Modalities for issuance of mining permit to PRIs discussed
BANDIPORA: The District Administration under the chairmanship of Assistant Commissioner Revenue (ACR), Reyaz Ahmad Beigh Saturday chaired a meeting to discuss the modalities for issuance of mining permits to Panchayat Raj Institutions in the district. The meeting discussed threadbare the issues with regard to the permission to be granted to PRIs for extraction of construction […]
Cannabis medicine project coming up in Jammu: Union Minister
New Delhi: The first ever cannabis medicine project will soon be set up in Jammu with Canadian collaboration, Union minister Jitendra Singh said on Saturday. The Minister of State for Prime Minister’s Office said it is the first major foreign investment in Jammu and Kashmir after it became a Union Territory (UT). The first ever […]
Soldier killed, 2 others injured in cross LoC shelling in Kupwara
Srinagar, Sep 5: An army soldier was killed and two others were injured as India and Pakistan troops traded fire along the Line of Control at Naugam sector in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Official sources said that the Pakistani army targeted army posts in Naugam sector in which one soldier identified as Bopender Singh was […]
Two unidentified bodies recovered from Nallah in Gurez
Gurez, Sep 05: The police on Saturday said that they have recovered two unidentified bodies in Tulail area of Gurez in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) Gurez Peerzada Ajaz said that two unidentified bodies were recovered from a Nallah in Malangham area of Tulail in Gurez sector today afternoon. “We have taken […]
Gunfight breaks out in Kupwara forests
Srinagar, September 05: A gunfight broke out between militants and government forces in Danabehak, Warnow area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Saturday. According to the reports, a joint team of Police, Army’s RR 28 and CRPF launched a cordon-and-search-operation in Dana Behak forests. As the joint team encircled the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired […]
Police station Akhnoor closed for public after SHO, 6 cops test COVID positive
Jammu, Sept 05: Police authorities in Jammu district have ordered closure of a police station and a police post for public visit after several officials tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday. Sub-divisional police officer Akhnoor, Ajay Sharma said that Akhnoor police station and Pallanwala police post have been closed till further orders. Meanwhile, an official told […]
Police checkpoints along Jammu-Pathankot highway alerted after carjacking
Jammu, Sep 5 (PTI) All checkpoints along Jammu-Pathankot highway have been put on alert and security strengthened following an incident of carjacking by unidentified armed persons in the neighbouring Punjab, a police official said on Saturday. The director general of Punjab Police had sounded an alert in his state, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir […]
Govt thinking — minimum govt, maximum privatisation: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi, Sep 5 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday hit out at the Centre over the issue of recruitment to government posts, alleging that the Modi dispensation’s thinking is “minimum government, maximum privatisation”. With his tweet attacking the government, Gandhi tagged a media report which said there would be a freeze on creation […]
Unidentified persons vandalize school in Handwara
Srinagar, Sep 05: Unidentified persons on intervening Saturday night have destroyed property worth over a lakh in an educational institution at Qalamabad Mawar area of Handwara in north-Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Reports said that the unidentified persons have struck at Government Boys Middle School at Qalamabad to destroy its property. The major damage, as per the […]
