Police recovers dead body outside SMHS hospital
Srinagar: A male body was found outside SMHS hospital here on Thursday afternoon, officials said. Official sources said that a 52-year-old male body identified as Ghulam Mohammad Dar resident of Sonwar was lying outside SMHS Hospital Srinagar. They said that the body was spotted by locals, who subsequently informed local police. The local police recovered […]
Covid: One more death, 47 new cases in Ladakh
Leh: The COVID-19 death toll in Ladakh climbed to 228 with one more fatality, while 47 new cases pushed the infection tally to 27,641, officials said on Thursday. The only fatality was reported from Kargil district, they said. While 168 Covid deaths have been recorded in Leh, 60 were reported from Kargil. The number of […]
Soldier allegedly commits suicide
Jammu: An army soldier allegedly ended his life by shooting himself using his service rifle in Nagrota area of the Jammu region on Thursday. Official sources said that an army soldier of 60 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) allegedly shot himself to death at Romeo Force Rear Headquarter at Nagrota. He has been identified as Biswajit Gogai, […]
JK anti-drug force seizes 29 kg hashish, two held
Jammu: The Anti Narcotic Task Force (ANTF) on Wednesday arrested two alleged smugglers with 29 kg hashish from their possession worth crores in the market, officials here said. The ANTF foiled the smuggling bid acting on the information it received about a truck going outside Jammu and Kashmir. According to the information, the truck was […]
DC holds Public Grievance Redressal Camp at Panzinara
SRINAGAR: In connection with the Public Outreach Programme, the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad Wednesday conducted an extensive tour of Panzinara in the outskirts of Srinagar district and presided over a Public Grievance Redressal cum Awareness Camp under Weekly Block Diwas initiative. The Weekly Block Diwas programme was held within the premises of […]
DEO Srinagar reviews status of Electoral Roll, Voter Awareness contests
SRINAGAR: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad, who is also the District Election Officer(DEO) Wednesday reviewed the status of Electoral Rolls and the measures taken regarding Voter awareness contest in a meeting held here in the meeting hall of DC Office Complex. On the occasion, threadbare deliberations were held with regard to progress and […]
Rakh-e-Brah Anantnag residents protest fee hike
Anantnag: Locals at Rakh-e-Brah village of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Wednesday held a protest against the Power Development Department (PDD) alleging hike in monthly tariffs. People from Rakh-e-Brah area assembled in the locality and demanded attention of concerned authorities in this regard. They said that the PDD was making the locals suffer by resorting […]
Tourism Deptt, KU launch capacity building programme
SRINAGAR: A four day capacity building programme for tourism stakeholders commenced here Wednesday. The programme is being jointly organized by the Department of Tourism and University of Kashmir in collaboration with the Union Ministry of Tourism. Dean, Academic Affairs, University of Kashmir, Prof. Farooq Masoodi; Director, Tourism, Kashmir, Dr. G N Itoo; Registrar, University of […]
Police organized one day workshop on handling NDPS cases
Srinagar: Police in collaboration with Anti Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) J&K organized one day workshop at DPL Sopore for officers dealing with investigation of narcotics cases and laws/legal procedures required during investigation, a police spokesman said Wednesday. He said that the workshop has been organized to refine the investigating skills of investigating officers and to […]
Woman arrested with 10 kg poppy in Banihal
Banihal/Jammu: A woman was arrested and 10 kilograms of poppy was recovered from her possession in Banihal belt of Ramban district on Tuesday, officials said. During a routine checking at Railway chowk in Banihal, police party intercepted the woman pedestrian who was on her way from Srinagar towards Jammu, they said. During the process of […]
