Congress alone can safeguard special status of JK: Mir

Kulgam: Hitting out at the PDP for “bleeding” south Kashmir and creating huge disillusionment among the youth, Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief G A Mir said on Wednesday that his party alone can safeguard special status of the state and will do everything to defeat the communal agenda of the BJP-RSS. On a campaign trail […]

Thunderstorm hits Jammu, normal life disrupted

Jammu: Normal life was disrupted in Jammu after a thunderstorm accompanied with gusty winds hit the city. Strong winds uprooted trees and disrupted power supply in the city on late Tuesday night, officials said Wednesday. Several autorickshaws and cars were damaged in storm-related incidents, they said. In some areas, trees were uprooted leading to traffic […]

Supply of Contaminated IV Fluids

Div Com orders magisterial probe, vows strict action against culprits

Srinagar: Divisional administration Kashmir has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the supply of contaminated IV Fluids and injections from a fair price shop inside district hospital Anantnag. Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan said that he ensured that the fair price shop was sealed immediately, underlining no compromise shall be made with such incidents that […]

Police cracks Harwan burglary case, accused arrested

Srinagar: Police on Wednesday claimed to have cracked a burglary case in Harwan area of Srinagar and recovered the stolen items. The accused has been arrested as well, police spokesman said here. He said that on April 23 they had received a complaint from Showkat Ahmad Jan R/o Aarbal Shalimar that on 13 February 2019 […]

Agriculture University employee goes missing

Srinagar: An employee of the Agriculture University has gone missing since the past four days, his family members said. They said that Muzafar Tahir Nazki an employee of agriculture University has gone missing from his residence Gulberg Colony Zakura since 20th April, 2019. According to family Muzafar Tahir has left his home on Saturday 20th […]

Drug peddler arrested in Pulwama, contraband seized

Pulwama: Pulwama police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested a drug peddler from whose possession they said a huge quantity of contraband was recovered. The person identified as Amir Ahmad Bhat, son of Ghulam Mohammad resident of Batpora Naina Pulwama, was arrested for the drug supply offences by a police party from Police Station Litter. […]

203 kg poppy straw, 115 gm heroin seized from arrested drug peddlers

Jammu: Nine suspected drug peddlers were arrested with a huge cache of narcotics and cash in Udhampur, Jammu and Samba districts, police said Wednesday. Two Punjab residents, Jagdev Singh of Ludhiana and Balkar Singh of Jalandhar, were arrested after the recovery of 203 kg poppy straw from their vehicle at Chenani on the Jammu-Srinagar national […]

BGSBU’s School of Biosciences and Biotechnology celebrates Earth Day

Rajouri: School of Biosciences and Biotechnology of the Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah Universiy (BGSBU) on Wednesday celebrated Earth Day-2019. Faculty, Research Scholars and Students of Departments of Botany, Zoology, Biotechnology and Centre for Biodiversity Studies participated in the event. This years’ theme of Earth day celebrations world over is “Protect Our Species”. Different activities based […]

Urdu newspaper readership on decline, says VC CUK

Ganderbal: Central University of Kashmir (CUK) Vice-Chancellor, Prof Mehraj ud Din Mir Wednesday said that there had been a “sharp decline” in the number of people reading Urdu newspapers in Kashmir valley. While the trend among people, particularly the youth was to read English newspapers, Prof Mir emphasised that “strenuous efforts should be made to […]