JK Health Department seals sections of Al Amin Nursing home
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Health Department on Friday sealed sections of Al Amin Nursing Home here in Srinagar. An inspection team headed by senior officers to Al Amin Nursing Home said that it found that the said hospital is unregistered and has many deficiencies like unregistered USG Section, Unregistered Pharmacy, No proper segregation of Bio-medical […]
Pak court orders Musharraf’s arrest
Islamabad: A special Pakistani tribunal has ordered the government to arrest former Pakistan Prsident Pervez Musharraf and confiscate all his properties as it heard the high treason case against the “proclaimed offender” for imposing emergency rule in the country in 2007. The 74-year-old former president was indicted in March, 2014 on treason charges for imposing emergency […]
Low Danger Avalanche Warning issued by SDMA
JAMMU: On the basis of information received from SASE, Low danger avalanche warning has been issued for Baramulla, Gulmarg, Furkian-Z Gali and Kupwara-Chowkibal-Tangdhar, Poonch, Rajouri, Reasi, Ramban,Doda, Kishtwar Udhampur, Anantnag, Kulgam, Budgam, Kupwara,Bandipora, Ganderbal Kargil and Leh Districts, Bandipora-Kanzalwan-Gurez sector and Srinagar-Jammu National Highway. People living in these avalanche prone areas have been advised by […]
1,261 stone pelting incidents in JK in 2017, Pulwama records maximum FIRs: Govt
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir witnessed 1,261 incidents of stone-pelting last year, with the native town of slain Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani–Pulwama recording the maximum number of cases against stone pelters followed by Hurriyat leader Syed Geelani’s bastion of Sopore. A total of 91 cases were registered against stone pelters in Pulwama in 2017, while […]
JKLF stage protest against Shopian killings, shifting of prisoners
Srinagar: Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front leadership on Friday carried out a protest march from Maisuma to Budshah Chowk against the shifting of prisoners to outside jails and Shopian killings. A spokesman of JKLF said that the march was carried out to protest against shifting of Kashmiri prisoners to outside state jails, move to ‘save’ the […]
Trump threatens to impose “reciprocal tax” on India, China
Washington: US President Donald Trump today threatened to impose “reciprocal tax” on countries like China and India if they do not match America’s tariff. Trump has, in recent days, spoken a number of times about the 50 per cent duty that India levies on high-end motorbikes that Harley-Davidson, an American company, sells in India. He […]
Notices issued to banquet halls in Jammu for GST evasion
Jammu: The Commercial Tax Department (CTD) of Jammu and Kashmir has detected evasion of GST amounting to lakhs of rupees by banquet halls in Jammu district and issued notices to them, a senior official said here. A team headed by the Commercial Taxes Officer today launched an extensive drive to register banquet halls, he said. During […]
LoC heats up again as India, Pak exchange fire in Poonch
Jammu: Indian and Pakistani troops today exchanged heavy fire and shelling along the Line of Control in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir. A defence spokesman said that Pakistan army shelled mortars along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir, drawing heavy retaliation from the Indian Army. “The Pakistan army […]
Two drug peddlers arrested in Kishtwar
Jammu: Two drug peddlers, involved in an inter-district drug racket, were arrested by police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, a police official said on Friday. Acting on a tip-off about sale and purchase of banned sedatives, the police yesterday conducted a raid in Kuleed area, he said. “940 tablets of TopSpas tablets were recovered […]
Army man injured in cross LoC firing in Uri
Baramulla: An Indian army man was injured after Pakistani army fired on the forward Indian posts along the Line of Control in Uri sector. “An army man was injured in fresh ceasefire violation by Pakistan army at Jane Peer Baba post in Uri sector last night” a senior defence official said. The injured soldier was identified […]
