Remarks against Amit Shah: SC stays proceedings in defamation case filed against Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, Jan 20 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Monday stayed trial court proceedings against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case filed against him for alleged defamatory remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Naveen Jha, a BJP worker, had filed the case against Gandhi in 2019 for his alleged remarks against […]
Man detained after video shows him assaulting his children

Jammu, Jan 20 (PTI) A man was detained after a video purportedly showing him mercilessly assaulting his children, one five years old and the other just three, was circulated widely on social media, police said on Monday. Sudesh Kumar, a resident of Naagni Chulna village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, was picked up on […]
Trial of Yasin Malik: SC asks JKHC registrar to ensure proper VC facilities at Jammu court

NEW DELHI, Jan 20 (PTI): The Supreme Court on Monday directed the registrar general of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court to ensure proper video conferencing facilities at a special court in Jammu hearing the 1989 Rubaiya Sayeed kidnapping and the 1990 Srinagar shootout cases involving jailed JKLF chief Yasin Malik and others. The top […]
Mysterious deaths in J&K: Centre’s team reaches Rajouri; death toll rises to 17

Jammu: A high-level inter-ministerial team Sunday reached Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district where a mysterious illness is wreaking havoc, killing another person on Sunday and taking the death toll to 17. Union Home Minister Amit Shah had on Saturday ordered the constitution of an inter-ministerial team to ascertain the causes of deaths that took place […]
PoK ‘crown jewel of India’, J-K incomplete without it: Rajnath
Jaunpur (UP): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday described Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) as the “crown jewel of India” and asserted that Jammu and Kashmir was incomplete without it. The senior BJP leader also accused Pakistan of continuing its conspiracy to foster terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir. Singh was speaking to reporters in the Nizamuddinpur village […]
LG requests State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization to add his name in the donors’ list
Organ donation should be the life motto. For donors, organ donation provides a life-giving opportunity: LG Sinha The selfless act of organ donation not only affects the recipients but also touches the lives of families and friends of those seeking transplantation: LG LG lauds Bharatiya Jain Sangathan for doing great service by inspiring people for […]
Spring sealed in remote Rajouri village hit by mysterious deaths
Rajouri/Jammu: Amid an ongoing probe into the mysterious deaths of 17 members of three families in a remote Jammu and Kashmir village, authorities have sealed a spring in the affected area after its water tested positive for “some pesticides or insecticides”. Additional Deputy Commissioner (Kotranka subdivision) Dil Mir ordered the spring to be sealed and […]
LG Sinha interacts with the Youth participating in Border Area Youth Exchange Programme
JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today interacted with the youth from Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, who are on a five-day visit to Jammu under Border Area Youth Exchange Programme (BAYEP), under the aegis of NYKS-MY Bharat, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India. During the interaction, the participating youth […]
Trump meets with GOP senators as supporters cheer his return on eve of inauguration

Washington: President-elect Donald Trump consulted privately with Republican senators Sunday before heading off to a series of events designed to celebrate his return to power and the “Make America Great Again” movement — despite deep national political divisions on the eve of his inauguration. The private meeting featured a breakfast at Blair House, the president’s […]
Tourists flock snow-covered Guldanda as authorities open Bhaderwah-Pathankot highway
Bhaderwah (J&K): Hundreds of tourists flocked to the snow-covered Guldanda in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district after authorities reopened the Bhadarwah-Pathankot national highway for traffic on Sunday, officials said. The interstate highway, passing through the 9,555-foot-high Guldanda and the 11,000-foot Chattargalla pass, had been closed for traffic after Thursday’s snowfall to avoid any untoward incidents […]