Police arrests notorious criminal in Rajouri
Jammu: Police Tuesday arrested a notorious criminal under the Public Safety Act (PSA) for his repeated involvement in different offences, especially thefts, in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. The accused has been identified as Sunny Sharma, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rajouri Yogal Manhas told PTI. He has been booked under the Public Safety Act […]
6 involved in drug peddling sent to judicial custody
Jammu: Six people allegedly involved in drug peddling were detained and sent to judicial custody in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, police said Tuesday. Continuing with efforts to check the spread and consumption of narcotic drugs in the state, the accused were taken into preventive custody from the Thanamandi and Darhal police station areas by […]
Azad blames govt for impasse as one more day goes waste in Parliament
New Delhi: With Parliament continuing to remain paralysed for the 12th day today, the Congress today hit out at the government for the stalemate saying it was not making an effort to engage with all parties to ensure that issues like banking fraud are debated in the House. Minutes before Rajya Sabha was adjourned for […]
Protests rock Nowshera, highway blocked over district demand
Jammu: People of Nowshera town in Rajouri district today held massive protests and blocked the Jammu-Poonch highway demanding district status for the town. Indefinite strike continued in Nowshera township for the 33rd consecutive day today while Joint Action Committee (JAC) members have started chain hunger strike in Kalakote town demanding posting of an Additional Deputy […]
IAF’s Hawk aircraft crashes in Odisha
New Delhi: A Hawk aircraft of Indian Air Force today crashed near the Odisha-Jharkhand border after taking off from Kalaikunda airbase in West Bengal, official sources said. The trainee pilot flying the aircraft ejected safely, they said. The aircraft was on a routine training sortie. A court of inquiry has been ordered into the accident, […]
330 Pak, 1,770 B’deshi nationals deported in 3 yrs: Govt
New Delhi: As many as 330 Pakistani and 1,770 Bangladeshi nationals, who were illegally staying in India, have been repatriated in the last three years, the Lok Sabha was informed today. Union minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju said the central government is vested with powers to deport a foreign national under section 3(2)(c) […]
No plans to withdraw or amend AFSPA in JK: Govt
New Delhi: The government has no plans to withdraw or amend “the Armed Forces (Jammu and Kashmir) Special Powers Act, 1990”, which gives the security forces immunity and special rights in carrying out operations in disturbed areas, Union minister Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said today. Ahir, however, said in the Lok Sabha that a proposal is […]
Less lethal plastic bullets to be used in JK: Govt
New Delhi: Less lethal plastic bullets will be used to tackle law and order situations in Jammu and Kashmir, the Lok Sabha was informed today. Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir also said the government has no plans for enhanced use of bunkers to protect security forces from stone throwers after the […]
Undergraduate students stage protest, demand relaxation in syllabus
Srinagar: Scores of undergraduate students Tuesday assembled here in Pratap Park Srinagar and staged a protest demonstration against Kashmir University administration demanding relaxation in syllabus for upcoming joint examination of their 5th and 6th semesters. The protesting students said that since the examination for the 5th and 6th semester are being held jointly, the syllabus […]
No immediate arrest of public servants in cases under SC/ST Act: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today took note of the rampant misuse of the stringent Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against government servants and held that there shall be no immediate arrest on any complaint filed under the law. Before arresting a public servant under the SC/ST Act, a preliminary […]
