Suspected drug smuggler held, poppy straw seized
Jammu: Police on Wednesday seized 391 kg of poppy straw from a Punjab-bound vehicle on the Jammu-Pathankot highway and arrested a suspected narcotic smuggler, an official said. Nirmal Singh, a resident of Malpur village of Hoshiarpur, was allegedly smuggling the contraband from Kashmir to Punjab in a dumper when he was intercepted by a police […]
IMC declares medical qualification obtained from ‘PaK’ as invalid
New Delhi: India’s top medical education regulator has stated that any qualification obtained from medical colleges located in Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh shall not entitle a person to practice modern medicine in India. In a public notice issued on August 10, the board of governors (BoG) in supersession of the Medical Council of […]
4G restoration- One district each of JK division to see service resumption: Centre to SC
New Delhi: A special committee looking into the issue of restoring internet in Jammu and Kashmir has decided to provide 4G services on trial basis in limited areas of the Union Territory after August 15, the Centre informed the Supreme Court on Tuesday. A bench headed by Justice N V Ramana was informed by Attorney […]
Renounce: My ‘innocuous dissent’ was seen as act of ‘treason’: Shah Faesal
Srinagar/New Delhi: Shah Faesal, the first resident of Jammu and Kashmir who topped the civil services exam in 2009, on Tuesday said his decision to join politics last year had done more harm than benefit as his “innocuous act” of dissent was seen as an “act of treason”. A day after announcing that he was […]
China, India jointly safeguarding peace at borders: Chinese Official
Beijing: China and India are jointly safeguarding peace and security along the borders and the two countries together maintaining sound development of bilateral ties is one of Beijing’s future diplomatic priorities, a senior Chinese official said here on Monday. Asked about China’s diplomatic priorities in future as the international landscape is undergoing changes unseen in […]
Missing Rajouri youth : Congress seeks probe into ‘encounter killing’
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir unit of Congress on Tuesday demanded an independent probe into the alleged encounter killing of three “terrorists” in Shopian district last month after some families lodged a written complaint saying as many of their members involved in labour work were missing from the same area. The army has already initiated […]
