Manipur ‘sexual assault’ video: CBI takes over probe

New Delhi: The CBI has taken over the investigation in a case of alleged sexual assault on two women by a mob in Manipur on May 4, a video clip of which went viral on social media platforms earlier this month, officials said on Saturday. The video showing two women from one of the warring […]

NEP 2020 will give due respect to every Indian language: PM Modi

New Delhi: The new National Education Policy (NEP) will give due respect and credit to every language in the country and those who try to politicise language for their selfish interests will have to shut their shops, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday. Delivering the inaugural address at the “Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam” on […]

Top police officer reviews security situation in Udhampur

Jammu: Additional Director General of Police of Jammu zone Mukesh Singh on Saturday reviewed the security situation with a focus on upcoming Independence Day celebrations in Udhampur district. Singh conducted a security and crime review meeting with supervisory officers for heinous crimes and arrangements for Independence Day in the district along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, […]

Army commander visits Sharda temple in north Kashmir’s Kupwara

Srinagar: General Officer Commanding of the Srinagar-based Chinar Corps Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai paid obeisance at the Sharda temple near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Saturday. Lt Gen Ghai, accompanied by his wife, visited the temple and a gurdwara in Teetwal area of the north Kashmir district, Save […]

CS for universal screening of UT population for NCD

Also asks for carrying out assessment of all health facilities under ‘Kayakalp’

SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta while chairing a review meeting of tge performance of National Health Mission (NHM) Saturday asked the health professionals to screen the whole population of the UT for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) like Hypertension, Diabetes and common types of cancers. Besides the Secretary, Health the meeting was attended by the […]

Landmine exploded near LoC in Poonch

Jammu: A landmine exploded near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district in the early hours of Saturday but there was no report of any damage, officials said. The landmine exploded around 4 am amid incessant rains near the Khokhri post in Terwan village of the Degwar area, the officials said. They said Army […]

Fresh batch of over 2,000 pilgrims leaves Jammu for Amarnath cave

Jammu: A fresh batch of more than 2,000 pilgrims left Jammu city in a convoy of 87 vehicles early Saturday morning for the two base camps in Kashmir to undertake the annual Amarnath pilgrimage, officials said. This was the lowest-strength batch of Lord Shiva devotees leaving the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu since the […]

‘Bomb’ threat: Delhi-Jammu Tawi Rajdhani Express checked thoroughly at Sonipat

Chandigarh: The Delhi-Jammu Tawi Rajdhani Express was thoroughly checked at Haryana’s Sonipat railway station on Friday night after an information was received claiming that there was a bomb on the train, police said. The train arrived at the Sonipat railway station at 9:34 pm on Friday, a Government Railway Police (GRP) official said. The train […]

Hybrid terrorist arrested in Srinagar

Srinagar: An Al Badr hybrid terrorist, who was planning terror activities here, was arrested with arms and ammunition on Saturday, police said. Hybrid terrorists are those who carry out attacks and then slip back to their routine lives. “A hybrid terrorist of Al Badr namely Arfat Yusuf S/o Md Yusuf of Rajpora Pulwama arrested from […]