Cop’s stolen pistol seized from thief in Jammu
Jammu, Jan 29 (PTI) The service weapon of a policeman stolen from his house was seized from a thief here, an official said on Friday. A complaint was lodged by assistant sub-inspector Ali Mohd Wani of Jammu and Kashmir Armed Police posted at Manwal area in Sangar on Thursday, they said. The ASI said that […]
Five family members including two minors fall ill after consuming forest herbs in Kupwara
Kupwara, Jan 29: Five members of a family including two minors felt unconscious after consuming some forest herbs at their home in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Police sources said that a family at Meeyal Kralpora area of Kupwara district consumed some forest herbs after collecting from a nearby forest range. After consuming the herbs all […]
3 drug peddlers held with 57 kg of poppy in Jammu
Jammu, Jan 29 (PTI) Three alleged drug peddlers were arrested with 57 kg of poppy here on Thursday, officials said. The accused have been identified as Baljinder Singh, Azad Singh and Kulvinder Singh, all residents of Punjab, they said. A police team intercepted two Punjab-bound trucks at Jhajjar Kotli and recovered 28.76 kg and 28.50 […]
President Kovind condemns violence on Republic Day
New Delhi, Jan 29 (PTI) President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday strongly defended the three contentious agri laws that have sparked intense protests from a section of farmers, and slammed as “‘very unfortunate” the violence during the farmers’ tractor parade on Republic Day. He also noted that the new agri laws have immediately benefited 10 crore […]
Cold wave conditions intensify in Kashmir
Srinagar, Jan 29 (PTI) Cold wave conditions intensified in Kashmir on Friday as mercury plunged by two degrees in Srinagar, while the minimum temperature elsewhere in the valley stayed mostly 10 degrees below freezing point, officials said. Srinagar city recorded a low of minus 7.7 degrees Celsius plunging more than two degrees from minus 5.6 […]
Military confrontation between India, Pak would be disaster of unmitigated proportion: UN chief
United Nations, Jan 29 (PTI) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said it is absolutely essential for India and Pakistan to be able to come together and seriously discuss their problems, cautioning that any military confrontation would be a disaster of unmitigated proportions for both countries and the whole world. Well, what I said in the […]
Heavy police deployment at Tikri, Singhu borders
New Delhi, Jan 29 (PTI) Delhi’s border points at Tikri and Singhu remained under heavy police deployment on Friday in the aftermath of the violence that broke out during a tractor parade by farmers in the national capital on Republic Day, officials said. Personnel of the Delhi Police, along with those of the paramilitary forces, […]
Budget session to begin today, likely to be stormy
16 Oppn parties to boycott president's address
New Delhi: The Budget session of Parliament beginning Friday is poised to be stormy with the Opposition set to attack the government over the three new farm legislations, amid an ongoing agitation by farmers. The session will begin with the address of the President to the joint sitting of the two Houses on Friday morning […]
