DAK expresses grief over Bemina incident, advises precaution
Srinagar: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) has advised people to use safest heating arrangements in the extreme cold weather, while saying that it was heartbreaking that five members of single family hailing from Tangdar Kupwara died due to suffocation at Bemina Srinagar. “Though it is essential to warm living places in extremely cold winter but concrete […]
Tral gunfight: Searches on, no dead body recovered
Tral: The gunfight between government forces and the militants has ended several hours back but so far the troops have not been able to recover any dead body from the spot. “No militant body has been recovered so far from the site of a gunfight between the militants and the government forces,” said a police […]
95 passengers, dead body of woman stranded at Sadhna top
Kupwara: At least 95 passengers including the dead body of a woman who died due to bone-chilling cold on Friday evening are still stranded at Sadhna Top on Kupwara-Tanghdar road as the road continued to remain closed for the vehicular movement due to fresh snowfall. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kupwara, Khalid Jahangir said that the continuous […]
Revenue dept official suspended in Kishtwar
Jammu, Jan 5 (PTI) A revenue department official in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir has been suspended for providing wrong information to authorities, officials said Saturday. Kishtwar Deputy Commissioner Angrez Singh Rana suspended Satish Kumar Friday, they said. “District administration shall act as deterrent to revenue officials working in field,” Rana said. The administration […]
BJP may face heavy losses in LS polls due to corruption by officials: Party MLA to UP CM
Sambhal (UP), Jan 5 (PTI) A Bharatiya Janata Party legislator has written to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, levelling allegations of corruption against officers of Sambhal district. In a letter dated January 3, Gunnaur constituency MLA Ajeet Kumar Yadav said, “Owing to the corrupt practices of the officials in the district, the mood of […]
ED files charge sheet against suspected LeT member in money laundering case
New Delhi, Jan 5 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet in a Delhi court against Shabbir Ahmad Lone, a suspected member of the banned outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, for his alleged involvement in a money laundering case. The ED attached foreign currency, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), that was recovered […]
Mallya becomes first tycoon to be declared Fugitive Economic Offender
Mumbai, Jan 5 (PTI) Weeks after a UK court ordered his extradition, former liquor baron Vijay Mallya, accused of defaulting on loans of over Rs 9,00O crore, received another blow as a Mumbai court declared him a “Fugitive Economic Offender” (FEO). Mallya on Saturday became the first businessman to be declared an FEO under the […]
Police arrests drug peddler
Srinagar: Police in Srinagar arrested a drug peddler during a naka checking and recovered contraband substance from his possession, a police spokesman said. He said that a police party arrested a drug peddler identified as Owais Ahmad Gilla son of Abdul Ahad Gilla resident of Habba Kadal during a naka checking at Khanyar Chowk. Police […]
India-Pak army exchange gunfire
Poonch: The armies of India and Pakistan on Saturday exchanged heavy fire and shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. The ceasefire violation continued for the fourth consecutive day today. Pakistani army also fired mortar bombs at forward posts and civilian areas in Poonch sector Friday, PTI quoted […]
Beacon clears snow on Srinagar Airport runway
Srinagar: The runway at Srinagar airport has been cleared of snow for the takeoff and landing of flights which was affected due to the overnight snowfall. Officials in ‘Project Beacon’ said that about one feet of snow had accumulated on the airport runway due to which flights were halted. Beacon officials said that its team […]
