Added on February 4, 2020 Press Trust of India

3 killed, 4 injured in separate road accidents in JK

Banihal/Bhaderwah: Three persons were killed and four others injured while one went went missing in two separate road accidents in Ramban and Doda districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Tuesday. A tractor-trolley plunged into 200-feet gorge while unloading muck near Ramban town on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway late Monday night, resulting in the […]

Added on February 3, 2020 Press Trust of India

Nagrota encounter: Security forces launch search operation to sanitise areas along IB in Samba

Jammu: Teams of police and security forces accompanied by sniffer dogs and armed with metal detectors carried out a massive search operation to sanitise areas along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Monday, officials said. The operation was carried out based on information provided by overground workers (OGW) of Jaish-e-Mohammad […]

Added on February 2, 2020 Press Trust of India

Lt Guv hopeful of discernible change in next few months in JK

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor G C Murmu has said his administration is working tirelessly towards the welfare of the people and a discernible change would be visible on the ground in the union territory in the next few months. He also said the government alone cannot sustain the economy and it is the […]

Added on January 30, 2020 Press Trust of India

Doctors’ body warns of possible spread of coronavirus to Kashmir Valley

Srinagar: A doctors’ body on Thursday warned that there was a potential threat of novel coronavirus spreading to Kashmir as tourists from around the world visit the valley. President of the Doctors Association of Kashmir (DAK) Suhail Naik said China is located near India and there were chances of coronavirus reaching the valley as it […]

Added on January 29, 2020 Press Trust of India

SPO killed after being run over by truck on J-K highway

Banihal/Jammu: A Special Police Officer (SPO) was run over and killed by a speeding truck on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district, police said on Wednesday. The 35-year-old SPO identified as Parvaiz Ahmad Malik was regulating traffic on the highway when he was hit by the Kashmir-bound truck at Shaban Bass area of Banihal […]

Added on January 28, 2020 Press Trust of India

Ease of doing business: 149 of 187 reforms proposed by Centre implemented in JK

Jammu: Out of 187 reforms proposed by the Centre under the ease of doing business programme, 149 have been implemented so far in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, an official spokesman said. It was conveyed at a meeting convened by Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, commissioner secretary, industries and commerce, Jammu & Kashmir, to review […]

Added on January 27, 2020 Press Trust of India

Row over dropping ‘Sher-e-Kashmir’: NC alleges vendetta, attempt to distort history

Srinagar: The National Conference on Monday took strong exception to the dropping of words ‘Sher-e-Kashmir’, an epithet used for the party founder Sheikh Abdullah, from the nomenclature of JK police medals. The party, whose top leaders are in detention since the scrapping of special status of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5 last year, alleged […]

Added on January 26, 2020 Press Trust of India

Respite from intense cold wave conditions in Kashmir

Srinagar: Residents of Kashmir got respite from intense cold wave conditions as the mercury settled closer to the freezing point in Srinagar, a Meteorological (MeT) Department official said on Sunday. The mercury continued its upward trend as the minimum temperature in the city settled at minus 0.2 degrees Celsius compared to minus 3 degrees the previous […]

Added on January 24, 2020 Press Trust of India

Man gets 7 years rigorous imprisonment for raping woman in Reasi

Jammu: A court in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Friday convicted a man of raping a 20-year-old woman in 2011 and sentenced him to seven years of rigorous imprisonment. The District and Sessions Judge Reasi also slapped Rs 10,000 fine on Rakesh Kumar after finding him guilty in the rape case. A complaint against Kumar, […]

Added on January 24, 2020 Press Trust of India

Missing girl traced from Jammu, handed over to family

Jammu: A girl who went missing from Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district has been traced and handed over to her family on Friday, officials said. A man had lodged a report about his missing daughter at Talwara police post on Sunday last, they said. A police team was constituted and raids were conducted at different locations. […]