Admin approves adoption of compassionate appointment scheme

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Monday approved the adoption of a rehabilitation scheme that will provide compassionate appointment or monetary help to deserving people. The Administrative Council, which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, today approved the adoption of Jammu and Kashmir Rehabilitation Assistance Scheme, 2022, an official spokesman […]

Attack on Rajouri army camp: Death toll rises to five as another soldier succumbs

Jammu: The number of dead in Rajouri suicide attack rose to five, as another injured soldier succumbed at the military hospital at northern command in Udhampur, officials here said on Monday. On August 11, two terrorists had attacked an army camp in Rajouri killing four soldiers in a pre-dawn suicide strike that marked the return […]

PDP’s founder fought election from UP: BJP

Slams parties raising issue of 'non-local' voters in JK

Jammu: The BJP in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday slammed the NC, PDP and others for raking up the issue of inclusion of non-local voters in the revised electoral rolls and alleged they were spreading propaganda to disturb the peace in the Union Territory. The saffron party’s reaction came as National Conference president Farooq Abdullah […]

CUET: Aspirants claim admit cards mention past dates for exam

NTA asks them not to panic

New Delhi: Several Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG aspirants have claimed that the exam dates mentioned on their admit cards have already passed while the date intimated to them earlier was different. The National Testing Agency (NTA), which is responsible for conducting the exam, has appealed to the candidates not to panic and stick to […]

Budgam grenade attack- Third LeT terrorist arrested: Police

Srinagar: Security forces on Monday arrested a “hybrid terrorist” of Lashkar-e-Taiba involved in the August 15 grenade attack on a minority habitation in Budgam district, taking the total number of arrests in the case to three. The terrorist was identified as Suhail Ahmad Malik, police said. “Police today arrested one more hybrid terrorist of proscribed […]

Rusted grenade defused in Samba

Jammu: A rusted grenade was defused by a bomb disposal squad in Samba district on Monday, officials said. The grenade was found lying in a dried up stream by some farmers working in their fields nearby at Swankha village in Vijaypur, they said. They informed police and the explosive device was subsequently defused by the […]

Speeding car enters Jammu railway station, minor killed

Jammu: A speeding car barged into a railway station premises here Monday, fatally hitting a seven-year-old girl and causing injuries to six other persons, before it rammed into an auto-rickshaw and halted, officials said. The girl, Anamika, from Delhi succumbed to her injuries in a hospital, they said. Of the six injured, two are in […]

BSF nabs intruder near Indo-Pak border in Jaisalmer

Jaisalmer: The Border Security Force (BSF) has arrested a 50-year-old Pakistani national near the Indo-Pak border here on late Sunday night. The intruder was handed over to the police for questioning, sources said. According to sources, the BSF personnel have detained Pakistani national Aslam Khan who was trying to cross the Sadhewala border and handed […]