Two abducted sisters rescued within 4 hours, accused held
JAMMU, June 1 (PTI): Two minor sisters were rescued within four hours of their abduction outside Jammu and Kashmir High Court, police said on Sunday. The accused, Sanjay Chouhan, was also arrested during the rescue operation and further investigation is in progress, a police spokesperson said. He said the distressed father of the girls, aged […]
Over 4,000 passengers fined in May for ticketless travel by Jammu Railway division
JAMMU, Jun 1 (PTI): Over 4,000 passengers were fined in May for travelling in trains without a ticket by Jammu Railway Division, realizing a total fine of Rs 21.93 lakh from them, an official said on Sunday. The highest 2,094 passengers were caught by the ticket checking staff of Pathankot headquarters and a fine of […]
Apni party delegation calls on Lt Guv
SRINAGAR, JUNE 1: A delegation of leaders of J&K Apni Party (JKAP) led by Mohammad Dilawar Mir, Chairman, Parliamentary Affairs Committee, JKAP called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, today. The delegation comprised of Mohammad Ashraf Mir, Rafi Ahmad Mir, Hilal Ahmad Shah, Abdul Majeed Padder and Muntazir Mohiuddin highlighted various issues of public importance including […]
ATF price cut by 3%, commercial LPG rate down by Rs 24
New Delhi, Jun 1 (PTI) The price of jet fuel, or ATF, was on Sunday slashed by 3 per cent – the third straight monthly reduction on softening international benchmark prices. The fall in international benchmark oil and gas prices also led to a Rs 24 per 19-kg cylinder cut in rate of commercial LPG […]
Hundreds of Kashmiri Pandit devotees leave for Kheer Bhawani mela
Jammu, Jun 1 (PTI) Amid tight security arrangements, hundreds of people, mostly Kashmiri Pandits, left for the Valley in a convoy of 60 buses early Sunday from here to take part in the Kheer Bhawani mela, one of the biggest religious functions of the community. Kheer Bhawani mela will be held at five Ragnya Bhagwati […]
Scolding does not amount to provoking someone to take own life: SC
New Delhi, Jun 1 (PTI) The Supreme Court has discharged a man who was accused of driving a student to suicide by scolding him. The accused, in charge of a school and a hostel, had scolded the deceased following a complaint by another student. After the incident, the student hanged himself in a room. A […]
First time in 2 decades, EC holds revision of voters’ list for bypolls
New Delhi, Jun 1 (PTI) For the first time in nearly two decades, the Election Commission revised the voters’ list of five constituencies for holding assembly bypolls there in a bid to ensure a “spotless” electoral roll. The last time a special summary revision took place for a bypoll was in 2006 in Tamil Nadu, […]
Assembly Speaker to discuss functioning of House Committees tomorrow
Srinagar, June 1: The Speaker of the Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly has convened a meeting with chairpersons of different House Committees on Monday. Sources said that the Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather has called a meeting on Monday with heads of nine House Committees constituted recently to perform functions prescribed to them under the Rules of […]
Winter chill returns to Kashmir amid fresh snowfall, rains
Historic Mughal road among other roads closed Srinagar: Several areas in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir received fresh snowfall on Saturday while the plains were lashed by rain. Snowfall was recorded in Tulail and Razdan Top areas of Gurez valley in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, Peer Ki Gali in south Kashmir’s Shopian, Zojila […]
