Five drug peddlers arrested with heroin in Udhampur
Jammu: Five alleged drug peddlers were arrested with heroin in separate cases in Udhampur district, officials said on Wednesday. Police said intensified action against drug trafficking was being carried out alongside awareness campaigns to protect youth from substance abuse. In the first case, a team from Rehambal police station intercepted a Tata Tiago car at […]
‘Not wrong in calling you mama’: CM Abdullah lauds Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday heaped praises on Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan during the launch of new rural development projects at SKICC in Srinagar, calling him a “true friend and well-wisher” of the union territory. Earlier, Chouhan launched 330 new road projects worth Rs 3,550 crore under the phase IV of Pradhan […]
PMGSY-IV package: JK holds special emotional, developmental importance for me: Chouhan
Hands over ₹3,566 Cr sanction letter to CM Omar Addresses launch event of PMGSY-IV, Batch-II at SKICC Srinagar: Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday launched PMGSY-IV (Batch-II) at SKICC Srinagar, saying that Jammu and Kashmir holds special emotional and developmental importance. Addressing the gathering, Chouhan, stressed that road connectivity is critical for inclusive […]
JK seminary declared unlawful under UAPA after 17 alumni join terrorist ranks
Srinagar: Authorities declared Darul Uloom Jamia Sirajul Uloom an unlawful entity under the UAPA after its 17 alumni allegedly joined terrorist ranks and were later killed in separate encounters, a police official said on Tuesday. “As many as 17 former students of the institution joined terrorist ranks and were later killed in separate encounters, indicating […]
SCO meet: Ops Sindoor demonstrated India’s firm resolve to hit terror epicentres: Rajnath
New Delhi: Operation Sindoor demonstrated India’s firm resolve that “terror epicentres” are no longer immune to “justifiable punishment”, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday, in remarks widely seen as a warning to Pakistan over cross-border terrorism. In an address at a conclave of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Bishkek, Singh also called on the […]
JKHC quashes PSA detention of AAP MLA Mehraj Malik
Jammu: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Monday quashed the preventive detention of Aam Aadmi Party legislator Mehraj Malik under the Public Safety Act (PSA), holding that the order was legally unsustainable and based on “non-application of mind”. Setting aside the detention order issued by the Doda district magistrate against Malik […]
LG Saxena approves creation of 5 new districts in Ladakh
Number of districts in UT rises to seven Leh/Jammu: Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Monday approved the creation of five new districts in the Union Territory, fulfilling the aspirations and long-pending demand of the people of the region. He termed the decision a “historic day” for Ladakh. “I have approved the notification […]
Interests of farmers, country paramount in FTAs: Minister Chouhan
Will launch 330 new road projects in JK Srinagar: Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday said the interests of the farmers and the country have been kept paramount in all the free trade agreements (FTAs) between India and other nations. He was reacting to the allegations of Leader of Opposition in the […]