Illicit timber seized in Budgam
SRINAGAR: Acting on a specific information, a team of forest officials of Surasyar Block here laid a naka and sized illicit timber on the intervening night of October 26 and 27. During the naka, four horses loaded with illicit timber were spotted moving in the dark and the efforts were made to apprehend the armed smugglers, […]
Gunmen Kidnap Civilian in Kulgam
Kulgam: One person was abducted by gunmen after they barged into his house in Kulgam area of South Kashmir. Reports said that Sheeraz Ahmed Czak son of Ghulam Mohammed Chak was abducted by unknown gunmen from the Laroo area of Kulgam. Details Emerging.
Kashmiri student attacked at his accommodation in Punjab, family approaches Div Com
Srinagar: A Kashmiri student pursuing engineering in Chandigarh was injured after a group of seven persons attacked him with a knife and iron rods at his rented accommodation on Friday night. Reports quoting the injured student, Musbashir of Balhama Srinagar, said that a group of seven persons, masked and armed with knife, iron rods attacked […]
3 armed robbers loot Rs 1 crore from Delhi-bound truck in J-K
Jammu (PTI): Three armed robbers allegedly looted cash worth Rs one crore from a private Delhi-bound truck on the Jammu-Pathankot National Highway on Saturday, a police officer said. The robbers intercepted the truck in the early hours near Barwal in Kathua district shortly after it left for Delhi from the Bari Brahmana area of Samba district, […]
Security in panchayat polls to be more challenging than civic elections: J&K police officer
Srinagar (PTI): The panchayat polls in Jammu and Kashmir will be more challenging than the recently concluded municipal elections in terms of security, a top police officer said Saturday, asserting that the forces were prepared to tackle any situation. Panchayat elections in the state will be held in nine phases beginning November 17. The urban local […]
Wreath laying ceremony for the CISF ASI Rajider Prashad held at DPL Srinagar
Srinagar: To pay homage to the personnel of CISF ASI Rajinder Prashad No. 814481208 CISF, who was killed during the intervening night of 26/27-10-2018 at Wagoora Grid station Nowgam in a militant attack, a wreath laying ceremony was held at District Police Lines Srinagar today. Senior officers of Police/paramilitary forces & civil administration including ADGP Armed A.K. […]
Army celebrates Infantry Day in Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu: The Army celebrated the 72nd Infantry Day on Saturday to commemorate the operations it launched on this day in 1947 to thwart the Pakistani aggression on Jammu and Kashmir. General Officer Commanding-in-chief of the Army’s Northern Command, Lt. Gen Ranbir Singh, led the wreath-laying ceremony at ‘Dhruva Shaheed Samarak’ at the Udhampur headquarters, a defence […]
Kashmiri people should stand with Govt, not with separatists in fight against militancy: Jaitley
New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday said the people of Kashmir ought to stand with the government and not with the separatists in the fight against militancy. “I think it is absolutely essential for all of us …that in this battle, we need the Kashmiri people on our side. It’s a battle for sovereignty, it’s […]
Group Mediclaim Policy: Governor orders foreclosure of contract with RGIC
NEW DELHI: Governor, Satya Pal Malik has approved foreclosure of the contract with M/S Reliance General Insurance Company (RGIC) for implementing the Group Mediclaim Health Insurance Policy for the employees and pensioners in the State. According to the Government spokesman, ever since sanction was accorded to the implementation of the insurance scheme by the […]
Suicide attack on Afghan police bus kills five: Officials
Kabul,(AFP): A suicide car bomb attack on a bus carrying police officers and workers in central Afghanistan killed at least five people Saturday, officials said. Another 12 were wounded in the Taliban-claimed blast in the Wardak provincial capital of Maidan Shar, provincial police spokesman Hekmatullah Durrani told AFP. The explosion happened as the bus entered the […]