Ladakh students to get 5 % quota in NIT-Srinagar reserved seats
Leh: Five per cent of all reserved seats in under-graduate programmes of Srinagar National Institute of Technology will be earmarked for students of Ladakh Union Territory, an official statement said on Saturday. The Ladakh students would be accorded quota from within all reserved seats of the NIT-Srinagar from academic sessions 2020-21, it added. As per […]
Truck driver, helper held with 60 grams heroin
Jammu: A truck driver and his helper were arrested on Saturday after 60 grams of heroin was recovered from their vehicle in Kathua district, police said. The truck, heading for Punjab, was stopped for checking at Chadwal on Jammu-Pathankot highway, leading to the seizure of the narcotic substance, a police spokesman said. He said the […]
Lockdown: Police helps critically ill boy reach hospital
Jammu: A minor boy, who is suffering from brain tumour, was shifted to Super Specialty Hospital here on Saturday from his residence in Udhampur district after police stepped in to facilitate his movement amid the ongoing lockdown. Rohit Kumar, a resident of Bachhal village in Sudhmahadev, was operated recently for the tumour and his health […]
Admin to use drones to check deforestation, timber smuggling
PULWAMA: In a first District Administration Pulwama Saturday pressed the services of drone to have an aerial view of the deforested area along with tracing the trails of illegal timber smuggling. It is worthwhile to mention that administration in Pulwama has procured a hi-tech drone to keep a check on illegal mining, illegal felling of […]
Illegal mineral extraction goes unabated in Pulwama
Pulwama: The residents of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district have alleged that the illegal mineral extraction goes unabated in Nallah Romshi in different villages of the district while the authorities are acting as mute spectators. Inhabitants of the district accused authorities of inaction against the ‘vested interest elements’ who according to them resort to illegal extraction […]
Minor found dead in Sopore village
Sopore, May 16: A year 10 old boy was found dead at his home in Tujar Sharief village of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday evening. Reports said that a 10 year old boy identified as Mursaleen Ahmad Lone son of Reyaz Ahmad of Tujjar Sharief Sopore was found dead under mysterious circumstance […]
Non-local’s body found in Sopore
Sopore: A dead body of a 25-year-old non-local resident was found in north Kashmir’s Sopore town on Saturday. Reports said the resident identified as Mohammad Showkat Ansari son of Mohammad Anwar Ansari of Panchawa Bihar was working at Bakery shop. As soon as being informed, a police team reached the spot and recovered the body […]
LeT module busted in Budgam and Pulwama, five arrested
Srinagar: Security forces have arrested five LeT associates and busted a hideout in Budgam district, police sources said Saturday. They said that acting on a reliable information, Police, 53 RR army and 153 Bn CRPF during a search operation, arrested one LeT associate of LeT who was identified as Zahoor Wani from village Arizal of […]
Govt arranges 20 Special buses to evacuate 470 JK migrant labourers from Haryana
JAMMU: The government has embarked upon Haryana-Migrant Workers Evacuation Plan to evacuate 470 J&K migrant labourers from 12 districts of Haryana stranded there due to COVID-19 lockdown. In this regard, the government has arranged a fleet of 20 buses to get these migrant labourers back to their homes. Meanwhile, the Jammu district administration today received […]
Four migrant labourers at Jammu quarantine centre eager to return home
Jammu: Hard hit by the double whammy of lockdowns due to abrogation of Article 370 and the COVID-19 pandemic, four migrant labourers at a quarantine centre here are eagerly waiting to return home. The group of labourers from Punjab, which had left Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 in August last year, […]