]
JAMMU — In a humanitarian gesture, Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday reunited a 30-year-old mentally unsound man, who was stranded in the border district of Poonch for nine years, with his family from West Bengal. The family of Sudesh Pal Topno, son of Abhiram Topno, who was unable to provide details about his family […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister on Monday appreciated the implementation of the free breast cancer screening programme here at Civil Secretariat, underscoring the importance of early detection and timely intervention in reducing the burden of breast cancer. The initiative, launched by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) in collaboration with India Turns Pink […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday attached two residential houses along with a few shops linked to an alleged drug peddler in Doda district, an official said. The properties of accused Kamar Din were attached under relevant sections of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act as part of the investigation in a […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said he hoped the agreement to end the US-Iran war holds until the formal signing of the accord. Official signing of the accord to permanently end the more than three months old confrontation in the Gulf region will be held in Switzerland on Friday. […]
JAMMU — The Security Wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday traced and returned a lost bag containing Rs 72,220 and some important documents to a pilgrim visiting Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Reasi district, an official said. Vipin Sonkar had reported the loss of his bag, suspected to have been misplaced at either […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday filed 19 FIRs against property owners for not providing details of tenants in Samba district, officials said. The cases were registered at Samba and Bari Brahmana police stations during a special verification drive launched to enhance security measures and ensure strict adherence to mandatory tenant verification norms, […]