JAMMU — Polling parties of Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Tuesday left for their designated polling stations with electronic voting machines (EVMs) ahead of the first phase of polling on September 18. Twenty-four assembly constituencies across the UT will go to polls in the first phase, scheduled for September 18. Speaking to the Deputy […]
RAMBAN — Jammu and Kashmir National Conference and INDIA alliance candidate for the Ramban constituency Arjun Singh Raju took stock of the last day of campaigning in his constituency. “Today is the last day of campaign of Ramban assembly election for which voting will be held on September 18. It’s a 16 to 17 days […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Anti Corruption Bureau received a written complaint alleging therein that a public servant namely Farooq Ahmed Girdwar Sanasar, District Ramban for demanding bribe of ₹ 60,000 as bribe for processing the Fard case of the complainant required by him for sale of his land . However, after negotiation the deal […]
JAMMU — Two bodies, including that of a 12-year-old boy, were recovered on Tuesday as rescue operation continued in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district to trace five other missing people following a cloudburst, officials said. The cloudburst occurred in Panchayats Kumate, Dhraman and Halla in Rajgarh tehsil late Monday afternoon, causing flash floods in Tanger […]
JAMMU — A 71-year-old man died on Wednesday allegedly because there was no one to give him CPR at a hospital in Ramban district, an official said. Ghulam Nabi Bhat, who was suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, was rushed to Sub-District Hospital in Banihal by his son Altaf Ahmad, but he was forced to […]
JAMMU — Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban held a meeting on Saturday to discuss measures to improve female literacy and reduce the school-dropout rate in the district, an official spokesperson said. Ramban Deputy Commissioner Baseer-Ul-Haq Chaudhary, who chaired the meeting, expressed concerns over the district’s low female-literacy rate — currently at 38.04 per cent […]
JAMMU — A rape accused, who was at large for five months, was arrested in the Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said. The accused was identified as Sandeep Singh, a resident of Hoochak village of Pogal, they said. Singh was on the run after a case of rape was registered against […]
JAMMU — At least 10 pilgrims returning from the Amarnath yatra were injured when they jumped out of a moving bus in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district after the driver informed them about the failure of its breaks, officials on Tuesday said. The bus was, however, stopped by the army and police personnel, thus averting […]
JAMMU — At least 17 vulnerable points have been identified for urgent repairs along the strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway to ensure smooth flow of traffic, with focus on the upcoming Amarnath Yatra, a senior official said on Wednesday. A high-level team of officers on Tuesday inspected the 270-km national highway, the only all-weather road linking […]
JAMMU — The CBI on Tuesday said it has arrested a revenue official for allegedly accepting bribe of Rs 18,000 from a person for processing his application for land settlement in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district. Mohd Ishaq Bhat, who was posted as Office Qanoongo in Banihal Tehsildar’s office, was arrested on Monday after he […]
