Air India launches revamped customer reward programme with added features
MUMBAI, Apr 3 (PTI): Private carrier Air India on Wednesday launched a revamped loyalty programme with a simplified structure, offering more rewards and added benefits to its customers. In its first overhaul in more than a decade, the revamped loyalty programme — Flying Returns — moves away from the legacy model of miles-based collection of […]
Farooq Abdullah won’t contest LS polls due to health reasons: Omar Abdullah
SRINAGAR, APR 3 (PTI): National Conference president and sitting MP from Srinagar Farooq Abdullah would not contest the Lok Sabha polls owing to his heath, the party said on Wednesday. The announcement was made by his son and NC vice president Omar Abdullah at a party function in Rawalpora on the outskirts of the city […]
EC to meet officials to assess security along borders ahead of LS polls
New Delhi, Apr 3 (PTI) Election Commission will hold a meeting with top state and Union territory officials and central agencies guarding the borders on Wednesday to assess the security along the borders ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. During the meeting, scheduled to be held at the Election Commission headquarters here, the law-and-order situation […]
Gangster shot dead in encounter with police, injured officer dies during treatment
Jammu, Apr 3 (PTI) A gangster has been shot dead in an exchange of fire with police near Government Medical College (GMC) hospital in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua, officials said on Wednesday. Probationary Sub-Inspector Deepak Sharma, who suffered head injuries during the encounter, died during treatment on Wednesday, they said, adding that a special police […]
Night temp rises in JK as MeT predicts downpour
Srinagar, Apr 3: Amid cloud cover with possibility of rains during next 24 hours, night temperature recorded an increase in most parts of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said. A meteorological department official here said that Srinagar recorded a minimum of 8.0°C against 4.8°C on the previous night and it was 1.6°C above normal […]
Gangster killed in police encounter in Kathua
KATHUA/JAMMU, Apr 3 (PTI): A gangster was killed in an exchange of fire with police inside the premises of a hospital in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Tuesday night, an official said. He said a police official was injured in the encounter that took place outside the main building of the Government Medical College […]
Lt Guv chairs high level meeting to review preparedness for upcoming festivals
Jammu, Apr 2: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha chaired a high-level meeting today to review the preparedness of concerned departments and agencies for upcoming Eid, Navratras and Baisakhi festivals. The meeting was attended by Atal Dulloo, Chief Secretary; RR Swain, DGP; Vijay Kumar, ADGP, Armed, Law & Order; Anand Jain, ADGP Jammu; Administrative Secretaries; Divisional Commissioners; […]
Ghulam Nabi Azad to contest Lok Sabha polls from Anantnag-Rajouri seat
Srinagar, Apr 02: Former chief minister and DPAP chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad will contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls from Anantnag-Rajouri constituency, the party said on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference in Srinagar, party treasurer and former minister Taj Mohiuddin, said that the party has decided to field Ghulam Nabi Azad as its Lok Sabha […]
Police arrests four gamblers in Baramulla
Srinagar, Apr 2: Police arrested four gamblers and seized stake money and playing cards from their possession in Baramulla, a police spokesman said Tuesday. He said that acting on a specific information regarding gambling activities in the orchards of Tapper Pattan, a police party raided the specific spot and apprehended four gamblers and recovered stake […]
Mortar shell destroyed in controlled blast in Samba
SAMBA/JAMMU, Apr (PTI): An mortar shell was found in a field and was later destroyed in a controlled explosion by a bomb disposal squad in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Tuesday, police said. The mortar shell, which was old and rusted, was noticed by a person working in his fields at Rajpura village in […]