NC elects Ratan Lal Gupta as provincial president for Jammu

Jammu: Former MLC Ratan Lal Gupta was elected the National Conference provincial president for Jammu on Saturday, nearly a week after being nominated to the post following the resignation of his predecessor Devender Singh Rana. Gupta, a lawyer, was elected to the post in a vote held under the supervision of senior NC leaders, including […]

Forest department conducts trainings on forest rights act

SRINAGAR: J&K Forest Department organized a weeklong orientation and capacity building programmes for implementation of Forest Rights Act, 2006 in different districts of Kashmir Region. Dr. Arvind Jha,IFS (Retd), Former Commissioner, Tribal Research Institute, Pune Maharashtra was the expert resource person who conducted series of sessions for members of District Level Committees, Sub Divisional Level […]

Police arrests drug peddler in Anantnag

Huge quantity of contraband substances recovered

Srinagar: Police on Saturday arrested a drug peddler in Anantnag and recovered huge quantity of contraband substances from his possession, a police spokesman said. He said that police received a specific information that a person identified as Mudasir Ahmad Ganie son of Abdul Ahad Ganie resident of Kandipora Bijbehara has indulged in drug peddling and […]

Illegal extraction, transportation of minerals

Police arrests four people in Ganderbal

Srinagar: Police in Ganderbal have arrested four persons and seized as many vehicles involved in illegal extraction and transportation of minerals, a police spokesman said. He said that police officials seized the four vehicles involved in extraction and transportation of sand illegally extracted in District Ganderbal. Four drivers have also been arrested and shifted to […]

Army man ends life in Kupwara

Srinagar: An army man died after shooting himself using his service rifle in Tsuntwari in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, official sources said Saturday. They said that the army man identified as P. Harish Kumar, serving in 21 Mahar shot himself fatally while on duty at Forward Post. He was shifted to 92 Base Hospital in […]

Ladakh records 4 new COVID-19 cases

Leh: Four fresh COVID-19 cases were detected in Ladakh, taking the virus tally to 20,871 while the active cases in the union territory dropped to 42 after recovery of six patients, officials said on Saturday. Ladakh has registered 208 Covid-related deaths 150 in Leh and 58 in Kargil since the outbreak of the pandemic last […]

Youth found dead in graveyard

Srinagar: Body of a 38-year-old man was recovered near a graveyard in Zaldagar area of Srinagar on Saturday, officials said. They said that some passersby spotted the body lying at the graveyard and informed the police about it. Later a team of police reached the spot and recovered it. A police officer said that deceased […]

Agriculture Department celebrates World Food Day

Organic Food free of Pesticides, processing or additives is essential to all: Choudhary

SRINAGAR: The Agriculture Production and Farmer’s Welfare Department organized a series of events in all districts of Kashmir division to celebrate world food day. Principal Secretary Agriculture Production and Farmer’s Welfare Department, Navin Kumar Choudhary, while speaking on the occasion, highlighted the importance of this day. He said the world food day is celebrated annually […]

Three absconding men held in Jammu

Jammu: Three absconding men accused in different criminal cases were arrested in the district and produced before court on Friday, police said. Two men, Rajesh Kumar and Rattan Lal of Arnia, who were booked in a case of abetment to suicide were absconding since a long time, they said. They were finally arrested from Bishnah […]