Celebrating Pak T20 win is ‘conspiring against India’: BJP Leader
Says all those will be put behind bars
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir BJP chief Ravinder Raina on Tuesday accused PDP president Mehbooba Mufti of having “Talibani ideology” and said anyone who celebrated Pakistan’s recent win over India in a T20 World Cup match would be jailed for “conspiring” against the country. Mehbooba Mufti, the former chief minister, on Monday had called on people […]
Six people detained in Reasi for sloganeering
Jammu: Six people have been detained by Jammu and Kashmir police after a video purportedly showing objectionable slogans being raised by a group of persons in Samba district, following a T20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan, went viral on social media, officials said on Tuesday. The video triggered widespread protests by various social […]
Poonch encounter: Three persons detained in Nepal
Ammunition recovered from forest area
Poonch: At least three persons hailing from Mendhar Sub Division area of Poonch’s Mendhar have been detained by police from Kathmandu Nepal, official sources said. They said that the police also foiled their attempt to flee to Saudi Arabia after their suspected involvement in militancy activities came to the fore. It has been learnt that […]
Grenade attack leaves six injured in Bandipora
Srinagar: Six civilians, including a woman, were injured in a grenade attack by militants in Bandipora district of north Kashmir on Tuesday, police said. “At about 10:20 am, militants hurled a grenade upon the Army convoy near bus stand Sumbal which missed the target and exploded on road side,” a police official said. The explosion […]
Charas smuggled from Kashmir seized in Mumbai: Police
Mumbai: Mumbai Police have seized “high quality” Charas worth Rs 14.44 crore, which was brought from Kashmir in a car, and arrested a man, his wife, daughter and one other person in this connection, an official said on Tuesday. Acting on a specific information received by units 6 and 7 of the Mumbai crime branch, […]
Traffic management of drones: Govt notifies framework for operations in lower airspace
New Delhi: The Civil Aviation Ministry has notified a traffic management framework for drones under which public and private third-party service providers will manage their movement in the airspace under 1,000 feet. Current air traffic management (ATM) systems have not been designed to handle the traffic from unmanned aircraft, the framework issued on October 24 […]
Govt forcibly retires five CBI officers, senior advocate
New Delhi: The government has compulsorily retired five CBI officers and a senior public prosecutor, sources said Tuesday. The five CBI officers include an assistant superintendent of police and four deputy superintendents of police. The officers and a senior public prosecutor were compulsorily retired by the president with immediate effect in public interest under clause […]
JK reports 97 new covid-19 cases, one fatality
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 97 new covid-19 cases even as one person succumbed to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said Tuesday. Among the fresh cases, 15 were reported from Jammu Division and 82 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 331795. There was one death, from Kashmir, due to the virus […]
Union Minister visits Baramulla, interacts with public representatives
BARAMULLA: Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture, Meenakshi Lekhi Tuesday visited Baramulla in north Kashmir, an official spokesman said. The Minister participated in a plantation drive at Government Girls Higher Secondary school Baramulla premises. She was accompanied by the Deputy Commissioner Baramulla, Bhupinder Kumar along with other concerned officers who also participated […]
Leopard caught in Jammu, shifted to Manda zoo
Jammu: A leopard was caught by the wildlife department after it strayed into a village in the outskirts of Jammu on Tuesday, officials said. The leopard ran into a trap laid by villagers of Bhalwal-Brahmana in Akhnoor to safeguard their maize crop from damage by wild animals, they said. They said the villagers were surprised […]
