Houses of two notorious drug peddlers attached in Samba
Jammu: Police on Wednesday attached the houses of two notorious drug-peddlers in Samba district and a mini-load carrier belonging to the duo, an official said. Farman Ali’s house at Karel and Farman Din’s house at Laswara were attached under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act in two separate cases registered […]
Educational institutions reopen in border districts of JK
Baramulla: Educational institutions in the border districts of Kashmir Valley, except those in close proximity to the Line of Control, reopened on Wednesday. Schools and colleges in the border districts of Baramulla, Kupwara and Bandipora have reopened after a week of closure in the wake of hostilities between India and Pakistan. Schools elsewhere in the […]
Speeding truck crushes court official to death
Banihal/Jammu: A judicial officer lost his life after he was hit by a speeding LPG tanker on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway on Wednesday morning, officials said. Ramban district court Chief Administrative Officer Prabhat Singh (59), a resident of Dhanmasta-Pogal, was driving a two-wheeler to the principal district and sessions court when he was run over […]
Helicopter service at Mata Vaishno Devi shrine resumes after 7 days
Katra/Jammu: The helicopter service to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Reasi district resumed on Wednesday after being suspended for a week due to the military standoff between India and Pakistan, officials said. This came a day after flight operations recommenced at 32 airports, including Jammu and Srinagar, following the suspension of hostilities between the […]
Pakistan hands over BSF jawan to India after 21 days, celebration at his home
Amritsar: India and Pakistan on Wednesday exchanged each other’s border force personnel who had been apprehended along the International Borders (IB) during the recent tensions between the two countries, officials said. Border Security Force (BSF) jawan Purnam Kumar Shaw was handed over to Indian authorities at the Attari-Wagah border point in Amritsar, 21 days after […]
MHA allows NGOs whose FCRA registration validity expired to pay compounding penalty
New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday allowed NGOs whose FCRA registration validity has expired to pay compounding penalty and fees from the FCRA bank account held with the SBI through the FCRA online portal. In a public notice, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said it administers the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, […]
Safety of our people is government’s topmost priority: Dy CM
Visits border areas in Rajouri, assures enhanced safety measures for residents RAJOURI: Following the recent cross border shelling, Deputy Chief Minister, Surinder Choudhary, undertook an extensive visit to the border areas in Nowshera subdivision of Rajouri district. During his visit, the Deputy Chief Minister visited the damaged houses, inspected the loss due to shelling, met […]
Police arrests seven drug peddlers across Kashmir valley
Srinagar: Police achieved significant success by arresting seven drug peddlers in separate actions in Anantnag, Baramulla and Kulgam and recovered heroin-like contraband substances from their possession, a police spokesman said Wednesday. He said that in Anantnag, two drug peddlers identified as Mohammad Irfan son of Mohammad Jehangir Khan resident of Ghaziabad, UP and a lady […]
Ceasefire must hold, people want peace: Omar Abdullah
Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday said the ceasefire between India and Pakistan must remain intact as people on the border want to live in peace. “We all want the ceasefire to remain intact. Only the anchors of a few TV channels, who sit far away from here in Noida and Bombay, do not like […]
9,500 bunkers set up along Indo-Pak border: CS
Says more bunkers to come up Rajouri: Asserting that 9,500 bunkers have been set up along India-Pakistan border, Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo on Tuesday reached out to shelling-affected people along the Line of Control in Rajouri district and said that more bunkers would be constructed for the safety of border dwellers. The chief secretary said […]