Fraudster held in Jammu
Jammu: The police crime branch arrested a man here on Monday on charge of cheating, officials said. The arrested, Puneet Rasutra, is presently on police remand, they said. FIR has been registered under sections 420 (Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), 467 (forgery of valuable security, will, etc.), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), […]
Four suspected criminals arrested in Jammu
Jammu: Four suspected criminals, including one facing murder charges, were arrested on Monday, police said here. Murder accused Ramesh Kumar, a resident of Rehari Chunghi, had been on the run for the past nine years and was arrested by a special police team from Jammu, a police official said. A case was registered against him […]
Northern Army commander visits forward posts along LoC in Rajouri
Jammu: General Officer-commanding-in-chief, Northern Command, Lt Gen Ranbir Singh Monday visited forward posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district and reviewed the operational preparedness and prevalent security situation of the force, a defence spokesman said. During the visit to the sector, the Army commander was briefed by the commanders on ground about […]
Workshop on ‘Fake News Detection’ held at KU’s MERC
Srinagar: Media Education Research Centre (MERC) of the University of Kashmir (KU) Monday organised a one-day workshop on ‘Social Media Verification’ and ‘Fake News Detection’ in collaboration with the Google News Initiative (GNI). Google-certified trainer, Faisul Yaseen carried the proceedings of the workshop, which was held as part of the MERC’s interface with industry. While […]
VC KU inaugurates state of art labs at Bio-resources Deptt
Srinagar: Giving further impetus to research at the University of Kashmir Vice Chancellor KU Prof Talat Ahmad inaugurated state of the art labs at Department of Bio resources on Monday. The state of the art research labs built under centrally sponsored scheme RUSA include Animal Cell Culture Lab, Research Lab and PG Lab. Prof Talat […]
Establish 24×7 Flood control room in every district: Div Com to DCs
Reviews Flood Mitigation Plan
Srinagar: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan Saturday directed all Deputy Commissioners of the valley to establish 24×7 flood control room immediately in their respective districts for an effective flood mitigation plan. He asked the DCs to deploy officers of Irrigation and Flood Control, Disaster Management, PHE, PDD, Revenue, Health, Food and Police to provide […]
Protesters ransack govt building, set ablaze guv’s effigy in Kishtwar
Jammu: A mob ransacked a government building, damaged several official vehicles and set ablaze an effigy of Governor Satya Pal Malik in Kishtwar district Saturday after hundreds of people took to streets to protest against the recent killings of four people, officials said. Sanatan Dharam Sabha (SDS), a local religious group, had called for a […]
PM Modi failed to provide a healing touch to people in JK: Farooq Abdullah
Kulgam: Former Chief Minister, Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said that the people of J&K didn’t see PM Modi put into practice the catch words of ‘Jamhooriyat, Insaniyat, and Kashmiriyat’, saying that PM Modi failed to carry forward the legacy of Vajpayee during his stint in power. Addressing a public meet at Damhal Hanjipura, Kulgam Farooq […]
Efforts to abrogate JK’s special status picked up after PDP surrendered its core agenda: G A Mir
Srinagar: Ahead of voting on Anantnag parliamentary seat in the remaining two phases, J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) President, G A Mir has asked the people of south Kashmir to “strengthen the secular forces led by Congress Party through ballot”. Mir has said that “politics based on deceit and falsehood has vitiated the atmosphere in […]
JK faces biggest danger from BJP, RSS: Omar
Kund (Devsar): National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Saturday said that J&K “does not face as much threat from neighboring country or the muzzle of gun as it faces from the forces who are hell-bent to destroy the special status of the state”. He said that keeping the challenges the state is facing in […]