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LG pays floral tributes to those killed in blast at Nowgam police station

LG pays floral tributes to those killed in blast at Nowgam police station

Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday paid floral tributes to the nine people killed in the accidental blast at Nowgam police station, which also left 32 injured, officials said. Sinha paid tributes to them at the Police Control Room here, they said. Officials said Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo, NIA Director General […]

 Press Trust of India

LG chairs high-level meeting in Sgr

Briefed about anti-terror measures by security forces, say officials Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha chaired a high-level meeting with police and civil administration Saturday in the aftermath of the accidental blast at the Nowgam police station that killed nine people and injured 32, officials said. At the meeting held at the Raj Bhavan here, Sinha […]

 Press Trust of India

Nowgam Blast: SIA inspector, constables, revenue officials among those killed

Srinagar: State Investigation Agency Inspector Israr Ahmad Shah was among the nine people who were killed in the massive explosion at the Nowgam police station in Jammu and Kashmir. Shah, who joined the police force in 2011, is survived by a wife, two young children, and elderly parents. Hailing from the Drugmulla area of Kupwara […]

 Press Trust of India

CM, other leaders express grief over Nowgam blast

Lt Guv cancels Jammu meeting Srinagar/Jammu: Several political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday expressed sorrow over the accidental explosion at Nowgam police station that left nine people dead and 32 others injured. In a post on his official X handle, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah expressed grief over the incident. “The […]

 Press Trust of India

Nowgam blast accidental, no sabotage: DGP

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police chief Nalin Prabhat on Saturday said the massive explosion at Nowgam police station that left nine dead and 32 injured was “accidental” and ruled out sabotage as the cause of the incident. Prabhat, the Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police, said the explosives recovered during investigation in the “white […]

 Press Trust of India

LG orders probe into cause of Nowgam blast

Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday ordered a probe into the accidental blast in Nowgam police station, which left nine people dead and 32 others injured. “I have ordered a probe to ascertain the cause of the accidental explosion,” Sinha said in an X post. The L-G expressed anguish over the loss of lives […]

 Press Trust of India

Lone breadwinner in family, tailor killed in Nowgam PS blast

Leaves behind wife, 3 children Srinagar: Mohammad Shafi Parray, a tailor, left home on Friday morning to do his bit as a conscientious citizen by assisting police investigators to collect samples of the explosives seized from a ‘white collar’ terror module busted recently. It would be the last time he would do so. Parray (47), […]

 Press Trust of India

Going has never been as good in JK as it has been since 2019: LG Sinha

Going has never been as good in JK as it has been since 2019: LG Sinha

Reiterates call for isolating terror elements in society Jammu: Asserting that society must isolate terror elements and ensure that the vital support systems necessary for their existence are denied, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday said that the going has never been as good for Jammu and Kashmir in the past as it has been […]

 KV Correspondent

PDP wins Budgam assembly bypoll

PDP wins Budgam assembly bypoll

BJP retains Nagrota seat as Devyani Rana wins with 24,647 votes Srinagar/Budgam: Opposition PDP candidate Aga Syed Muntazir on Friday won the Budgam assembly bypoll in Jammu and Kashmir, defeating ruling National Conference (NC) candidate Aga Syed Mehmood by a margin of nearly 4,500 votes. Meanwhile, the BJP retained the Nagrota seat as Devyani Rana […]

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JK to have four women MLAs with Devyani Rana’s win from Nagrota

Srinagar: BJP’s Devyani Rana on Friday broke a new glass ceiling by winning the assembly bypoll from the Nagrota constituency, as Jammu and Kashmir will now have four elected women legislators for the first time. The Jammu and Kashmir assembly had elected three women MLAs in 2008, 2014, and 2024, marking the highest female representation […]