Five drug peddlers arrested in Pulwama
Srinagar: Police in in Pulwama Saturday arrested five drug peddlers from different areas of south Kashmir’s Pulwama. The accused- identified as Abdul Hamid Ganaie, son of Ghulam Ahmad Ganaie of Jandwal Pulwama, Mohammad Irfan Kumar, son of Gulzar Ahmad Kumar, a resident of Chandgam Pulwama, Showkat Ahmad Nengroo, son of Ghulam Hassan Nengroo, a resident […]
Police arrest seven for illegal excavation in Budgam
Budgam: Police in central Kashmir’s Budgam district Saturday registered 5 FIRs against illegal excavators across the jurisdiction of Police Station Budgam. Besides arresting 6 persons, 4 JCB machines used for excavation and 9 tippers involved in illegal transportation of clay have also been seized. Police said it also arrested a notorious criminal Sajjad Joo, who […]
Pak sets conditions for Kartarpur corridor, opposes all Indian proposals: officials
New Delhi, Jun 22 (PTI) Pakistan has set a host of terms and conditions for the operationalisation of the Kartarpur corridor and opposed India’s proposals to make it open throughout the year to facilitate travel to one of the holiest pilgrimage sites of the Sikhs, officials said Saturday. Islamabad has either put conditions or opposed […]
Jammu records 41.4 deg C; Srinagar remains pleasant at 28.7 degrees
Jammu, Jun 22 (PTI) The winter capital Jammu Saturday recorded a maximum temperature of 41.4 degrees Celsius, an increase of almost three notches compared to the previous day. The night temperature in the city, however, marked a slight dip and settled at 24.7 degrees Celsius against the previous night’s 25 degrees Celsius, a spokesman of […]
Trying to set up multiplex in Kashmir: J&K governor
Srinagar, Jun 22 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik said Saturday efforts were on to open a multiplex in the valley in order to provide an avenue for the entertainment-starved people here. “I regret that there is nothing to do in Kashmir after 6 pm. Cinema halls are closed for decades now, coffee-house licence […]
Director Horticulture visits hailstorm affected areas in Pulwama, Shopian
SRINAGAR: Director Horticulture Kashmir, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat today visited various areas of Pulwama and Shopian to take stock of the damage done by Friday’s hailstorm in the region. The Director visited various villages of Pulwama including Sangarwani, Achgoza, Bamnoo, Muran, Karimabad, Burpore and Kagan wherein heavy hailstorm has caused extensive damage to fruits bearing trees. […]
Vaccination for Kupwara Hajj pilgrims from June 25
KUPWARA: The District Administration Kupwara today informed that vaccination programme for the Hajj Pilgrims coming various tehsils of District Kupwara will be carried out from 25th June 2019. According to an official handout issued here, in tehsil Kupwara and Drugmulla the vaccination programme for Hajj aspirants would be held at ANMT School Kupwara, near SDH […]
Sniffer dogs deployed to track terrorists in J&K’s Kishtwar
Jammu, (PTI): Sniffer dogs were pressed into service as a massive search operation to track down suspected terrorists in a forest area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district continued for the second day on Saturday, officials said. The Army and police had launched a search operation in the forest area near Keshwan village early on […]
Scores of tippers seized in nighttime crackdown on illegal constructions in Srinagar
SRINAGAR: The authorities in Srinagar late Friday night seized a large number of tipper trucks from various areas in a massive crackdown on land mafia involved in illegal constructions in the city. The seizure of over a hundred tipper trucks was made at different checkpoints set up across the Srinagar city in efforts to clampdown […]
FATF: India says Pak must take verifiable, irreversible steps against terrorism
New Delhi (PTI) India on Saturday said it expects Pakistan to take all necessary steps to effectively implement the FATF action plan fully by September and take credible, verifiable, and irreversible measures to address global concerns related to terrorism and terrorist financing emanating from its soil. In response to a media query regarding the FATF report, […]
