Criminal held under Public Safety Act in Jammu

Jammu, Oct 22 (PTI) A criminal involved in drug peddling has been arrested in Jammu district after being slapped with the Public Safety Act (PSA), officials said on Saturday. Based on a tip-off, police teams arrested Paramjeet Singh alias Sunny, resident of Simbal camp in Jammu city, on Friday evening after conducting a raid in […]
Those justifying innocent civilian killings will face action: Lt Guv

Says terror ecosystem is breathing its last breath in JK
Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday said some people were trying to disturb the communal harmony by justifying the killings of innocent civilians in the Valley and warned them of strict action as per law. “We will have to be alert as some elements are trying to disturb communal harmony. We will have to […]
Intensify activities under ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’: CS to DC’s
Reviews arrangements ahead of the ‘festival of lights'
SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta Friday impressed upon all the Deputy Commissioners to intensify their activities under the pan nation programme of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’. The meeting was attended by both the Divisional Commissioners; Commissioner Secretary, Culture; Deputy Commissioners and other concerned officers physically or through virtual mode. The Chief Secretary took […]
Youth is the hope of our nation: Lt Guv

Launches contemporary digital shows ‘Inspire Gen-Z’ & ‘The Beats of J&K’
SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday termed the youth as the hope of the nation. Launching the ‘Inspire Gen-Z’ and ‘The Beats of J&K’, two contemporary digital shows created by the Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) to engage, entertain and inspire the youth of J&K, the Lt Gv said that young generation […]
Rajinder Sharma of BJP elected mayor of Jammu
Jammu: Rajinder Sharma and Baldev Singh Billoria of the BJP were elected mayor and deputy mayor of the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC), respectively, on Friday. The BJP and the Congress were in a straight contest for the posts of mayor and deputy mayor, but the Congress corporators boycotted the election in protest against the change […]
Dengue cases surge in Jammu, six deaths recorded till today
Jammu: Dengue cases in the district have witnessed a surge in recent weeks with one medical expert calling it the biggest epidemic since 2013. More than 3,000 patients are admitted in hospitals with dengue while the district has already recorded six deaths, a health official said. The trend has emerged as a grave concern with […]
Cross border propagation of terrorist ideologies can’t be termed political problems: Shah
New Delhi: Emphasising that terrorism is the biggest violator of human rights, Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said cross-border propagation of terrorist ideologies through online radicalisation cannot be considered as “political problem”. Addressing the concluding session of the 90th Interpol General Assembly, he said all countries must come together to have a common definition […]
JK shivers after snowfall in hills, rains in plains
Srinagar: As higher reaches received snowfall and rains lashed plains, mercury recorded a considerable drop in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. Meanwhile, the weather department here has forecast “isolated very light rain/snow over Jammu and Kashmir” during next 24 hours and “mainly dry weather” thereafter. A meteorological department official here said that Srinagar recorded a […]
Climate change; JK’s average mean temperature increased in last 28 yrs: Official
Jammu: The average mean temperature in Jammu and Kashmir has increased in the last 28 years due to climate change, a senior official said on Friday. He said agriculture is the only sector that can help reduce poverty by raising incomes and food security for 80 per cent of the world’s poor populace. “J&K is […]
PM committed to strengthen grassroots democracy in JK: Jitendra Singh
New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is committed to strengthen grassroots democracy in Jammu and Kashmir. Singh said from the day he took over as the prime minister in 2014, Modi made it clear that he would bring all the peripheral regions of the country like Jammu and […]