Ensure safety of protected persons: Guv tells forces

Chairs security review meeting
Jammu: In a meeting involving senior Civil, Police, Central Armed Police, Army, and State and Central Intelligence Agencies Governor Satya Pal Malik undertook a detailed review of security management related issues at the Raj Bhavan. Governor reviewed law and order situation throughout the State and stressed the need for a heightened vigil and ensuring the […]
Srinagar deputy mayor owes J&K Bank Rs 125 cr, bank threatens action

Srinagar: The J&K bank has asked the deputy mayor of Srinagar to settle an outstanding loan of Rs 125 crore or face recovery proceedings and initiation of a process to declare him a willful defaulter. An independent candidate, Sheikh Imran was supported by the Congress and elected the deputy mayor of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation […]
Dubai Police are set to take to the skies by 2020 on their new, flying motorcycles

Dubai: In a video, the Dubai Media Office showed that officers are already being trained to use the Hoversurf Scorpion-3 hoverbike. In an earlier tweet, the media office said that Dubai Police will take first deliveries of the new vehicle by next year. Several officers are seen being taught on the bike’s controls. They then […]
Fuel prices further dip; petrol now Rs 78.06 in Delhi

NEW DELHI: Fuel prices once again slumped in the metros on Friday. After a cut of 15 paisa, petrol price touched Rs 78.06 per litre in Delhi and Rs 83.57 per litre in Mumbai, according to the Indian Oil Corporation data. Diesel prices too witnessed a cut. In Mumbai, the fuel touched Rs 76.22 after […]
Ram Madhav meets Sajjad Lone, Ansaris

Holds meeting with the newly elected Mayor, his deputy
Srinagar: Two days after the election of Mayor and Deputy Mayor for the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC), BJP’s National General Secretary Ram Madhav and incharge J&K affairs arrived in Srinagar on Thursday morning and met several leaders including Sajjad Lone, Aabid Ansari and Imran Ansari. Reports said that the meeting was held at Hotel Taj […]
RISISC places Mirwaiz Umar among top 500 Muslims across the globe

Hurriyat (M) terms it ‘a matter of pride for Kashmiris’
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Mohammad Umar Farooq has for the fifth consecutive year been chosen among the 500 most influential Muslim personalities across the globe by Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre (RISISC) Jordan, and one among the five top most influential persons in the sub-continent. According to the RISISC-Jordan’s annual report for year […]
Hideout unearthed in Shopian district
Srinagar: Security forces Thursday unearthed a militant hideout in Shopian district of south Kashmir and recovered material used in making improvised explosive devices (IEDs), police said. A joint team of police and Army unearthed the hideout at Ramnagri in Shopian district following a specific tip off, a police official said. He said incriminating material including […]
Army man dies of cardiac arrest
Srinagar: An army man died of cardiac arrest in Tangdar sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday. An official said that soldier identified as Nam Singh 36, belt No 3196945W of 20 JAT posted on Anil Post in Tangdhar Sector died due to sudden cardiac arrest. He said the deceased was immediately shifted to […]
Three drug peddlers held
Jammu: Three drug peddlers were arrested and drugs seized from their possession in Udhampur and Rajouri districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said Thursday. Imran Khan and Mohammad Mukhtar were apprehended at a checkpoint at Muradpur village in Rajouri. Drugs and a vehicle were seized, they said. In another incident, Akhilesh Sharma was nabbed with […]
PIA gets first Kashmiri woman pilot
Islamabad: A Kashmiri young woman, Maryam Mujtaba has made it to be the first woman pilot of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). The airlines introduced its first female pilot through a video shared by it on youtube. In a video posted on Youtube by PIA, Maryam revealed how she had been dreaming to fly from […]