Army’s bike rally’ to cover 1,000 kms along LoC flagged off

Jammu: A bike rally to cover 1,000 kilometres along the Line of Control (LoC) was flagged off by the Army here on Saturday in connection with the Rajouri Day’ celebrations, a defence spokesman said. ‘Rajouri Day’ is being celebrated on April 13 every year to commemorate the bravery and valour of the soldiers who laid […]

PDD Casual Labor dies after falling from electric pole

Bandipora: A 30 -year-old casual labour in PDD department died after he fell from an electric pole in Ajas Tehsil area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora on Saturday. A police official said that one PDD lineman identified as Manzoor Ahmad Lone Son of Mohammad Sultan Lone, a resident of Garoora Bandipora, was repairing an electric cable […]

Infrastructural utilities at Lawyers’ Chambers Building inaugurated in Jammu

JAMMU: Justice B R Gavai, Judge, Supreme Court of India, Saturday inaugurated AIR Café, e-Library and conference hall for Lawyers at Lawyers’ Chambers Building, Court Complex, Jammu, Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur, Justice Sanjeev Kumar, Justice Sindhu Sharma, Justice Rajnesh Oswal, Justice Sanjay Dhar, Justice Mohan Lal, Justice Rahul Bharti and Justice Moksha Khajuria Kazmi, Former […]

Inquiry ordered after video showing students doing ‘Manual Labour’ surfaces

Bandipora: An inquiry has been ordered by the Chief Education Officer Bandipora after a video went viral on social media purportedly showing some children of a government school being made to do the manual labour inside school premises in the north Kashmir district. According to officials a two member team including Deputy CEO and a […]

Excise Dept clarifies on revenue collection

JAMMU: The Excise Department Friday said a revenue of Rs. 2045.34 crore, including Rs.36.06 crore from Ladakh, has been realised during the financial year 2019-20. This also includes toll revenue of Rs.727.75 crore realised upto 31st of December, 2019. Reacting to a news report published in a local daily newspaper, the department clarified that since […]

Teacher arrested for thrashing Class 4 student in Rajouri

Jammu: A teacher has been arrested for severely beating a Class 4 student of a government school in Rajouri district, officials said. The teacher, Nisar Ahmed, allegedly thrashed two girls in the school’s classroom. The incident had triggered anger and protests, prompting the administration to suspend him and order an inquiry, officials said. The incident […]

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Cultural Wing DIPR Jammu organises cultural program

JAMMU: A Cultural Program-cum-Mushaira was organized by the Cultural Wing of Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) Jammu in collaboration with Dogri Sahitya Sabha here at Baba Bhaid, Dansal on Friday. The event was held under the aegis of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav- an initiative of the Government of India to celebrate and commemorate […]

Wild leopard roams in residential area of Noor Bagh in Sopore: Locals

Sopore: Fear has gripped the residents of the Noor Bagh area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district as a wild leopard continues to roam around in locality since last three days. For the last three days, the locals claimed that they are scared as a leopard is roaming around and they are not in […]

Former J-K minister, ex-legislator join AAP

New Delhi: In a boost to the Aam Aadmi Party’s plan to strengthen its base in Jammu and Kashmir, a former state minister, an ex-MLA and a former Congress leader joined the party here on Friday. Along with them, more than hundred local leaders including village heads, block development council (BDC) members and district development […]