Seven arrested for gambling
Srinagar: Police on Monday claimed to have arrested seven persons related to gambling offence including four in TarzooSopore and three in Hajin areas of North Kashmir’s Baramulla and Bandipora districts. In Sopore the arrests were made after police raided a gambling site. “Four persons were arrested following a credible input of gambling offences in Tarzoo […]
Vaishno Devi pilgrim dies in Reasi
Jammu: A 55-year-old Vaishno Devi pilgrim from Gujarat died after apparently suffering a cardiac arrest in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Monday. ParkashBhai, a resident of Ahmedabad, fell unconscious on reaching his hotel room at Katra last evening after paying obeisance at the shrine, a police official said. He said the […]
Cyber expert claims India’s 2014 general election was ‘rigged’
London: An Indian cyber expert, seeking political asylum in the US, Monday claimed that the 2014 general election was “rigged” through the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), which, he says, can be hacked. Addressing a press conference in London via Skype, the man, identified as Syed Suja, said he fled India in 2014 because he felt […]
Three militants killed as Hapatnar gunfight ends
Srinagar: Three militant of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit were killed in an encounter at Hapatnar woods in Charar-e-Shareef area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Monday. A senior police officer said that a joint team of army’s 53 RR, SOG and CRPF launched a cordon-and-search operation in forest area of Hapatnar today early in the morning following […]
Legal Metrology Department penalizes erring traders
SRINAGAR,: The field executives of Legal Metrology department conducted extensive market inspections in the various districts of Kashmir division and booked 198 erring traders for violating Legal Metrology Laws and imposed a fine of Rs 3,14,700/-. The defaulters include vegetable-sellers, mutton-dealers, Kiryana-sellers, milk-sellers etc. In addition to this, 08 cooking gas distributors were booked for […]
Altaf Bukhari offered his services to Nagpur: PDP
Srinagar: Refuting that his name was at any point suggested as an interim president of the party, Vice President Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Abdul Rahman Veeri on Monday said that seeking self-promotion through illicit, undemocratic and unethical measures was Altaf Bukhari’s sole agenda in PDP. Reiterating his faith in the leadership of Mehbooba Mufti as […]
Despite Guv’s assurances, Mustafa Abad inhabitant face water logging woes
Srinagar: Despite Governor Satya Pal Malik announcing to relieve the inhabitants of Mustafaabad and adjoining areas in Zainakot area of water logging issues, the residents are up in arms against the authorities for their failure to dewater the interior streets in the area. “There is water logging everywhere while despite repeated pleas, the concerned department […]
7 gamblers arrested, stake money recovered
Srinagar: Police on Monday claimed to have arrested seven persons related to gambling offence including four in Tarzoo Sopore and three in Hajin areas of North Kashmir’s Baramulla and Bandipora districts. In Sopore the arrests were made after police raided a gambling site. “Four persons were arrested following a credible input of gambling offences in […]
Hapatnar Encounter: One militant killed, fresh exchange of firing resumes
Srinagar: One militant has been killed even as a fresh exchange of firing resumed near the encounter site at Hapatnar in Charar-e-Shareef area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Monday late afternoon. Official sources told GNS that one militant has been killed in the gunfight at Hapatnar. “As the joint team of forces tried […]
Indo-Pak peace calendar released
New Delhi, Jan 20 (PTI) A ‘peace calender’ was released here on Sunday to send out a message of peace amid strain in bilateral ties between India and Pakistan. Many people, including Army veterans, youths and school students, gathered here to release the ‘peace calendar’, an initiative of the ‘Aaghaz-e-Dosti’ organisation that works to foster […]
