Srinagar-Jammu highway to remain closed tomorrow
Srinagar: The Srinagar Jammu highway will remain closed on Thursday due to the landslides at Mehar Ramban, an official from traffic said. He said that heavy rains throughout the night triggered landslides at Mehar Ramban and also at some places in the Ramban district, forcing authorities to close the highway.
One more youth shuns violence, claims DGP
Srinagar: State’s police chief, Shesh Pal Vaid on Wednesday claimed that a youth who had joined militant ranks has shunned the path of violence and has joined his family again. The Director General of Police (DGP) wished the youth from north Kashmir a good luck. “Another boy from north kashmir leaves path of violence & […]
Budget 2018-19 to be presented on Jan 11
JAMMU: Speaker, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Mr Kavinder Gupta today issued the provisional calendar for 6th Session of the 12th Legislative Assembly scheduled to begin with Governor’s Address on 2 January 2018. The session is scheduled to culminate of 10 February 2018. The Budget for the financial year 2018-19 would be presented by the […]
RBI may be holding back Rs 2,000 notes, says SBI report
New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may either be holding back Rs 2,000 notes or could have stopped printing high denomination currency, says a SBI Research report. Juxtaposing the data presented in the Lok Sabha recently with the one provided by RBI in its Annual Report earlier, the SBI Ecoflash report said today, “we […]
NC Legislature Party discusses strategy for upcoming Budget Session
JAMMU: To devise strategy and to discuss issues to be taken up during the ensuing Budget Session of the Jammu and Kashmir State Legislature, a joint meeting of the National Conference members of both the Houses was held at Sher-e-Kashmir Bhavan here today. Working President and Legislative Party leader in the Legislative Assembly Mr Omar […]
Zaira Wasim molestation case: Accused Vikas Sachdeva granted bail
Vikas Sachdeva, the Mumbai businessman who was accused of molesting Bollywood actress Zaira Wasim on a Vistara flight, was granted bail by Dindoshi Sessions Court on Wednesday. According to the reports, the accused has been granted bail by the court on surety of Rs 25,000. On December 13, the court had sent Vikas to judicial […]
04 drug peddlers arrested in Srinagar
Srinagar: Srinagar police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested four drug peddlers and recovered huge amount of contraband substances from their possession. A spokesman of police said that a police party of Police Station Batamaloo apprehended four persons namely Ajaz Ahmad Khan resident of Diyarwani Batamaloo, Yasir Ahmad Pindoo resident of Firdousabad Batamaloo, Abid Shakeel […]
Snow avalanche: Body of another missing soldier recovered
Srinagar: With the recovery of the body of another missing soldier today by the rescue teams, the number of bodies recovered so far has gone up to four, defence sources said. The body of the soldier, who went missing along with two other soldiers after an avalanche hit their camp in Gurez sector of Bandipora district […]
KAS Officers Association congratulates KAS qualifiers
Srinagar: The KAS Officer’s Association felicitates the candidates who recently qualified the prestigious State Administrative Service Examination. The KAS Association congratulates Anjum Bashir Khatak from Surankote, Poonch for securing first rank in the examination and also other successful candidates who achieved this feat amid tough competition, a statement issued by the association said. The Association […]
