Shah pays obeisance at Vaishno Devi shrine

Jammu: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday visited the famous Mata Vaishno Devi shrine atop Trikuta hills in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Maha Navami festival and offered his prayers. Accompanied by Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and Union Minister Jitendra Singh, the Home Minister arrived at Sanji Chhat by helicopter to pay his […]

Amit Shah arrives in Srinagar, will address rally in Baramulla

Srinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Tuesday arrived here as part of his three-day tour to the Union territory, officials said. They said Shah arrived at the Srinagar airport from the Jammu region at around 7 pm. The Union home minister set off the three-day tour of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. He met several […]

DG Prisons found murdered in Jammu

Domestic help prime suspect, held after nigh long manhunt

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir’s Director General (Prisons) Hemant K Lohia was found murdered at his residence here, police said, asserting that his domestic help has emerged as the main suspect in the case. Director General of Police Dilbag Singh described the incident as “extremely unfortunate” and said a manhunt was launched to nab the domestic […]

‘I hate my life…Dear death waiting for you’: Suspect wrote in his dairy

Jammu: From “I hate my life” and “Dear death I am waiting for you” to Bollywood songs about sadness and the final farewell, the recent diary entries of a man who allegedly killed Jammu and Kashmir Director General (Prisons) Hemant K Lohia reveal he was “under depression”. Yasir Lohar, the 23-year-old domestic help, was arrested […]

Lt Guv Sinha expresses grief over death of DG Prisons

Jammu: Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday expressed shock and grief over the murder of Director General (Prisons) H K Lohia, saying he served the country with great honour and dedication. A 1992-batch IPS officer, Lohia was found murdered under suspicious circumstances at his residence on the outskirts of Jammu on Monday night. His domestic […]

Encounter breaks out in Shopian village

Pulwama: An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists at Drach village in Police district Shopian, officials said on Tuesday. An official said that a joint of team of police, Army and CRPF after receiving information about the presence of the ultras launched search operation in the area. He said that as the joint […]

Govt eases private FM Phase-III guidelines

New Delhi: The government on Tuesday announced the removal of the three-year window period of restructuring of FM radio permissions within the same management group during the licence period of 15 years, a move that is expected to pave the way for further expansion of such services in smaller cities. The decision to amend the […]

Return to status quo ante needed for situation to become normal: IAF chie

  Eastern Ladakh row

New Delhi: Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari on Tuesday said appropriate “non-escalatory” measures were taken in response to recent Chinese air activities along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh and that return to status quo ante prior to the standoff was key for the situation to become normal in the region. The […]