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Rise in man-animal conflict in Kashmir, rapid urbanisation to be blamed: Experts

Rise in man-animal conflict in Kashmir, rapid urbanisation to be blamed: Experts

Srinagar, Mar 5 (PTI) Kashmir has witnessed a rise in the cases of man-animal conflict in recent times, with the experts blaming the interference of humans in wildlife habitats as the main reason for such incidents, according to experts. “Human-wildlife conflict has certainly escalated greatly in the past few years in Jammu and Kashmir,” regional […]

 KV Network

Attempts being made to tell world Indian judiciary, democracy in crisis: Rijiju

Attempts being made to tell world Indian judiciary, democracy in crisis: Rijiju

Bhubaneswar, Mar 5 (PTI) Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said attempts were being made to tell the world that the Indian judiciary and the democracy were in crisis. Inaugurating a conference of the Centre’s counsels in the Eastern states, Rijiju on Saturday said the wisdom of judges was beyond public scrutiny. “Indian judiciary cannot be […]

 Press Trust of India

Pak hosting most UNSC-designated terrorists: India

Pak hosting most UNSC-designated terrorists: India

Geneva: Pakistan has the “unique distinction” of hosting the most number of UNSC-designated terrorists and terror organisations, and its policies are directly responsible for thousands of civilian deaths in the world, India has said as it slammed Islamabad for its “malicious propaganda” against it. Exercising its right of reply to Pakistan’s statement at the United […]

 Press Trust of India

Reviving terrorism: Pak trying to push terrorists, narcotics and weapons in JK: DGP

Samba/Jammu: Director General of Police Dilbag Singh on Saturday said Pakistan is trying to push more terrorists, drugs and weapons into Jammu and Kashmir, where the graph of militancy is on decline with security agencies determined to finish terrorism. He termed the recovery of seven kilograms of heroin, over Rs 2 crore and arms and […]

 KV News

21 percent adults use tobacco in JK

Slew of measures taken to curtail use: Officials

Srinagar: Around 21 percent adults in Jammu and Kashmir are using tobacco even as authorities have taken slew of measures to decrease the percentage of tobacco consumption in J&K. As per GATS 2 Data 35.2% Men & 5.1% women & 20.8% of all Adults currently smoke Tobacco in J&K As per data available 6.8% Men […]

 Press Trust of India

Army releases photos of soldiers playing cricket in eastern Ladakh

New Delhi: The Indian Army has released photos and videos of its soldiers playing cricket at a very high-altitude forward location in eastern Ladakh amid the lingering border row with China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the region. The Army’s Leh-based Fire and Fury Corps, which is responsible for guarding the LAC […]

 Press Trust of India

JK first in country to start PSGA auto-appeal for online services: Chief Secretary

Jammu: Chief Secretary A K Mehta on Saturday launched the Public Services Guarantee Act (PSGA) auto-appeal feature of a few online services offered by the administration. He said the revolutionary step to integrate the auto-appeal feature to the Service Plus platform, the first of its kind in the country, would act as a turning point […]

 Press Trust of India

NIA attaches properties of HM terrorist in Kupwara

Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday attached properties of a Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) terrorist, who was killed last month in Pakistan, in the Kupwara district of north Kashmir, officials said. The properties of Bashir Ahmad Pir, a resident of the Babarpora area of Kralpora in the north Kashmir district, was attached by the […]

 Press Trust of India

NIA attaches five assets in terror cases against gangsters

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency Saturday said it has attached five assets as part of its ongoing probe against north India-based gangsters involved in organised crimes like extortion and murder, including that of a Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala. “The properties attached include a house of Asif Khan in Delhi, a house and agricultural land […]

 Press Trust of India

Excavation of Khellani tunnel’s 1st tube completed before deadline

Doda/Jammu: The National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL) has completed the excavation of the first tube of the strategic Khellani tunnel along NH 244, an alternative road connecting Kashmir with the rest of the country. The work on the 1.574 km tunnel, which is crucial for the Sudhmahadev- Goha Khalleni Chhatroo Khanabal highway […]