Govt orders transfer, posting of five IPS officers in JK
Srinagar, Aug 03: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday ordered transfer and postings of five IPS officers in the interest of administration with immediate effect. According to an order B. Srinivas, IPS (RR:90), Director General of Police, Prisons, J&K, holding additional charge of Director, Fire & Emergency Services, J&K, is transferred and posted as […]
India records 17,135 fresh COVID-19 cases, 47 fatalities
New Delhi, Aug 3 (PTI) With 17,135 new coronavirus infections reported in a day, India’s infection tally rose to 4,40,67,144, while the active cases have declined to 1,37,057, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Wednesday. The COVID-19 death toll has climbed to 5,26,477 with 47 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am […]
Militancy funding case: SIA carries raids at Baramulla Kupwara, Poonch
Srinagar, Aug 03: State Investigation Agency of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday carried out raids at multiple places in Baramulla, Kupwara and Poonch districts in connection with a militancy funding case. Official sources said that SIA personnel with the assistance of police and paramilitary CRPF personnel carried out raids at Baramulla, Tragpora Rafiabad in […]
Over 7 crore pages of revenue records, 55,216 ‘Musavis’ digitised in JK
Srinagar, Aug 3 (PTI) About 7.70 crore pages of revenue records and 55,216 ‘Musavis’ (maps) have been digitised in Jammu and Kashmir as part of a flagship initiative to bring transparency and ease in obtaining land records, officials said. ‘Aapki Zameen Aapki Nigrani’ is one of the flagship programmes launched by the J-K administration to […]
J-K records 741 new Covid cases
Srinagar, Aug 2 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir recorded 741 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, raising the tally in the union territory to 4,65,904, officials said. A fresh death was also reported which pushed the toll to 4,773, they said. Of the new cases, 226 were recorded from the Jammu division and 515 from the Kashmir Valley, […]
Mughal Road blocked due to landslide
Jammu, Aug 2 (PTI) Vehicular traffic on the historic Mughal Road in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir was suspended on Tuesday after it was hit by a massive landslide, officials said. The road, which connects Poonch and Rajouri districts in Jammu region with south Kashmir’s Shopian, is an alternative road to the Jammu-Srinagar National […]
Taking action against dubious digital loan apps, says FM
New Delhi, Aug 2 (PTI) The government is taking action against dubious digital loan apps, including those originating from outside the country, and also Indians who helped in setting them up, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Most of the dubious apps are originating from one particular country and as a result a […]
ED raids National Herald assets in Delhi
New Delhi, Aug 2 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday raided a dozen locations including the head office of the Congress party-owned National Herald newspaper here as part of an ongoing money laundering probe, officials said. They said the searches are being carried out under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act […]
Non-local watchman found dead
Srinagar, Aug 02: A non-local watchman was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Wanibal area of Rawalpora in Srinagar district, officials said here on Tuesday. They said that Sarvan Mogal resident of West Bengal was found dead in the residential house of Mohd Maqbool Pinjra, where he was working as a watchman. The body has […]
Active Covid cases in country dip to 1,39,792
New Delhi, Aug 2 (PTI) With 13,734 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases has risen to 4,40,50,009, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll has climbed to 5,26,430 with 27 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases have […]