Youth injured in Bijbehara road mishap succumbs
Anantnag: The death toll in the Bijbehara accident rose to two as the budding cricketer who had sustained critical injuries succumbed on Tuesday. An official said that cricketer Jasif Hassan, son of Ghulam Hassan Dar of Sangam was rushed to GMC Anantnag in a critical condition last evening. Despite efforts by doctors to save him, […]
Advisor to CM meets delegations, individuals; assures prompt action on genuine concerns
SRINAGAR: Continuing government’s commitment to resolve issues of general public, Advisor to Chief Minister, Nasir Aslam Wani, met various delegations and individuals at Chief Minister’s Public Service and Outreach Office, Gupkar here today. The JK Government Employees Joint Consultative Committee led by its Chairman, Aijaz Khan, called on the Advisor and highlighted various issues confronted […]
Police arrested three drug peddlers in Sopore
Srinagar: Police in north Kashmir’s Sopore arrested three drug peddlers and recovered psychotropic substances from their possession, a police spokesman said Monday. He said that a police party at Tarzoo Sopore at a checkpoint established at Krankshivan Colony, intercepted a vehicle (Omni) bearing registration number JK05F-5796 with three persons on board. They have been identified […]
Police attaches property of notorious drug peddler in Anantnag
Srinagar: Police in Anantnag have attached property of a notorious drug peddler under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, further intensifying its crackdown on the drug menace in the district, a police spokesman said Monday. He said that a double-storeyed residential house built over five marlas of land and owned by Peer Iftikar […]
Family of former BJP MLA Devender Rana meets Union HM
Jammu: The family of former BJP legislator Devender Singh Rana on Monday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at Raj Bhawan here, an official said. Rana, 59, passed away at a private hospital in Haryana’s Faridabad in October last year after a prolonged illness, a few weeks after he won Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls […]
Man arrested with 2 kg Ganja, illegal weapon in Jammu
Jammu: Police on Monday arrested a suspected criminal during a routine patrol in Jammu district and seized 2 kg of ganja and an illegal weapon from his possession, officials said. Bhuvan Prasad Kewat, a native of Chhattisgarh, was travelling to Bhagatpur via Ring Road when he tried to flee after seeing the police, but the […]
Waqf Act ‘unconstitutional’, says Farooq Abdullah
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah Monday termed the Waqf (Amendment) Act as “unconstitutional”, saying his party was against it and was hoping for justice from the Supreme Court. “NC is against this (Waqf) Bill. We think it is unconstitutional and parties have gone to the Supreme Court… that is why (Jammu and Kashmir […]
Budget Session 2025: Three Bills passed by Assembly assented by LG
Jammu: Secretary, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Manoj Kumar Pandit Monday informed the House that three Bills, passed by Legislative Assembly have been assented to by the Lieutenant Governor on 25th of March, 2025. The Secretary further read out “Three Bills, passed by Legislative Assembly have been assented to by the Lieutenant Governor on 25th […]
772 students of IIM Jammu receive degrees at annual convocation
Jammu: A total of 772 students of the Indian Institute of Management, Jammu, received degrees at the annual convocation ceremony of the institute with Ashish Kumar Chauhan, MD and CEO of National Stock Exchange, encouraging the fresh graduates to leverage both traditional and modern knowledge to solve India’s challenges. The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) […]
Rejection of the adjournment motion disappointing: Mehbooba
Srinagar: Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday termed the rejection of the adjournment motion on the Waqf Amendment Act “profoundly disappointing” and accused the National Conference government of yielding to the BJP’s “anti-Muslim” agenda. “It’s profoundly disappointing that the speaker J&K Assembly has rejected the motion on the Waqf Bill. Despite securing […]