Explosive device found in Shopian village
Shopian, Mar 18: An improvised explosive device (IED) was found in Habdipora area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday, officials said. An official said that as soon as the IED was detected, a bomb disposal squad was called in. He said that bomb squad is on job to defuse the IED. (KNO)
Demanding relocation, Jammu’s Nai Basti shopkeepers begin hunger strike
Jammu, Mar 18: Demanding proper rehabilitation, around 30 shopkeepers of Jammu’s Nai Basti, who got eviction notices from Highway Authorities for expansion of Satwari-Bikram-Chowk stretch of Jammu-Pathankot highway, on Tuesday began a hunger strike after series of futile meetings with administration. The families of shopkeepers led by local BJP leaders accused the administration of deliberately […]
Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather loses cool, tells NC lawmaker not to ‘teach him’
Jammu, Mar 18: The Speaker of J&K Legislative Assembly Abdul Rahim Rather on Tuesday snubbed MLA Pahalgam Altaf Kaloo when he objected to raising of supplementary questions by a legislator. As BJP’s Balwant Mankotia tried to raise supplementary questions, Kaloo objected to it, evoking a sharp retort from Rather. “Don’t teach me,” the Speaker told […]
Govt has no plans to provide stipend to unemployed youth in JK
Jammu, Mar 18: The Jammu & Kashmir Government on Tuesday informed the Legislative Assembly that it has no plans to provide stipend to unemployed youth in the Union Territory. In a written response to a question of MLA Samba Devinder Kumar Manyal, Minister in-charge Labour & Employment Surinder Choudhary informed the House that there is […]
‘Radical’ social media user held in Srinagar: Police
Srinagar, Mar 18: Counter Intelligence Kashmir on Tuesday said that it has arrested a radical social media user from Shalimar in Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district. In a handout issued here the CIK said that acting on credible intelligence, and during the course of social media surveillance, a team of CIK successfully identified and apprehended an […]
Sensex, Nifty surge in early trade amid rally in global markets, buying in bank stocks
Mumbai, Mar 18 (PTI) Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rallied in early trade on Tuesday in-tandem with a positive trend in global markets and buying in bank stocks. The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex jumped 490.12 points to 74,660.07 in early trade. The NSE Nifty climbed 162.55 points to 22,671.30. From the Sensex pack, ICICI […]
Search operation launched after report of suspicious movement in Rajouri
Jammu, Mar 17 (PTI) Security forces on Monday launched a search operation after an ex-serviceman reported movement of two suspected individuals in a forest in Rajouri district, officials said. The retired soldier noticed the suspected persons, who were dressed in black, moving towards a hilltop while he was collecting fodder for his goats from a […]
Well-coordinated plan under implementation to ensure 24×7 power supply: Omar Abdullah
Jammu, Mar 17 (PTI): Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said a well-coordinated plan which includes modernisation works in transmission and distribution system is under implementation to ensure 24×7 power supply to the consumers in the Union Territory. Abdullah also said that no major progress has been achieved in the development of a coal block […]
Budget Session: Legislative Assembly passes Business Advisory Committee Report
Jammu, Mar 17: The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly today unanimously passed the recommendations of the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) concerning the business schedule of the House. Member, Mubarak Gul, moved the motion. Speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Advocate Abdul Rahim Rather, put the report to a voice vote, which was unanimously […]
Lookout notice against 6 for ‘duping’ ex-serviceman in Jammu
Jammu, Mar 17 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir Police’s crime branch on Monday issued a lookout notice against six online fraudsters, including two women, for allegedly duping an ex-serviceman here of more than Rs 17.50 lakhs on the pretext of doubling his money, an official said. The case was registered at the Jammu Crime Branch’s […]
