1,500 Saplings to Transform PM Shiri GSS Laharwalpora
School, Social Forestry Division Launch Mega Plantation Drive Bandipora: PM Shiri Government Secondary School Laharwalpora Bandipora, in collaboration with the Social Forestry Division Bandipora, launched a major plantation drive within the school premises today. As part of the initiative, 1,500 saplings will be planted in and around the school grounds. Headmaster Javid Jawad inaugurated the […]
Police recover separatist posters, banned literature during search in Pulwama
Srinagar: Police on Saturday recovered incriminating material, including posters of a separatist outfit and some banned literature, during a search in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Acting on a search warrant issued by the NIA Court Pulwama in a case registered under the UAP Act, the police carried out a search at a shop belonging to […]
JK plans policy reforms, scientific strategy to scale up medicinal plant sector
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government is pushing major reforms in the medicinal and aromatic plants sector, with Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo on Saturday calling for a scientifically-driven and commercially-viable strategy to unlock its vast economic and livelihood potential. The administration is also planning suitable amendments to the J-K Minor Forest Produce Policy-2022 to boost […]
Kashmir Copper Association pledges revival of traditional copper handcrafts
Srinagar: The Kashmir Copper Association, led by President Farooq Ahmad Wani, Saturday announced a focused campaign to revive the region’s endangered copper handcraft industry and reaffirmed its commitment to protect the rights and livelihoods of copper workers. The association warned that the voice of Kashmir’s copper artisans “must never be silenced” and outlined steps to […]
ASI booked in Jammu for ‘assaulting’ two-wheeler rider in full public view
Jammu: An FIR has been registered against an assistant sub-inspector in Doda after a video purportedly showing him physically assaulting a two-wheeler rider in full public view went viral on social media. “On December 3, a written complaint was lodged at the DH Doda police post by Anzar Majid Malik, alleging that ASI Ghulam Ali, […]
Police arrests absconder in Baramulla
Srinagar: Police in Baramulla arrested a man who had been hiding from the law in case vide FIR No. 69/2023 U/S 457, 380 IPC registered at Kunzer, a police spokesman said Saturday. He said that the accused, Saqib Ahmad Shah, son of Ghulam Hassan Shah, resident of Takia Batapora, had been evading arrest for a […]
Police arrests drug peddler in Pulwama
Srinagar: Police in Pulwama arrested a drug peddler and recovered contraband substance from his possession, a police spokesman said Saturday. He said that a police team at a checkpoint established at Khalsa Parigam, intercepted a suspicious individual identified as Aijaz Ahmad Mochi, son of Abdul Rashid Mochi, resident of Khalsa Parigam. During search, 94 grams […]
Sakeena Itoo visits GHSS Hawal Pulwama
Delivers Keynote Address at Annual Day celebrations PULWAMA: Minister for Education, Social Welfare, Health and Medical Education, Sakeena Itoo Saturday visited Government Higher Secondary School (GHSS) Hawal, Pulwama and attended the Annual Day celebrations of the school. MLA Rajpoora, Ghulam Mohidin Mir; Principal GHSS Hawal Pulwama, senior officers of district administration, faculty of institution, large […]
Dubai export fraud case: Crime branch files chargesheet against absconding persons
Srinagar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Kashmir has filed a chargesheet in a high-value export fraud case against two accused persons, including alleged habitual offender Zahid Bashir Sofi alias Shagoo, before the Court of the City Judge, Srinagar. In a statement issued here it said that the chargesheet in FIR No. 31/2023 […]
Bangladeshi woman booked for illegal stay in Ramban: Police
Ramban/Jammu: Police have registered a case against a Bangladeshi woman in Ramban district on Saturday for illegally entering and staying in India in violation of immigration laws, officials said. Happu Akhter, a resident of the Habiganj district of Bangladesh, was booked after police received reliable information about her presence in the Kunfer area of Chanderkote, […]