Two drug peddlers held
Jammu: Two suspected drug peddlers were arrested after heroin and cash were recovered from their possession in R S Pura area here, police said today. Acting on specific information about the presence of drug peddlers, police conducted a raid at Chohala last evening. Mukesh Kumar and Balwinder Kumar tried to run away but were […]
Clashes erupt during CASO
Pulwama: Clashes erupted between government forces and locals in Kareemabad village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday. Reports said that the clashes erupted after government forces started a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Kareemabad village after receiving specific inputs about the presence of militants in the area. Soon after the search operation […]
LeT militant held in Pattan
Baramulla: Police On Friday claimed to have arrested a militant from Pattan area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla District. He was identified as Firdous Ahmed Wani belonging to the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant outfit. According to the reports, Wani was carrying arms and ammunition when he was arrested by the government forces.
MMSM Gold Cup League phase-II: SK FC Budgam, J&K Bank Academy all set for semis
Srinagar: Two quarter final matches of second phase of first Mufti Mohammad Syed Memorial Gold Cup League Football Tournament-2017 were played at Synthetic Turf TRC in Srinagar on Thursday. In the first quarterfinal of the day, SK FC Budgam thrashed Real Wanpora Kulgam by a margin of five goals to nil. In the one sided […]
Blood can’t be manufactured – it can be only donated!
The lack of availability of a matching blood group at the local blood bank and the tears of despair and helplessness of a woman, in need of blood for her husband, undergoing an emergency surgery is still fresh in my mind. The sigh of relief she felt when she got a blood donor. And a […]
Editorial: New faces new approach
Srinagar: Governing a state like Jammu and Kashmir is an uphill task. Not because of some unusual traits of the state but due to the lack of political stability in the state. The state continues to miss out on governance front as the region stands no chance of being calculated as a developed region when […]
‘Need of keeping liabilities under check, avoid unwarranted fiscal liabilities’
Jammu: Minister for Finance, Labour & Employment, Dr Haseeb Drabu has stressed the need for keeping liabilities under check and to ensure that the projects are taken up in consonance with the resource allocations to avoid unwarranted fiscal liabilities. This was stated by the Finance Minister while chairing a meeting to discuss the expenditure and […]
Govt to cover all districts under RSBY health insurance scheme: Minister
Jammu: Minister for Health & Medical Education, Bali Bhagat informed that the government would cover all the districts of the state under prestigious Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY). “With the implementation of the scheme in the remaining districts, the BPL families and senior citizens would also be able to avail the benefit of health […]
Adhere strictly to quality norms in dev works: Minister to Officers
Jammu: Emphasizing expeditious completion of all development works to extend timely benefit to the people, Minister for Industries and Commerce Chander Parkash Ganga today exhorted upon the officers to keep a close and constant monitoring on the works and ensure that quality norms are strictly adhered to while executing the development projects. “The government is […]
Div Com directs strengthening mobile network in Gurez, Tulail
Srinagar: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir today directed the district administration Bandipora and mobile operators to work in tandem so that all the network connectivity issues faced by people in flung areas of Gurez and Tulail are addressed at the earliest. The Div Com was chairing a meeting with representatives of telecom operators including BSNL, JIO, Airtel, […]
