Bhaderwah-Basohli-Pathankot highway likely to reopen for traffic

Bhaderwah/Jammu: The 168-km Bhaderwah-Basohli-Pathankot National Highway is likely to reopen for normal traffic by mid-June as the snow-clearance work, which got delayed due to the COVID-19 lockdown, resumed in full steam, Border Roads Organisation (BRO) officials said on Saturday. The resumption of snow-clearance operation coincided with the easing of lockdown restrictions and the BRO personnel […]

DAK condemns abusive behaviour of BMO Handwara

Srinagar: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Saturday condemned the abusive behaviour of Block Medical Officer Handwara with staff and public, calling for an end to such conflicts amid COVID-19 pandemic. The doctor’s body said it has come to fore that amid these terrible times BMO Handwara has used demeaning, abusive and unparliamentary language with the […]

Div Com reviews functioning of Geology and Mining department

SRINAGAR: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, P.K Pole Saturday presided over an officers meeting convened to review the functioning of Geology and Mining department besides availability of construction material in Kashmir province in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown. The meeting was attended by Chief Engineers of PHE, R&B and PMGSY departments, Managing Director JKPCC, Joint […]

COVID-19: Govt evacuates 1,10,975 stranded JK residents

76,558 via Lakhanpur, 34,417 through special trains

JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 1,10,975 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this regard, the administrations […]

CRPF men pledge ‘boycott’ of Chinese goods

It is not our official stand, says DIG

Srinagar/New Delhi: Hours after some CRPF men in north Kashmir announced boycott of Chinese goods, officials have denied it being an official line by saying that the men took the pledge due to emotions. The video, which has gone viral on social media, purportedly shows a group of men dressed in combat uniform standing in […]

‘Released from makeshift prison and put under house arrest’

Faesal, Madani, Mansoor 'informally' asked not to move out of their residences

Srinagar: IAS officer-turned-politician Shah Faesal and two PDP members, including the maternal uncle of former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, who were released from detention under the PSA earlier this week have been “informally” told not to move out of their houses, informed sources said. The three were shifted to their official residences on Wednesday after […]

Central, Divisional offices of AACL locked, employees quarantined

Srinagar: The Central and Divisional offices of Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages Department here in Kashmir Valley were locked on Friday after a woman employee tested positive for Covid-19 infection. All the employees working in Central and Divisional offices have been directed to go for home quarantine for a period of […]

Police recovers kidnapped girl, accused arrested

Srinagar: Police on Friday recovered a kidnapped girl and arrested the kidnapper within 24 hours of filing of the report, a police spokesman said here. He said that police Station DH Pora received a complaint stating that a girl has been kidnapped by an individual identified as Aabid Hussain Khan of Gudder Kulgam. Accordingly, Case […]

9 imposters held for cheating people

Srinagar: Police on Friday conducted raids in Ashmuji area of Kulgam and arrested nine persons who were involved in cheating and duping common people by erecting illegal toll posts near Boys Higher Secondary School Ashmuji on the banks of Vishow Nalla and at Mirpur Ashmmuji areas of Kulgam, a police spokesman said. During preliminary investigation, […]