Office record, some computer systems damaged in mysterious blaze at ARTO office
Srinagar: Official record and a room of the building at Asistant Road Transport Office (ARTO) office Bandipora gutted in a mysterious fire blaze on Saturday early morning. Reports reaching GNS said that the fire broke inside the third storey of the ARTO office building in Block C of Mini Secretariat near Madar. They said that […]
Jet Airways suspends services to 13 international routes till end-April
Mumbai,(PTI) Jet Airways, on the verge of going belly-up, has suspended operations on as many as 13 more international routes till end-April even as it grounded seven more planes due to non-payment of rentals, taking the number of such aircraft to 54.Besides, the airline has also reduced frequencies on seven other overseas routes, mostly from Delhi […]
Six arrested in Rajouri for unlawful activities
Jammu, Mar 23 (PTI) Police have arrested six persons for their alleged involvement in creating nuisance and apprehension of breach of peace and tranquility in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said Saturday. Police took into preventive custody four persons for their alleged involvement in unlawful activities and apprehension of breach of peace and tranquility of […]
Notorious criminal detained under PSA in J-K’s Rajouri
Jammu,(PTI) A notorious criminal was detained under the Public Safety Act in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, official said Saturday. A dossier of his detention was prepared by district police office Rajouri and submitted to the district magistrate, he said. The DM ordered his detention under public safety and a team from the Rajouri police station […]
Landslide kills two in Gandoh
Jammu: Two persons were killed after a vehicle they were travelling in was hit by a landslide at Piyakul Kahara in Tehsil Gandoh on Saturday morning, reports said. They said that a truck, bearing Regd No: JK02AC, 5185, came under a land slide due to which two persons including the driver of the truck were […]
On Pak National Day, PM Modi extends ‘best wishes’, Imran says ‘time to begin comprehensive dialogue’
Islamabad: In a significant development in the fraught Pakistan-India relationship, leaders of the two countries exchanged messages on the eve of Pakistan Day, ‘Dawn’ reported on Saturday. Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday evening said he had received a message from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in which the latter extended “greetings & best wishes […]
Five militants, minor boy killed in separate encounters
Protests staged in Sopore, Pulwama and Shopian: dozens injured
Protests staged in Sopore, Pulwama and Shopian: dozens injured
Villagers tried hard to get the teenager freed
Srinagar: This is not “jihad” (armed crusade) but “jahalat” (benighted), a village elder pleaded to Pakistani militants in North Kashmir’s Hajin area while asking them to release a 12-year-old boy who was held captive and subsequently killed on Thursday. Videos of the village elder of Mir Mohalla of Hajin surfaced on social media, showing him […]
Encounter in Shopian ends SPO’s sojourn with militancy
Shopian: Nearly a year after Special Police Officer (SPO) decamped with his weapon from Police Station Shopian, Showkat Ahmad Sheikh who had joined the militants in August last year was among the two ultras killed in Gadhapora gunfight on Friday. A former Special Police Officer identified as Showkat Ahmad Sheikh, son of Abdul Majeed Sheikh […]
Yasin Malik-led JKLF banned
New Delhi: The Yasin Malik-led Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) was banned by the Centre under anti-terror law on Friday, officials said. The outfit has been banned for alleged promotion of secessionist activities in Jammu and Kashmir, they said. They said the organisation has been banned under various provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. […]
