Prisoner injured in scuffle in Poonch district jail
Jammu: A prisoner was injured in a scuffle between a group of inmates and security personnel inside the district jail in Poonch on Wednesday, officials said. The incident occurred when some undertrials from Kashmir gathered and started demanding a separate barrack for themselves. The jail authorities tried to persuade them to return to their barracks, […]
Driver injured as car part of Amarnath Yatra convoy hits road divider
Jammu: One person was injured when a car, which was part of the Amarnath Yatra convoy, hit a road divider in Udhampur district on Wednesday, police said. Four occupants of the car escaped unhurt, they said. Shashikant was driving the car, which was part of the Amarnath Yatra convoy, when the vehicle skidded off the […]
Shantmanu Inaugurates International Urdu Conference at GDC Ganderbal
Two-day international event brings global scholars together Ganderbal: A Two-Day International Conference on the theme “Urdu Shairi: Riwayat, Jidat aur Asri Taqaazay” was formally inaugurated today at Government Degree College, Ganderbal, under the aegis of Department of Urdu. The event witnessed an intellectually vibrant atmosphere where scholars, poets, and researchers from across India and abroad […]
Landslide damages two houses in Poonch, no one injured
Jammu: Two mud houses were damaged in a landslide in Poonch district early Wednesday, official sources said. No one was injured as the families living in the two houses vacated them days ago. The incident took place in Ajamabad, Loran valley. The houses belong to Mohammad Lateef and his brother. Due to the risk of […]
Health centre damaged in fire mishap in Baramulla
Baramulla: A Community Health Centre (CHC) was damaged in a fire incident that broke out late last in the Dangiwacha area of Baramulla district, officials said. Block medical officer Dangiwacha said the incident occurred last night, damaging electrical division of the health centre, however, no casualties or injuries were reported. “The timely intervention by our […]
Police attach drug peddlers’ property in Srinagar
Srinagar: Police have attached a residential property worth Rs 75 lakh under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act in Srinagar. The property is located in Athwajan, Srinagar, and was in the possession of two notorious drug peddler – Irfan Ahmad Ganie and Aijaz Ahmad Ganie, sons of Manzoor Ahmad Ganie, a police spokesman […]
CM Omar Abdullah chairs SKICC & JKTDC Board Meetings
SRINAGAR, JUL 9: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today chaired the Board meetings of Sher-i- Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) and Jammu & Kashmir Tourism Development Corporation (JKTDC) after the Boards were reconstituted recently with Chief Minister as chairman of both the Boards. CM chaired back-to back board meetings here at SKICC Srinagar. He presided over […]
Two pilots killed in IAF jet crash near Churu in Rajasthan
Jaipur/New Delhi, Jul 9 (PTI) Two pilots of the Indian Air Force (IAF) were killed on Wednesday morning in a crash of a Jaguar trainer aircraft near Churu in Rajasthan. The IAF said a court of inquiry has been constituted to ascertain the cause of the accident. “An IAF Jaguar Trainer aircraft met with an […]
Faith overtakes fear as UP devotee undertakes first Kanwar Yatra from MP to Amarnath
Udhampur, Jul 9 (PTI) Defying odds and driven by unshakable devotion, 21-year-old devotee Harnam Prasad from Uttar Pradesh has embarked on an extraordinary 7,000-km Kanwar Yatra from Madhya Pradesh to the sacred Amarnath cave shrine in Kashmir for the first time, saying faith has driven out fear among every pilgrim undertaking the pilgrimage. The 38-day […]
Centre launches new portal for disability welfare scheme proposals
New Delhi, Jul 9 (PTI) The Centre has launched a new dedicated online portal for submitting and processing proposals under the Deendayal Divyangjan Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS) and the District Disability Rehabilitation Centres (DDRC) Scheme to streamline the application process. According to an official communication dated July 7 from the Department of Empowerment of Persons with […]
