Police directed to enhance surveillance to thwart attempts to disturb peace in Jammu
Jammu: A senior Jammu and Kashmir Police officer has called for enhanced surveillance to thwart anti-national elements’ attempts to disturb the peaceful environment in the Jammu region, an official said on Sunday. Deputy Inspector General of Police (Jammu-Samba-Kathua Range) Sunil Gupta passed the directions during a crime-and-security review meeting at the district police lines in […]
Policeman shoots himself dead in Jammu
Jammu: A policeman allegedly shot himself dead with his service rifle inside a police station here, officials said on Sunday. Selection Grade Constable Iqbal Hussain, a resident of Poonch, was found dead with a bullet injury at police station Nowabad in the city late Saturday night, they said. Prima facie, he used his service weapon […]
J-K Police arrests drug supplier from Punjab
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday said a notorious drug peddler was arrested from Punjab in connection with a case registered in Samba district last month. Kulwinder Singh, a resident of Gujarpur village in Tarn Taran district, was arrested in a joint operation with the Punjab Police, a police spokesman said, claiming it […]
Fresh snowfall blankets Kashmir, Gulmarg records minus 10.6 deg C
Srinagar: Several parts of Kashmir, including Srinagar city, witnessed fresh snowfall on Saturday as the MeT department has forecast moderate top-heavy snowfall in the valley over the next 48 hours. While it started snowing early in the morning in the higher reaches of Kashmir, the plains of the valley also witnessed snowfall as the day […]
MeT issues orange warning of heavy snowfall in Himachal
Shimla: The meteorological department here on Saturday sounded an orange alert for snowfall across Himachal Pradesh for the next two days. It predicted light to moderate snowfall at most places and heavy snowfall at isolated places in mid and high hills of the state. It also cautioned of thunderstorms, lightning and hailstorm in lower areas […]
Jammu-Srinagar National Highway reopens after two-day closure
Jammu: Vehicular movement on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway resumed early Saturday after remaining suspended for two days following multiple landslides triggered by heavy rains and snowfall, officials said. However, the traffic department advised commuters to follow lane discipline and drive cautiously as part of the arterial road near Sherbibi in Ramban district is single-lane and […]
J&K’s interim budget for 2024-25 to be unveiled on Monday
Srinagar: Jammu & Kashmir interim budget for 2024-25 would be presented in the Parliament on Monday, which will be presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, according to revised list of business issued by Lok Sabha secretariat. This would be the 5th consecutive budget of Jammu and Kashmir to be present in the Parliament after imposition […]
Hindu Education Society Kashmir delegation calls on Lt Guv
JAMMU: A delegation of Hindu Education Society Kashmir led by its President Prof. B.L Zutshi called on the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhawan on Saturday, an official spokesman said. He said that the delegation apprised the Lt Governor on the issue of reinstatement of Gandhi Memorial College Srinagar under the management of the […]
Advani gets Bharat Ratna
PM Modi says he connected Indian democracy with nationalist ideologies New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Saturday that BJP stalwart and former deputy prime minister Lal Krishna Advani will be conferred the Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian award, and described it as a “very emotional moment for me”. Modi was effusive in […]
Gagran terror attack: Special Investigation Unit files charge sheet against accused
Srinagar: The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) on Saturday filed a charge sheet against six people in a case relating to terror attack on labourers in Shopian district of south Kashmir last year. The SIU Shopian produced a comprehensive charge sheet in the attack on non-local labourers that took place in Gagran last July. “The charge […]
