BSF bids adieu to officer killed on IB
Jammu: The Border Security Force (BSF)Wednesday bid adieu to Assistant Commandant Vinay Prasad who was killed in sniper firing by Pakistan Rangers along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said. A solemn wreath laying ceremony for the slain officer was held at the BSF frontier headquarters here, a BSF spokesman […]
Move step further, prove your words: Er Rasheed to Guv
Srinagar: Awami Itehaad Party (AIP) president and former Langate legislator, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Wednesday rang Governor Satya Pal Malik and urged him to move a step further and facilitate certain genuine CBMs to prove his words. AIP president as per a statement issued here also welcomed Governor Malik’s offer to Hurriyat that it […]
Every oppressor has definite, tragic end if fought with unity: Geelani
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) Chairman, Syed Ali Geelani on Wednesday said that every oppressor has a definite and tragic end if fought with unity, sincerity and dedication. In a telephonic address to the mourners of slain Zeenat-ul-Islam at Shopian today, Geelani as per a statement issued here said, “Our oppressor has crossed every limit and […]
JNU row: Career of Kashmiri students outside state being ruined, says Sehrai
Srinagar: Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Chairman, Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai on Wednesday denounced the sedition charges and filing of charge sheet against the seven Kashmiri JNU students by the Delhi Police and demanded immediate withdrawal of all charges. Sehrai in a statement issued here said the ‘harassment’ of Kashmiri students at the behest of communal forces is unacceptable and […]
Two killed, three others injured in separate incidents in Jammu
JAMMU: Two persons were killed and three others injured in separate road accidents in Samba and Ramban districts of Jammu division, police said Wednesday. A-three vehicle crash killed the driver of an oil tanker and injured three others near Railway bridge Nanak Chack in Samba Tuesday night, they said. The identity of the deceased driver […]
Two drug peddlers held in Jammu
JAMMU: Two suspected drug peddlers were arrested in separate cases after a huge consignment of poppy straw, and charas were seized from their possession along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, police said on Wednesday. Nitin Sharma (30), a resident of R S Pura, was arrested after police seized 175 kg poppy straw from his truck at […]
Police unearths ration scam in Srinagar, accused held
Srinagar: Police on Wednesday unearthed a major ration scam and arrested the accused who would repack the food stuff meant for government supply and sell it in ‘rebranded’ packets. Officials said that they have arrested one accused from Srinagar’s Bemina area and identified him as Bilal Ahmad Nath R/o Bilal Colony Bemina. “He was selling […]
Man wanted in rash driving case arrested after 12 years
Jammu: A man, wanted in a rash driving case, was arrested Wednesday after over a 12-year-long hunt in Jammu divisions Samba district, police said. Harmeet Singh, a resident of the Rajbagh area of Kathua district, was arrested by a police party from the Mansar Morh area in Samba, a police spokesman said. Singh was wanted […]
Naval chopper makes precautionary landing
Kochi (PTI): A Navy helicopter made a “precautionary landing” off a National Highway in Alappuzha district Wednesday, a defence spokesman said. “The crew consisting of two pilots are safe and the aircraft has not suffered any damage,” the spokesman said. “The chetak helicopter of Southern Naval Command –IN 429– which was carrying out routine flying, […]
Alleged arms smuggler manages to escape again from railway police in UP
Muzaffarnagar (UP) (PTI): A team of the Government Railway Police (GRP) from Haryana raided the house of an alleged arms smuggler in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district but he managed to evade arrest for the second time in less than a week, police said Wednesday. The accused Arif is a native of Titarwada village in Kairana and […]
