No bar in electoral law on PM’s plan for meditation trip: Sources
New Delhi: There is no bar under electoral law on the prime minister to undertake a meditation trip during elections, sources in the know said on Wednesday, amid the Congress’s opposition to Narendra Modi’s proposed visit to Kanyakumari’s ‘Dhyan Mandapam’ from May 30. The Congress on Wednesday alleged that Prime Minister Modi was trying to […]
Fire engulfs forest area in Udhampur
Jammu: A massive forest fire swept through large areas of Udhampur district causing extensive damage to forest resources, including wildlife, officials said on Wednesday. Efforts of the forest department and local people to control the blaze have been unsuccessful so far and residents have sought the deployment of the Indian Air Force (IAF) choppers to […]
Power Curtailment Schedule withdrawn by JPDCL
Says 24×7 power supply in Smart metered areas JAMMU: Managing Director JPDCL Vikas Kundal Wednesday issued a Public Notice in which the curtailment schedule has been withdrawn with immediate effect. The Public Notice issued by the MD JPDCL read that: “In view of the improvement in power infrastructure by way of Capacity addition and repair […]
Atmospheric data collection tool Radio-Sonde launched from ISRO centre at Samba
Samba/Jammu: Centre University of Jammu (CUJ) on Wednesday announced that its Radio-Sonde, a crucial tool for atmospheric data collection, was launched successfully from its ISRO centre in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir. The launch, a part of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), ISRO and CUJ, aims to […]
Five die after slipping into well at Kashmir’s Budgam, Kupwara
Budgam/ Kupwara: At least five persons died while three others were rescued after they fell into the well at separate places in Central Kashmir’s Budgam and north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Wednesday. The separate incidents in Budgam‘s Khansahib area and Kralpora hamlet of Kupwara left the entire Kashmir in shock as eight persons including three […]
BSF opens fire on suspected Pak drone near LoC in Poonch
Jammu: The Border Security Force personnel fired several rounds to shoot down a suspected Pakistani drone near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch, officials said on Wednesday. The drone activity from across the border was picked up by the alert border guards in Khanetar garrison at around 11.30 pm on Tuesday, […]
Five arrested over scuffle between two groups in Jammu
Jammu: Three people were injured in a scuffle between two groups in the outskirts of Jammu city on Wednesday, officials said. Five people, including a woman, were arrested in connection with the case, they said. The scuffle occurred when some persons allegedly attacked a former sarpanch and his relatives, leading to a clash in the […]
Husband ‘kills’ wife in north Kashmir’s Tangdgar area
Kupwara : In a shocking incident, a husband allegedly killed his wife by strangulating her at Tangdhar in north Kashmir’s frontier Kupwara district. An official said that a lady, in her 30’s (name withheld) was allegedly killed by her husband after strangulated her at their house during the intervening night of Tuesday-Wednesday. The accused, identified […]
Missing Kashmiri poet traced to police custody in PoK
Islamabad: A missing Kashmiri poet has been traced to be in the custody of police in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), the Islamabad High Court was informed on Wednesday, two weeks after he disappeared from Rawalpindi. Ahmad Farhad’s wife had filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) claiming that he had been abducted from […]
Four cops beaten up by army men in Kupwara
FIR lodged; defence official says ‘differences resolved’ Srinagar: Four policemen were injured after they were allegedly beaten up by army personnel in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday. A defence spokesperson, however, said “minor differences” between the cops and the army personnel have been resolved amicably. Police has lodged an FIR in […]
