Police arrests two bootleggers
Srinagar: Police arrested two bootleggers during a checkpoint at Malkha Chowk in the Nowhatta area of old city, a police spokesman said. He said that the police officials at the checkpoint intercepted them and seized huge quantity of illicit liquor from their possession. Both the persons have been taken to local police station where they […]
Poonch villages pounded with shells
Jammu: The Pakistan Army shelled forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, a defence spokesman said. “Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by shelling mortars and firing small arms along the LoC in Mankote and Krishna Gati sectors from 0750 hours,” the Defence spokesman […]
Langate militant identified, thousands participate in slain’s funeral
Sopore: Police on Thursday identified the slain militant who was killed in a gunfight that rgaed between forces and militants in Yaroo area of Langate in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. The slain militant has been identified as Danish Ahmad Dar, son of Ghulam Muhammad of SyedporaSopore. Police spokesman said that according to […]
Will seek judicial commission to probe rigging in 1987 assembly elections: Sajad Lone
Srinagar: People’s Conference chairman SajadGani Lone Thursday said his party will seek a judicial commission, which has punitive powers, to probe and punish the perpetrators of “rigging” in 1987 assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. He also hit out at the National Conference leadership, saying Abdullahs were the “real architects” of erosion of special status […]
Will start a new era if voted to power, says Er Rasheed
Srinagar: AwamiItehaad Party (AIP) president and parliamentary candidate for Baramulla constituency, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh Thursday promised to start a new era if he is voted to power in the upcoming elections. ErRasheed as per a statement issued here urged people to vote for him so that their sentiments and aspirations can be represented better […]
Two boys booked in Rajouri for ‘sensitive’ social media posts
Jammu: Two boys were booked in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district Thursday for allegedly uploading “highly sensitive posts” on the social media, a senior police officer said. “The boys shared two separate posts on their Facebook timeline and used highly sensitive remarks in their appeal to voters of a particular community in view of the […]
Hizb militant arrested in Bijbehara
Srinagar: Security forces Thursday arrested a HizbulMujahideen militant in Anantnag district of south Kashmir, police said. Acting on a credible input, security forces arrested Rameez Ahmad Dar, a resident of Kulgam, from the Bijbehara area of Anantnag district, a police spokesman said. He said Dar was an active militant for the past one-and-half years and […]
All JK gram panchayats to get high-speed optical fibre connectivity: Chief Secy
Jammu: All 4,468 Gram Panchayats (GPs) in Jammu and Kashmir would get high-speed optical fibre connectivity, state Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam said here Thursday, though he did not give a deadline for completing the project. “There are 4,468 GPs in 6,553 villages across the state. The number of GPs to be covered in Phase-I through […]
Leaving out bills of contractors for payments is ‘unreasonable and unfair’: PDP
Urges Governor to intervene, address issue on priority
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday urged the governor administration to release the pending payment to contractors who in spite of trying circumstances have completed various vital developmental projects in the state. Senior PDP leader and former Minister NaeemAkhtar sought immediate release of the pending payments to the contractors and urged the governor Satya […]
Two boys missing from Baramulla traced in Delhi
Srinagar: Two boys, reported missing from their homes in Baramulla district of north Kashmir, have been traced in Delhi, a police spokesman said on Thursday. “Chandussa police station received a missing complaint that two minor boys — MohsinManzoorNajar, student of Class 8, and Suhail Ahmad Lone, student of Class 10, both residents of BandiPayeen in […]