Minister Rana orders probe into anti-encroachment drive in Jammu forests
Jammu: Minister for Forests Javed Ahmed Rana reached out to people affected by an anti-encroachment drive in a forest area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Tuesday. He ordered a probe into the Forest Department’s action, urging Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Manoj Sinha to act against the police and file an FIR against them for […]
Man accused in murder case arrested in Himachal Pradesh
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Police claimed to have solved a murder case within four days by arresting the accused from Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district. The accused was identified as Sardar Singh, a resident of Tridwan village in Kathua district, police said. According to police, Roop Singh, a contractor and resident of Dhanna village, was […]
UP, J-K police orders probe into ‘religious conversion’ of barber in Kupwara
Kupwara/Bijnor (UP): A case each was filed in Uttar Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday in the alleged religious conversion of an 18-year-old barber in Kupwara district of the Union territory, officials said. According to a complaint by the father of the teenager, Krishna Kumar, his son Vishal had gone to work at a […]
Rusted mortar shell found in Jammu border belt
Jammu: A rusted mortar shell was recovered from a field in the border belt of Jammu district on Tuesday, officials said. The shell was found in the Suchetgarh area near the International Border, they said. The shell was later safely defused.
India ‘by and large’ free from 3 internal security problems: Amit Shah
Says Jammu and Kashmir is free from terrorism Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday asserted that India is now “by and large” free from three main internal security problems of Naxalism, terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir and insurgency in the Northeast. Speaking in the former Maoist stronghold of Jagdalpur, Bastar, Shah […]
UPSC to release provisional answer key for civil services prelims exam
New Delhi: In a first, the Union Public Service Commission will release the provisional answer key for the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2026 soon after the test. The move is aimed at enhancing transparency and upholding the highest standards of conduct of the examination, the Commission announced on Monday. This new reform has been introduced […]
Union Health Ministry rolls out surveillance measures amid Ebola outbreak
New Delhi: Surveillance and preparedness measures are being strengthened at points of entry and across the public health system as a matter of caution amid the recent Ebola outbreak in parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda, official sources said on Monday. They said the Union Health Ministry is closely monitoring developments […]
Rs 3 a litre fuel price hike cuts losses by 25 pc; daily loss drops to Rs 750 cr
New Delhi: A Rs 3-per-litre increase in petrol and diesel prices has helped state-run oil marketing companies trim daily losses by nearly a quarter, reducing overall losses to around Rs 750 crore per day from Rs 1,000 crore, a senior oil ministry official said Monday. However, elevated global crude prices and a weak rupee continue […]
Spell of intense heat in north and central India
Heatwave conditions likely to last entire week, says IMD New Delhi: Heatwave conditions have been predicted this week in large parts of northwest and central India, as the mercury inched towards the 45 degree mark in many places on Monday. Isolated pockets of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi are expected to witness heat wave […]
House committee appointments row
LoP says discretion must follow fairness, convention Jammu: The faceoff between Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Abdul Rahim Rather and Leader of Opposition Sunil Kumar Sharma intensified on Monday, with the latter questioning the former and asking whether the yardstick of seniority applied only to the BJP and not to the ruling alliance, whose first-time […]