Two pilots killed after Army helicopter crash lands

Jammu: Two pilots were killed when an Army helicopter crash-landed in a dense forest near Patnitop in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Tuesday, officials said. “Today, during a training sortie in Patnitop area, Indian Army’s Cheetah helicopter crash-landed in Shiv Garh Dhar area in the district,” a Jammu-based defence spokesman said. He said that […]

Major incident averted as IED detected in Sgr

Srinagar: Security forces averted a major incident with the timely detection of an improvised explosive device in high security Gogo area of Budgam district in central Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. The area is close to several sensitive defence and civilian installations, including Srinagar airport, Technical airport, headquarters of Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry of […]

COVID-19: Active cases lowest in 184 days across India

New Delhi: India added 26,115 new cases of coronavirus infection taking the total tally to 3,35,04,534, while the active cases declined to 3,09,575, the lowest in 184 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 4,45,385 with 252 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 […]

Non- Local among two held with pistol, bullets in Kulgam

Srinagar: Police and army on Monday said that a non-local was among two persons arrested along with a pistol at Frisal area in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. A senior Police officer while confirming the incident said that a joint team of Police and army’s 1RR arrested two persons identified as Mohammad Umar Dar son of […]

Implementation of JTFRP: World Bank Mission applauds JK Govt, JKERA

SRINAGAR: The World Bank Mission, Washington D.C has applauded the Government of J&K and JTFRP for its efforts in the implementation of the USD 250 Million, Jhelum Tawi Flood Recovery Project (JTFRP). The World Bank team hailed the efforts of the last two years made in the project implementation of JTFRP, which has shown remarkable […]

CS reviews district-wise progress under various programmes

Asks DCs to achieve targets within the stipulated timeframe

SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta Tuesday chaired a meeting with the district administrations and took stock of progress achieved under district development plans and various other government programs and schemes. Administrative Secretaries of departments of Power Development, Public Works (R&B), Forest, Ecology & Environment, and Youth Services & Sports, besides Divisional Commissioners of […]

ACB arrests Patwari while accepting bribe

Srinagar: Anti-Corruption Bureau on Tuesday arrested a revenue official in Ganderbal district for accepting bribe for issuance of revenue extracts of land. “A written complaint was received alleging therein that Patwari Halqa Dab Wakura, Ganderbal Ajaz Ahmad Bhat is demanding Rs. 20,000 as bribe to issue the revenue extracts of land situated at Dab Wakura, […]