Over 2.4 lakh Indians surrendered passports in last 8 years: Govt Data
New Delhi: As many as 2,46,580 Indians surrendered passports from 2014 to 2022 across India with Delhi registering the maximum 60,414, according to data provided by the government in Rajya Sabha. In Punjab, 28,117 people surrendered passports during the period while the numbers in Gujarat, Goa and Kerala were 22,300, 18,610 and 16,247, respectively. The […]
Six terrorist associates arrested across JK
Srinagar: Six Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist associates have been arrested in north Kashmir’s Baramulla and central Kashmir’s Budgam districts, officials said on Thursday. They said a terror module was unearthed in Uri area of Baramulla in north Kashmir and three terrorist associates of LeT involved in running the module were arrested. Acting on a tip off, […]
India’s ‘first’ post office is bang on LoC
Keran: India’s “first” post office bearing PIN code 193224 is located on the banks of the Kishanganga river, the de facto Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district with Pakistan-occupied territory just across the stream at a stone’s throw. It was known as the last post office of the country until recently, […]
Traffic on Jammu-Srinagar NH restored
Fresh batch of pilgrims leave for Amarnath shrine
Banihal/Jammu: A fresh batch of 999 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp for the Amarnath cave shrine in Kashmir early Thursday as traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was restored after a day-long closure, officials said. The 270-km-long highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, remained closed for […]
Former IPS officer Basant Rath registers himself as BJP activist online
Party says no place for indiscipline
Jammu: Days after the central government ordered his premature retirement, former IPS officer Basant Rath on Thursday registered himself as a BJP activist online and sought blessings of people for what he called an “uphill trek called politics”. The IGP-rank officer, who was under suspension for the past over three years for “repeated instances of […]
Bijbehara residents protest, demand completion of subway on NH-44
Says incomplete subway has turned the vital crossing into a death trap
Anantnag: The residents of Bijbehara and Arwani area of Anantnag district in south Kashmir on Thursday assembled and staged a protest against the national highway authority for failing to complete a subway on the National Highway near Bijbehara. The residents said that the spot where the subway has been left incomplete has turned into death […]
IAF rescues 5 UTDRF personnel in Ladakh
Leh/Jammu: Five personnel of the Union Territory Disaster Relief Force were rescued in a daring operation by the Indian Air Force (IAF) from Markha Valley in Ladakh, Army said on Thursday. The rescue operation was launched by the IAF on the request of the Ladakh administration following information that a group of UTDRF personnel were […]
Arrested Afghan national linked to ‘AL-Badr’, booked under UAPA: Police
Mendhar/Jammu: An Afghan national, who was arrested near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district has been booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for his alleged links with Pakistan-based terrorists, a police official said on Thursday. Abdul Wahid with a disability in left leg was taken into custody by the Army from […]
Man arrested for duping govt job aspirants in JK
Jammu: The Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday arrested a man who was on the run for the last nine years after he was booked for duping people on the pretext of arranging government jobs, an official said. Bilal Ahmad Handoo alias “Doctor Sahib”, a resident of Bemina locality in Srinagar, was […]
Two security personnel among four injured in grenade blast
Srinagar: Four people, including two security personnel, were injured in a grenade blast in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday, officials said. The explosion took place during a cordon and search operation in the Kokernag area of the south Kashmir district, they said. The injured — two security personnel and as many civilians — have […]
