Lt Guv meets CWSN of Jammu Sanskriti School
JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Saturday met the Children With Special Needs (CWSN) of Jammu Sanskriti School, Jammu, at Raj Bhawan. The Lieutenant Governor congratulated the talented students on their remarkable performance in sports disciplines like Volleyball and Badminton, at the Special Olympics Bharat’s National Unified Sports Meet held at IIT Gandhinagar, Gujarat. He said […]
Police arrests three drug peddlers in Baramulla, Kulgam
Srinagar: Police arrested three drug peddlers in Baramulla and Kulgam and recovered contraband substances from their possession, a police spokesman said Saturday He said that a police party established a checkpoint at Ferozpora Mahyan Crossing at Tangmarg. During checking, one person identified as Younis Mohammad Bhat son of Gh Mohammad Bhat resident of Reram, Kunzer […]
Drug peddler detained under PITNDPS Act in Rajouri
Jammu: A drug peddler was on Saturday detained under the stringent Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PITNDPS) Act in Rajouri district, police said. The drug peddler, identified as Sahil Sharma alias “Sahu”, is a resident of Dandesar village in Nowshera and is a notorious drug peddler involved in multiple cases, […]
Police foil Congress protest march to demand statehood restoration
Srinagar: Police on Saturday foiled a protest march by Congress leaders and workers here, seeking the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Led by Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president Tariq Hameed Karra, the workers gathered at the party office here, with plans to march towards the office of the […]
Woman dies of bullet injury in Kishtwar
Jammu: A 35-year-old woman was killed after being hit by a bullet from the weapon of a village defence guard in a remote village in Kishtwar district, officials on Saturday said. Pushpa Devi, the wife of Rakesh Kumar, ventured out of her house in Aragam village in Chatroo area when she was hit by a […]
Fresh batch of over 6,000 pilgrims embark on Amarnath Yatra from Jammu
Jammu: A fresh batch of 6,365 pilgrims, including 1,499 women and 441 children, left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here on Saturday to join the ongoing annual Amarnath Yatra in the south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said. The pilgrims, which included 135 sadhus and sadhvis, left for the twin base camps of Nunwan-Pahalgam in Anantnag and […]
Mortar shell defused near LoC in Jammu
Jammu: An unexploded mortar shell was found and subsequently defused by experts in a forward village near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu’s Akhnoor sector on Saturday, officials said. The mortar shell was noticed lying at a secluded place by some villagers in the outskirts of Dhalery village this evening, the officials said. They […]
No proposal to include Sanskrit in school curriculum: DSEK
Clarifies the department has not proposed, approved, or initiated any process for the inclusion of the subject SRINAGAR: School Education Department, Jammu & Kashmir has strongly rebutted the news report published in an English local daily newspaper on 18 July, 2025 with the headline ‘Mandatory subject: Union Education Ministry mulls to introduce Sanskrit in Kashmir […]
Passenger bus overturns near Udhampur, 20 injured
Jammu: At least 20 people were injured after their vehicle met with an accident near Jajjarkotli area of Udhampur district on Saturday. Officials said that a bus bearing registration number JKO2AT-2279 lost its control due to over speeding and turned turtle. 20 people were injured in the mishap and were shifted to GMC Jammu for […]
Amarnath Yatra resumes after daylong suspension
Srinagar: The annual Amarnath Yatra resumed on Friday after remaining suspended for a day due to bad weather, while over 16,000 pilgrims had darshan at the holy cave on Friday, officials said. An official said that the Yatra had been halted on Thursday following relentless rains, which triggered landslides along the routes, posing a threat […]
