Protestors block highway, demand whereabouts of ‘missing’ man
Banihal/Jammu: Protestors demanding to know the whereabouts of a man who went missing from Reasi district earlier this month blocked the Jammu-Srinagar highway in Ramban’s Banihal belt on Friday, officials said. Gulam Rasool Wani, a resident of Tethar in Banihal, went missing from Jungle Gali area of Katra in Reasi on July 11, Sub-Divisional Magistrate […]
KPC members take oath, hold maiden meet
Srinagar: The newly elected executive and the management committee members of the Kashmir Press Club (KPC) Friday took oath of the office in presence of the election commission, two eminent lawyers and scores of journalists during a function organised at the club premises. Soon after taking over the management committee held its maiden meeting and […]
Two killed in highway mishap
Srinagar: Two men were killed Friday when their motorcycle was hit by a truck in Ganderbal district central Kashmir, police said. Bharat Bhushan, 27, and Gurlal Singh, 28, both residents of Haryana, were travelling on the motorcycle when they were hit by the truck coming from the opposite direction at Gund on the Srinagar-Leh Highway, […]
ACB officials from JK to attend training programme at CBI academy
Jammu: Twenty anti-corruption bureau officers from Jammu and Kashmir will attend a 10-day training programme at the CBI Academy in Uttar Pradesh from July 22, officials said Friday. There are three superintendents of police (SPs) among them. Sanction has been accorded for deputation of 20 officers of the anti-corruption bureau for undergoing a 10-day training […]
ICJ verdict on Jadhav: Law will take its own course: Pak PM Imran Khan

Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan Thursday said that Pakistan will proceed further “as per law” in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case after the ICJ ordered an “effective review and reconsideration” of his conviction and sentence by a Pakistani military court. Jadhav, 49, a retired Indian Navy officer, was sentenced to death by the Pakistani military […]
Woman killed in flash floods triggered by cloudbursts
Srinagar: A woman died after being trapped in flash floods triggered by multiple cloudbursts in Lolab area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday. According to local reports and police, the woman identified as Shafiqa Bano (35) was washed away by the flash floods in Bera Rudi, Surgam in Lolab at around 4:30 pm. The […]
Kathua rape case: HC issues notices to JK govt, convicts

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana High Court Thursday issued notices to the Jammu and Kashmir government and six men convicted in the case of rape and murder of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua on a plea by her father seeking enhanced punishment for them. The court also issued a notice to the accused who […]
Guv’s advisor Farooq Khan seeks withdrawal of security
Srinagar: Retired IPS officer Farooq Khan, who was recently appointed adviser to the Jammu and Kashmir Governor, asked police on Thursday to withdraw his security convoy during his movement within the state, officials said. Khan, who played a key role in breaking the backbone of militancy in Kashmir during 1990s, wrote to Director General of […]
Crime report depicts increase in number of OGW’s in Kashmir
Declares Leh, Kargil as militancy free
Declares Leh, Kargil as militancy free
Defence Min to visit JK on July 20, will reviews security situation
Jammu: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is likely undertake a day-long visit to Jammu and Kashmir on July 20, during which he will pay tributes at the Kargil war memorial at Drass and inaugurate two bridge projects in Jammu, officials said Thursday. Singh will visit all three regions of Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh during the visit […]