Shopkeepers in Kishtwar fined for littering
Jammu: Several shopkeepers in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district have been fined for littering, even after repeated instructions to not throw waste material and garbage on roads, officials said. Civic officials collected Rs 32,000 in fine from the erring traders during a market inspection by Deputy Commissioner Angrez Singh Rana on Thursday, they said. A […]
Police foil bovine smuggling bid in Kathua
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Police foiled a bid to smuggle bovines in Kathua district Friday, police said. A police team intercepted an SUV and recovered five bovines being smuggled to the Kashmir Valley from Punjab, they said. The vehicle has been seized and a case registered, they said. The smugglers escaped from spot leaving […]
Semi-decomposed body of man recovered
Srinagar: Missing from last ten days, the semi-decomposed body of a person was found under mysterious circumstances in Mankote area of Poonch district. Reports said that the semi-decomposed body of one, identified as Makhdoom Ali son of Mohammad Sadeeq resident of Kas Blari of Bagiote area in tehsil Mankote of Poonch was recovered from a […]
Govt announces deputing liaison officers
SRINAGAR: J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik on Friday spoke to UP Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath regarding the manhandling of a Kashmiri student at Sharda University Campus in Greater Noida area. Governor sought the intervention of UP Chief Minister to ensure that the Kashmiri students are provided a safe and secure environment in the educational institutions […]
Two criminals arrested under PSA
Jammu: Two notorious criminals, allegedly involved in different offences, were arrested under the Public Safety Act (PSA) in separate incidents on Friday, police said. Abdul Rashid, a resident of Rajouri district’s Pargal village, has been arrested under the PSA as there were strong apprehensions that he could create disturbance during the upcoming Panchayat elections, a […]
Drug peddler arrested in Samba
Jammu: An alleged drug peddler was arrested and intoxicant capsules were recovered from him in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district Friday, police said. A police party intercepted a person on suspicious grounds in Samba and during frisking, 1,000 intoxicant capsules were recovered from his possession, they said. Preet Kumar (20), a resident of Budwani, Samba, […]
Police rescues abducted Srinagar minor girl from Kathua
Srinagar: Police on Friday rescued a minor girl who was abducted from Rainawari area of Srinagar. An official said that a girl, 17, was abducted by a man hailing from Shanpora area of Habak in Srinagar. He said police in Kathua activated special checkpoints after receiving information about the incident. “The accused who was trying […]
Don’t take side, see things in right perspective: Er Rasheed to Governor
Terms his statement as ‘admission of guilt’
Srinagar: Awami Itehaad Party (AIP) president and MLA Langate, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Thursday termed Governor Satya Pal Malik’s remarks that India has mishandled Jammu and Kashmir, as ‘a confession of guilt’. Er Rasheed in a statement issued here said that Malik should know that to what he calls ‘mishandling Kashmir’ has ruined Kashmiris […]
Class 4th post aspirants protest against DC Bla
Bilal Ahmad
Baramulla: Scores of unemployed youth from north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday staged a protest against the district administration for failing to finalise the selection list of class 4th employees from past 12 years. The aspirants who had applied for the post assembled at Kirapa Park here and chanted slogans against the administration over the […]
Attack on Kashmiri students: Malik threatens of agitation if attacks not stopped
Srinagar: Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Muhammad Yasin Malik on Thursday strongly condemned what he termed as ‘brutal assault’ on Kashmiri student at Noida Delhi in which the student has sustained grave injuries. Malik according to a statement issued here said, “Kashmiri student Ahtisham was assaulted by goons near Sharda University where […]
