Two-member UN team meets Rohingya Muslims in Jammu
JAMMU, Dec 11 (PTI): A two-member team of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) met Rohingya Muslims at a slum here amid a heated debate whether the illegally settled immigrants be provided water and electricity. Senior Protection Officer Tomoko Fukumura along with Protection Associate Ragini Trakroo Zutushi on Monday met the Rohingya Muslims […]
No possibility of alliance with Congress for Delhi polls: Kejriwal
NEW DELHI, Dec 11 (PTI): AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday once again ruled out the possibility of an alliance with the Congress for the Delhi assembly polls, amid reports that the two parties could be jointly contesting the elections. In a post on X, Kejriwal said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will be fighting […]
Police crack down on drug peddlers in Reasi, detain 16
Jammu, Dec 11 (PTI) As many as 16 people have been detained in a crackdown by the Jammu and Kashmir Police against drug peddlers, officials said. Ten suspects were detained in Reasi, while six were apprehended in Katra. All of them have been booked under preventive sections and placed in judicial custody, they said. The […]
Three residential house destroyed by fire in south Kashmir’s Kulgam
Srinagar, Dec 11: Three residential houses were completely gutted in a massive overnight blaze, rendering four families homeless in Nagam village of Damhal Hajipora in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, officials said Wednesday. An official said that the fire broke out from a residential house and later spread to two others, damaging three houses where four […]
IED found on north Kashmir highway, diffused
SRINAGAR, Dec 11 (PTI): Security forces on Wednesday detected and destroyed a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) on the Handwara-Baramulla highway in Kashmir, officials said. A joint patrolling party of police and army found a suspicious bag by the roadside on the highway at Langate in Handwara area of Kupwara district, the officials said.
Govt sets up ministerial panel on reservation rules
Jammu/Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday accorded sanction to the formation of a three-member cabinet subcommittee to look into grievances against the present reservation policy in the union territory. The sanction for the formation of the sub-committee was given through an order issued by the General Administration Department. According to the order, ministers […]
