4 arrested for suspected cattle smuggling in J-K
Jammu, (PTI) Four people were arrested for suspected cattle smuggling and 15 bovines were rescued in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Wednesday. A police team intercepted a vehicle in the Dessa area in Doda on Tuesday night and rescued the cattle. Four people, identified as Mohd Qasim, Maneer Ahmed, Mohd Sharief and […]
Three members of a family among four injured as lightning struck in North Kashmir
Srinagar: Four persons including two brothers and their mother were injured after a lightning struck at Naidkhai area of Sumbal in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Wednesday. Reports reaching GNS said that the lightning struck at Naidkhai this afternoon when a group of people were busy in planting paddy saplings in Naidkhai. In the […]
Two-day workshop on World Environment Week concludes at KU
Srinagar,: A -two day workshop on the occasion of observance of World Environment Week concluded at University of Kashmir (KU) here on Wednesday. The workshop was organised by the Department of Environmental Science in collaboration with Centre of Research for Development (CORD), KU. The theme of the workshop was ‘Beat Air Pollution and Recent Advances […]
Amitabh Bachchan pays off loan of 2,100 farmers from Bihar
Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Wednesday said he helped clearing outstanding loans of over two thousand farmers from Bihar. The 76-year-old actor took to his personal blog to share the news. Bachchan said he called on some of the farmers to his residence and donated the amount at the hands of his children Shweta and Abhishek. […]
Water level at Sangam crosses flood alarm level
Srinagar: The water level in Jhelum has crossed ‘alarm mark’ of 18-ft in south Kashmir’s Sangam gauge at 2 p.m. Incessant overnight rains have been lashing valley leading to increase in water level. While fresh snow was recorded at some places in Kashmir and Ladakh, hail storms have wreak havoc in north Kashmir’s Baramulla and […]
Delimitation of constituencies only a rumour says Governor J&K Satya Pal Malik
Srinagar: Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Satya Pal Malik on Wednesday said that delimitation of constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir are only ‘rumours’ and the move has not been confirmed by the Central Government. Malik, along with his advisers was addressing a presser at SKICC in Srinagar. ” Delimitation (of constituencies) is a constitutional matter, even […]
2 GRP personnel beat up journalist covering derailment of goods train, suspended
Lucknow, Jun 12 (PTI) Two GRP personnel were placed under suspension for allegedly thrashing a television journalist after an argument with him when he was covering the derailment of a goods train in Shamli, officials said Wednesday. Director General of Uttar Pradesh Police OP Singh ordered that Government Railway Police’s Shamli Station House Officer Rakesh Kumar […]
Imran Khan vows to go after ‘thieves’ responsible for Pakistan’s economic woes
Islamabad, Jun 12 (PTI) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has vowed to go after the “thieves” who left the country badly in debt and set up a high-powered commission to probe huge debts incurred during the last 10 years, as he defended arrests of several key political figures in corruption cases. In an unusual midnight speech […]
Transporters’ strike effects life in state
Jammu: Transporters across Jammu and Kashmir are observing Chakka-Jam today against the governments decision to install GPS device in the commercial vehicles and Awantipora toll-post on Jammu-Srinagar highway. The call was given by the All Transporter Union . Reports said that members of Transport Union on Wednesday damaged several windowpanes of commercial vehicles at Bikram […]
No Fund transfer charges from July 1
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India has said that it will waive all charges on fund transfer through popular RTGS and NEFT systems from July 1 and asked banks to pass on the benefits to customers from the same day. The Reserve Bank levies minimum charges on banks for transactions routed through its RTGS meant […]
