CRPF jawan rewarded for helping a ‘distressed’ boy
Srinagar/New Delhi: A CRPF jawan, who was part of the convoy that was targeted in the Pulwama attack, has been decorated with the paramilitary force’s highest service award for sharing his meal with a boy who appeared differently-abled. A video of Head Constable Iqbal Singh feeding the boy has gone viral on social media and […]
Stop telling people about clouds and mangoes: Rahul tells Modi
UJJAIN: Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should stop telling people about clouds and mangoes. Addressing a rally ahead of the fourth and last phase of Lok Sabha polls in Madhya Pradesh, Gandhi also said Modi should stop talking about “clouds and mangoes” and tell people about issues which matter. Rahul […]
Leopard attacks cattle in Ramban
Banihal: Scores of sheep and goats were found dead on Tuesday in a suspected leopard attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district, police said. A wild animal, believed to be a leopard, forced its entry into the cowsheds belonging to Tayoub Hussain and Abdul Rasheed at Chanderkote in the wee hours and attacked the livestock […]
Selected SI’s seek issuance of appointment letters, stage protest
Jammu: Dozens of candidates, who were selected for the post of sub-inspector in Jammu and Kashmir Police in December last year, staged a demonstration here on Tuesday to protest against the delay in issuance of their appointment letters. The protesters blocked the main road outside the official residence of Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag […]
Narcotics smuggler held in Kathua, 680 kg poppy straw seized
Jammu: An inter-state narcotics smuggler was arrested and 680 kg of poppy straw seized from him in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Tuesday, a senior police officer said. Kulvinder Singh, a Punjab resident, was driving a truck loaded with 29 bags of poppy straw weighing 680 kg in total, when he was stopped near […]
Accused in not a minor, says police
Srinagar: Preliminary medical examination of a youth accused of raping a three-year-old girl in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district has shown that he is not a juvenile, police said Monday. “We are treating the accused as a major and not as a juvenile,” a senior police official told PTI. He said the preliminary medical examination of […]