Will carry out DNA sampling of the trio killed: Police
Srinagar: In a significant development, Jammu and Kashmir police Tuesday said that police will carry out DNA sampling of slain militants of July 18 Ashmipora, Shopian encounter, for cross examination and matching purpose besides all other aspects will be investigated as per law in due course of time. In a statement issued here a police […]
NC to file habeas corpus petition
JAMMU: National Conference (NC) Tuesday expressed grave concern over disappearance of three Rajouri youths, saying this has caused a lot of distress and anguish in the entire belt. In a joint statement, senior NC leaders headed by Provincial President evender Singh Rana urged the administration to mobolise the police for tracing the missing boys earnestly […]
Re-organisation of JK: Panel on assets, liabilities distribution submits final report
Srinagar: A high-level committee headed by a former defence secretary has submitted its report to Centre on distribution of assets and liabilities of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir between successor Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, sources disclosed. Highly placed sources said that the panel comprising former defence secretary Sanjay Mitra, […]
Assault: Crisis for BJP in Kashmir as workers start quitting
Srinagar: Nearly a dozen BJP workers in Kashmir have resigned from the party following recent attacks on village-level leaders by militants, which prompted the party to suggest hostel-type secure accommodation for its members and their families in each district in the Valley. Worries have escalated after Abdul Hamid Najar, BJP’s OBC morcha’ district president from […]
Sarpanch’s residence targeted in Tral
Pulwama: Suspected militants on Monday evening lobbed a grenade towards the residence of PDP panch in Tral area of south Kashmir. An official said that militants hurled a grenade towards the residence of Bupinder Singh of Tral, Pulwama, who is a PDP Panch. “The grenade exploded outside the house of Panch and there was no […]
BJP worker succumbs to injuries
Lt Guv condemns killing of BJP leader
Srinagar: A BJP worker, who was shot at by militants in Budgam district succumbed to injuries at a hospital here on Monday, police said. Abdul Hamid Najar, a resident of Mohiendpora area of Budgam in central Kashmir, was shot at and critically injured by militants in his native village on Sunday, the official said. He […]
Congress calls for review of security, condemns attacks
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir unit of Congress on Monday termed as highly condemnable the continued terrorist attacks on political leaders in the valley and sought a review of the security arrangements for them. The party also urged the new Lt Governor Manoj Sinha to take a holistic view of the situation and change the pattern […]
Pandemic: Nine more Covid deaths take JK toll to 485
470 fresh positive cases take tally to over 25,000
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Monday recorded the death of nine more people, all from Kashmir region, taking the total number of people who died of the dreaded virus in the UT to 485. Officials said that nine patients who died include a 47-year-old man from Rainawari, a 45-year-old man from Palpora, Srinagar, a 55-year-old man […]
Shopian July 18 encounter comes under scanner
Family members of 3 missing youth from Rajouri demand DNA mapping of slain
Shopian: The family members of three missing youth from Rajouri district of Jammu region on Monday demanded DNA mapping of the trio killed in the Shopian encounter on July 18 fearing that the slain might be their kin. The families of the three missing youth said they are not sure whether their children are those […]
Lt Guv reaches Delhi, calls on Naidu, Union Minister
New Delhi: Newly-appointed Lt Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha on Monday called on Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu here. He also met Union Minister Jitendra Singh. Sinha took oath as the new lieutenant governor of the union territory on Friday, replacing G C Murmu, who has been appointed the Comptroller and Auditor General […]
