BSF school student tops CBSE Class 12 exam in J-K
JAMMU: Vivek Kumar of BSF Senior Secondary School in Jammu has topped the CBSE Class 12 examination in the state with 97.80 per cent marks. Vivek scored 489 out of 500 (97.80 percent). At an interaction in his school, Vivek, who belongs to a humble rural background, dedicated his success to his parents and teachers. […]
Two cars with same registration number seized in Kathua, 1 person held
Jammu: Two private cars of same make, colour and bearing identical registration number were seized in the Kathua district, police said. A police spokesman said they have arrested a man in this connection. The person was arrested after the owner of one of the cars lodged a complaint with the Lakhanpur police station that another […]
Three drug peddlers, four bovine smugglers held in Poonch
Jammu: Three suspected drug peddlers and four bovine smugglers were arrested Saturday in two separate operations in Poonch district, police said. The three suspected drug peddlers were arrested from Poonch town and were detained under different preventive sections of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and sent to judicial custody, a police official said. In […]
Guns fail to fall silent in Poonch
Jammu: The Pakistani army violated the ceasefire for the second consecutive day Friday by resorting to small arms fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district, an official spokesperson said. “At about 1600 hours, Pakistani army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation with firing of small arms along the LoC in Qasba Sector in Poonch […]
Yasin Malik’s family says he is unwell in jail
Says if anything bad happened to him, govt would be responsible
Srinagar: Family of jailed separatist leader Mohammad Yasin Malik Friday expressed worry over his well-being and said the government would be responsible if anything bad happened to him. A Delhi court last week sent Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Malik, arrested in a case related to funding of separatists and terror groups in Jammu […]
PM Modi concerned about holding IPL not elections in JK: Omar
Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah Friday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking credit for holding IPL tournament in the country while Lok Sabha elections were on claiming the BJP government at the Centre was the first not to hold assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir on time since 1996. “Why is […]
JeM Chief Masood Azhar’s assets freezed, ban imposed on his travel
Islamabad: Pakistan has issued an official order to freeze the assets of and impose a travel ban on JeM chief Masood Azhar after the UN declared him a “global terrorist”. Pakistan-based Azhar is also banned from selling or purchasing arms and ammunition. The UN sanctions committee on the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda on Wednesday announced […]