Shahoora residents demand urgent widening of Astanpora–Chakoora road
Pulwama: The residents of Shahoora tehsil in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district have urged authorities to expedite the long-pending widening and upgradation of the 1.7-kilometre Astanpora–Chakoora road. Locals from the area said that despite its vital role as part of the main inter-district Tahab–Chakoora–Naina road, the stretch remains narrow and in a deteriorated state, posing serious […]
Police seizes nine vehicles involved in illegal extraction of minerals
Srinagar: Police in Handwara carried out a special drive across different areas of the Police District and seized 06 tractors, 03 dumpers, involved in illegal extraction and transportation of minerals, a police spokesman said Monday. He said that acting on specific inputs and in strict compliance with environmental and mining regulations, teams from various police […]
Police seizes illegal timber in Handwara, accused held
Srinagar: Police in Handwara successfully seized a substantial quantity of illicit timber, besides arrested the accused person involved in the crime, a police spokesman said Monday. He said that police received credible information through reliable sources that an individual identified as Bashir Ahmad Najar son of Ghulam Nabi Najar resident of Dhobi Mohalla Haril, had […]
Police attached properties of drug peddlers in Budgam, Srinagar
Srinagar: Police in Budgam and Srinagar attached immovable property under the NDPS Act in Budgam and Srinagar, a police spokesman said Monday. The action follows FIR No. 271/2022 registered under Sections 8/15 and 29 of the NDPS Act at Police Station Budgam. The attached property, a single-line shopping complex comprising five shops located at Nasrullapora […]
Committee on Petitions meets in Srinagar
Discusses public issues raised through Petitions SRINAGAR: The House Committee on Petitions of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Monday convened a meeting at the Assembly Complex in Srinagar to deliberate on various public petitions referred to the Committee. The meeting was chaired by Committee Chairman Pirzada Farooq Ahmad Shah and attended by members […]
Public Accounts Committee holds meet in Srinagar
Discusses Audit Paras of Mining, I&C Departments SRINAGAR: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly convened a meeting on Monday at the Assembly Complex in Srinagar to review and discuss the audit paras related to the Mining and Industries & Commerce (I&C) Departments. The meeting was chaired by PAC Chairman […]
Police officer injured in landslide in Jammu
Jammu: A police officer was injured on Monday after his private car was hit by a landslide triggered by rain near here, officials said. The probationary DSP was on his way to his place of posting in Samba when the landslide damaged his car outside a tunnel near the Ban toll plaza in the Nagrota […]
ACB arrests Patwari for accepting bribe
Srinagar: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday trapped and arrested a Patwari from Patwar Halqa Banimulla, Kulgam for demanding and accepting bribe, a spokesman of the organisation said. The spokesman said that Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau received a written complaint, alleging therein that complainant had submitted an application in tehsil Office Pahloo, Kulgam, requesting […]
Nine drug peddlers held with narcotics, Rs 20 lakh
Jammu: Nine peddlers were nabbed with drugs and Rs 20 lakh in their possession from different places in Jammu and Udhampur districts, police said on Monday. A drug peddler was detained under Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT-NDPS) Act in Kathua, while two shops of an alleged drug peddler were […]
Man killed after being hit by train in Samba
Jammu: A 25-year-old man was killed after being hit by a Delhi-bound train in Samba district, an official said on Monday. Efforts are underway to identity the deceased, who was crossing the track when the Yog Nagari Rishikesh Express hit him in the Bari Brahmana area late on Sunday, a Government Railway Police (GRP) official […]
