Lt Guv reviews Power supply situation in Jammu and Kashmir

Directs for uninterrupted and quality power in 100% smart metered feeders

JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Thursday chaired a review meeting on the overall Power supply situation in the UT of Jammu Kashmir. The meeting was attended by Dr Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary; H. Rajesh Prasad, Principal Secretary, Power Development Department; Santosh D Vaidya, Principal Secretary Finance Department; Dr Mandeep Kumar Bhandari, Principal Secretary to […]

Rajouri encounter: Two terrorists, including LeT commander, soldier killed

Rajouri/Jammu: Two terrorists, including a top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander trained in Afghanistan, and a soldier were killed in a gunfight during an operation by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Thursday, officials said. With the soldier’s death, the number of army personnel killed in the anti-terror operation that began on Wednesday in […]

‘Love for nation in our blood. Proud of his martyrdom’, says uncle of slain soldier

Ajote (Poonch): The uncle of Havaldar Abdul Majid who was killed in an encounter with the terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district said he feel proud of his nephew’s martyrdom. Majid, a para commando, was among four army personnel killed in the operation against the terrorists in the Dharmsal belt’s Bajimaal area on Wednesday. […]

Two fraudsters held for promising marriage to young men: Police

Srinagar: Police on Thursday said that it have busted a fraud marriage scam by arresting two persons in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Police said that it received an application from a person identified as Ghlam Mohammad Bhat son of Mohammad Shareef Bhat resident of Dessa Doda presently ptting p at Srinagar, stating therein that, he […]

KPDCL intensifies inspection, disconnection drives

Says Rs. 8 Cr pending arrears from consumers realized in 1 day

SRINAGAR: Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) has further intensified its inspection drives across all district of Kashmir Division to check incidents of hooking and power theft, which are primarily responsible for power outages and distress cuts, a spokesman of the organization said Thursday. As many as 566 drives were conducted across all 19 Electric […]

WHO asks China for details after surge in respiratory illness among children

Beijing/Geneva: The WHO on Thursday said it has made an official request to China for detailed information on a spike in respiratory illnesses after the Chinese health authorities reported multiple infectious respiratory diseases with surging cases of mycoplasma pneumonia and influenza flu among children. Earlier this month, Chinese experts also sounded an alert about the […]

Arms, explosives recovered in box along LoC in Jammu

Jammu: Security forces on Thursday recovered arms, ammunition and explosives, including nine grenades and an IED, dropped by a drone along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu’s Akhnoor sector, police said. It was all packed in a box found during a joint search operation by the police and the Army in Palanwallah near the […]

Army Jawan dies in accidental firing

Mendhar/Jammu: An Army jawan was killed after his service rifle accidentally went off along the Line of Control in Poonch district on Thursday, officials said. The incident took place at Phagwari gate along border fencing. Inquest proceedings have been initiated, they said.

Police attaches immovable property of drug peddler in Kupwara

Srinagar: Police attached the immovable property of an alleged drug peddler in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir. The property was identified to have been acquired illegally from illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances by the owner, a police spokesperson said. “Continuing its action against drug peddlers, police in Handwara attached a […]