94 NDPS cases filed, properties worth Rs 4.5 crore seized in Srinagar: Police
Srinagar, Dec 24: 94 cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act were registered, while 1.7 kg brown sugar, 2.83 kg crystal meth, and several psychotropic drugs, and properties worth Rs 4.5 crore were also seized in Srinagar in 2024, police said here. Addressing a press conference, senior superintendent of Police Srinagar, Imtiyaz […]
Search operation launched in Kishtwar following suspicious movement
Jammu, Dec 24 (PTI) Security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Tuesday following suspicious movement in the area, sources said. Village Defence Guard (VDG) members reportedly fired a few shots after detecting suspicious movement in Kuntwara area of the district, they added. Subsequently, security forces and police were mobilised, […]
NC slams party MP Aga Ruhullah for leading student protest in Sgr
Srinagar, Dec 24: National Conference leader and MLA Hazratbal, Salman Ali Sagar Tuesday expressed strong dismay over the protest led by party’s own Member of Parliament from Srinagar, Aga Ruhullah over reservation policy row. The protest was also joined by several opposition leaders and legislators. Speaking to reporters at NC headquarters in Srinagar, Salman Sagar […]
Fresh snowfall in higher reaches of Kashmir, Sgr records a low of minus 6.6 degrees Celsius
Srinagar, Dec 24 (PTI) The higher reaches of Kashmir received fresh snowfall on Tuesday as the cold wave conditions persisted across the valley and the minimum temperature plummeted several degrees below the freezing point, officials said. They said light snowfall was recorded last night in the tourist resort of Sonamarg and a few other areas […]
President-elect Trump wants to again rename North America’s tallest peak
Washington, Dec 24 (AP) President-elect Donald Trump has once again suggested he wants to revert the name of North America’s tallest mountain — Alaska’s Denali — to Mount McKinley, wading into a sensitive and decades-old conflict about what the peak should be called. Former President Barack Obama changed the official name to Denali in 2015 […]
NC leader holds protests demanding rationalisation of reservation
Srinagar: NC leader and LokSabha member from Srinagar Aga Ruhullah Mehdi on Monday led a peaceful protest outside the residence of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to support the demand for rationalisation of reservation in Jammu and Kashmir. The firebrand leader had on Sunday announced that he will be joining the peaceful protests against the existing […]
