1 dead, 4 injured in clash between two families in Poonch
Jammu: A elderly person was killed and four people were injured in a clash between two groups over an issue related to a wedding in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, police said on Monday. There was a tiff between members of two families in Sathra village of Mandi tehsil on Sunday night, they said. The […]
Two brothers among five arrested for land grabbing in Jammu
Jammu: Five persons, including two brothers, were arrested as part of a crackdown on land grabbers following registration of a case related to tampering of revenue records here, police said on Sunday. Police also seized official records from the ‘Niabat’ (revenue record room) at Nagrota during the operation, a police official said. He said the […]
4 militant associates held in Budgam
Srinagar: Four militant associates were arrested from Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Sunday, adding arms and ammunition were recovered from their possession. Acting on a tip-off, security forces arrested Muzamil Nabi, Umer Ajaz– both residents of Kanihama–Rouf Bhat and Ishfaq Bhat– residents of Kantebagh S K Pora, they said. The four […]
Census 2021: DC Srinagar discusses preparations
SRINAGAR: Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary who is also the Principal Census Officer Srinagar convened a meeting of census charge officers of the district to discuss the preparations for conduct of Census of India 2021 in the district. District Statistics and Evaluation Officer Srinagar Irfan Giri who is the nodal officer for Census […]
Weather woes: Traffic on Jammu-Srinagar highway disrupted
Banihal/Jammu: The traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar highway was disrupted on Saturday due to fresh snowfall and shooting of stones from the hillocks overlooking the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, officials said. Light snowfall occurred at Jawahar Tunnel, the gateway to Kashmir, while rains triggered shooting of stones from the […]
JK to be the only region to use 2011 Census for delimitation
New Delhi: The newly created Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) will be the only one in the country to undergo a delimitation exercise based on the population figures recorded in the 2011 census, The Hindu reported on Saturday. The latest readjustment of boundaries of constituencies in other States and UTs has been done […]
JK govt issues show cause notices to illegal occupants in Jammu
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday issued show cause notices to illegal occupants of Kashmiri migrant colonies here, officials said. The show cause notices were issued by the deputy relief commissioner (Migrants) Jammu through a public notice to these occupants in Muthi, Nagrota, Jagati and Purkhoo camps and colonies in Jammu, they said. […]
DSEK stressed teachers to desist from private coaching practice
Best quality study material will be provided to the students from this session: Director Education
SRINAGAR: Making teaching learning process more effective and ensure punctuality of teachers in schools, Director School Education Kashmir, Mohammad Younis Malik impressed upon the teaching community to desist from the practices of private tutioning and asked them to give their best to the student community. He said that action will be taken against the teachers […]
Firing over old enmity on Jammu city outskirts: 1 killed, sarpanch injured
Jammu: One person was killed and two others, including a sarpanch, were injured in firing by some people in connection with an old enmity on outskirts of the Jammu city, officials said on Tuesday. On the intervening night of Monday-Tuesday, the assailants barged into a house and fired at sarpanch Dalbir Singh and his family […]