‘12.03 lakh Cash, stolen jewellery and 4 lakh in bank accounts being frozen’
Jammu: Police on Monday said that it has busted an inter-state gang of fraudsters by arresting three persons involved in defrauding the innocent public of Udhampur and its surrounding areas on the pretext of being a “Tantrik” who can cure the life-consuming terminal diseases with his magic power. Giving details, Rayees Mohammad Bhat, SSP Udhampur […]
JKDFP expresses sympathy with Nisar, Nazir Khan
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (JKDFP) on Monday expressed condolence with Nisar Ahmad Khan and Nazir Ahmad Khan of Anantnag on the demise of their sister-in-law. A freedom party delegation led by Advocate Fayaz Ahmad Sodagar visited the two pro-freedom leaders and expressed solidarity with them. Engineer Farooq was also part of the […]
Congress leaders condole demise of Gaadyari
Srinagar: District Congress Committee President, Irfan Naqib and senior Congress Leader Abdul Gani Khan Monday condoled the demise of Party’s Block President Abdul Rehman Gandyari, conveying deepest condolences to bereaved family. Both leaders prayed for eternal peace to departed soul and sympathized with the bereaved family of Late Gaadyari. Khan visited residence Gaadyari and conveyed […]
Three inmates injured inside Baramulla lockup scuffle, police
Srinagar: Three youths who were arrested allegedly on charges of stone pelting suffered injuries inside a police lockup in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district after they got involved in a scuffle, police said. SSP Baramulla Imtiyaz Hussain said that the “stone pelters” were locked up and under proper remand from Court fought with each other and […]
Sikhs demands revocation of SRO-425, stages protest in Srinagar
Srinagar: Kashmiri Sikh Community Monday held a protest demonstration in Srinagar demanding revocation of SRO (Sadr-e-Riyasat ordinance) 425 in Jammu and Kashmir. The Community demanded that a high-level probe into various packages announced by successive governments at the Centre for Kashmiri Pandits and alleged that other communities in Jammu and Kashmir have been ignored. “Over […]
Soldier killed, another injured in sniper attack along LoC
Poonch: One more army soldier was killed and another critically injured in yet another sniper attack from across the border along the Line of Control (LoC) on Monday. A senior police officer said that Pakistan army in “violation of ceasefire” attacked the army’s 4 MLI Regiment at Sakri Post near Sonawali Gali along the border […]
Iranian border guards kill 2 Pakistanis
Karachi (PTI): Iranian border guards killed two Pakistani men and injured four others after they tried to enter the Iranian territory through an illegal route in Panjgur district of the restive Baluchistan province. Baluchistan Levies Force officials said a group of seven persons in a van were trying to cross the Pakistan-Iran border without legal […]
Drug peddler arrested with 3 kg charas in Jammu
Jammu (PTI): An alleged drug peddler was arrested here and three kilograms of charas was recovered from him, police said Monday. Amjad Hussain, a resident of Kishtwar, tried to flee upon seeing a police checkpoint in Gandhi Nagar locality of the city on Sunday evening, a police spokesperson said. The police personnel chased and caught […]
Councillor among several social activists join BJP in Jammu
Jammu, (PTI): Several persons, including a recently elected independent councillor, joined the BJP here Monday and pledged to work for strengthening the party at the grass-roots level, a party spokesman said. Independent councillor from Ward number nine of Bishnah Municipal Committee, Rajan Sharma was welcomed into the party fold by BJP MP Jugal Kishore, he […]
Focus not to allow youth to join militancy in Kashmir: Army chief
Pathankot,(PTI): Army chief Bipin Rawat Monday said while the government’s policy was that those triggering terrorism in Kashmir should be neutralised, the Army’s focus was to ensure that the Kashmiri youths do not join militancy. The Army chief said infiltration was going on from across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. “The government […]
