Crime Branch questions former PDP minister Naeem Akhtar
Srinagar, Jul 21 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch has questioned PDP leader Naeem Akhtar over alleged irregularities committed during his tenure as public works minister in allotment of contracts for the J-K Projects Construction Corporation (JKPCC), officials said Sunday. The former minister has, however, denied any wrongdoing and said he has cooperated with police […]
Ahead of daughter’s marriage, father losses house in fire mishap
Baramulla, July 21 : Just days ahead of his daughter’s marriage a man lost his house in a fire mishap in north Kashmir’s Baramulla outskirts on Sunday afternoon. Reports said a residential house belonging to Manzoor Ahmed Mir resident of Cheradari Baramulla was completely damaged after fire broke out in single storey house on Sunday […]
Former PDP leader Mohammad Khalil Bandh joins NC
Srinagar, Jul 21 (PTI) Former PDP leader and three-time MLA from Pulwama constituency in Jammu and Kashmir Mohammad Khalil Bandh on Sunday joined the National Conference. He was welcomed into the party fold by NC president Farooq Abdullah, a spokesman of the party said. Bandh, a founding member of the PDP, resigned from the party on […]
Boy drowns in Jehlum river at Baramulla
Baramulla, July 21 : A 17-year-old boy drowned in river Jhelum at Drangbal area of Baramulla district on Sunday afternoon. Reports said a 17 year old boy identified as Momin Manzoor son of Manzoor Ahmed Dar of Jalsheeri Baramulla was bathing in the Jhelum when he drowned. They said that police and locals have started […]
Police detains 15 timber smugglers in Sopore forests
Sopore, July 21 : Sopore police have launched a massive crackdown against the timber smugglers by arresting fifteen timber smugglers during nocturnal raid in Charehaar forest in the upper reaches of town. Reports said the detained involved in a number of forest smuggling cases in the Sopore forest belt. A police officer while confirming the […]
Nine Indian men stranded in UAE after accepting fake job offers
Dubai, Jul 21 (PTI) Nine Indians have been stranded in the UAE after accepting fake job offers through social media, according to a media report on Sunday. The men from Kerala, who are currently stranded in Al Ain and Ajman, claim they met the agent named Shafeeq on WhatsApp and paid up to Rs 70,000 for […]
Taslima Nasreen gets one-year residence permit
New Delhi, Jul 21 (PTI) Controversial Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen’s residence permit has been extended for one year by the Union Home Ministry, officials said on Sunday. Taslima, a citizen of Sweden, has been getting residence permit on a continuous basis since 2004. Her residence permit has been further extended for one more year till July […]
Missing Jammu girl found in Punjab
Jammu, Jul 21 (PTI) A 15-year-old girl who went missing from Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir was found in Punjab on Saturday, police said. The girl went missing on Friday and her father had lodged a police complaint, following which an investigation was launched, senior superintendent of police, Udhampur, Rajiv Pandey, said. “Police immediately swung […]
Infant dead, five tourists injured in landslide in Kangra
Shimla, Jul 21 (PTI) An eight-month-old girl was killed whereas five others sustained multiple injuries in a landslide in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district, the police said Sunday. The tourists were hit by rocks sliding from the hill when they were going on foot from Bhagsu Nag temple towards Bhagsu Nag waterfall, located about 11 kms from […]
PDP leaders booked for ‘instigating people against VDCs’
Jammu, Jul 21 (PTI) Some PDP members, including former MLC Firdous Tak, have been booked for allegedly instigating people against the village defence committees (VDCs), officials said on Saturday. The development comes after workers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by Tak, held a protest near a mosque in Kishtwar on Friday against the reported […]
