Police arrest woman involved in extortion
Kulgam: Police Saturday arrested a woman for extorting money from a man in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Police said that a woman identified as Mehbooba Banu wife of Shafqat Kuchay of Kadder village was arrested in connection with a complaint that she had extorted money from a person on the pretext of getting him released […]
HC closes issue on post-lockdown public response
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir High Court has closed issue regarding desirable public response after removal of covid-19 lockdown, observing that the matter was still under active consideration and directions are awaited from the Government of India. Hearing a batch of public interest litigations via virtual mode, a division bench of Chief Justice Gita Mittal and […]
Mortar shell defused near LoC in Rajouri
Jammu: A mortar shell, which had remained unexploded during Pakistani shelling, was detected in a farm near the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district on Saturday, officials said. The rusted shell was unearthed when a farmer was busy ploughing his field with a tractor at Darshan Nagar locality of Nowshera sector, the officials said. […]
COVID-19: Lt Guv G C Murmu visits Railway Station
Tours Jammu city post lockdown relaxations
JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu, Saturday visited the railway station and then toured prominent places & markets across the Jammu city to get a first-hand appraisal of the situation on ground post relaxation of lockdown restrictions. At the railway station, the Lt Governor took stock of the facilities being provided to the people of […]
Woman ends life in Srinagar
Srinagar: A woman in Srinagar outskirts set herself on fire on Saturday. The incident occurred at Telbal, Hazratbal area of Srinagar outskirts, police sources said. They said that the woman (name withheld) wife of Sajad Ahmed Wani sprinkled kerosene on her body and set herself on fire. She suffered grievous burn injuries and died in […]
Lt Governor extends Eid greetings
JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu has conveyed heartiest congratulations to people of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on the auspicious occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. In his message, the Lt Governor said that the festival is one of many examples of India’s multi-dimensional culture. May this festival promote and maintain inter-religious understanding and co-existence […]
Violence against medicos, media men: HC seeks report from Govt
Srinagar: Amid opposition by Ministry of Home Affairs to a Draft Bill to check violence against doctors and other healthcare professionals, J&K High Court has sought a report from Government of India whether complaints have been received from any other category of professionals including media persons, bankers, advocates, chartered accountants, etc. that they were suffering […]
Fresh arrivals: Govt to come up with new quarantine protocol
Srinagar: With train and flight operations resuming from May 25, the Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to put all people under quarantine on their arrival in J&K. However, there are minor changes in quarantine protocol, said an official privy to the development. Reliable sources while divulging the details said that a seven-day period of […]
Omar lashes at Satya Pal Malik, says he never tires of lying
Srinagar: Former Chief Minister and National Conference vice-President Omar Abdullah on Sunday lashed out at the last Governor of the erstwhile State of J&K, Satya Pal Malik, saying “he never tires of lying”. Hours after Malik claimed that Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti boycotted civic polls due to pressure from Pakistan, the NC leader came […]
In four days three COVID-19 patients mistakenly sent home in Baramulla
Brought back to isolation again
Srinagar: The medical authorities in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district have mistakenly discharged at least three Covid-19 patients to home and hours later were called back for quarantine. This all has happened in the past four days. Official sources said that two patients earlier provided negative Covid-19 certificate one among them who spent a whole night […]
