Srinagar: Srinagar administration has decided to impose restrictions under Section 144 CrPC in 7 police station areas tomorrow, the 13th of January 2018. The areas where restrictions will be imposed include Rainawari, Khanyar, Nowhatta, Safakadal, M R Gunj, and partial in Maisuma, Kralkhud. An official in the administration said that the restrictions will be imposed […]
Srinagar: Doctors in Kashmir today threatened valley-wide strike if the government does not reinstate director of premier hospital SKIMS who was removed following a sting operation by a private TV channel or explain reasons for his removal. On January 6, the Jammu and Kashmir government attached, Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) director A G […]
Srinagar: Continuing its efforts to eradicate the menace of drugs from the society, Anantnag police has arrested a drug peddler and recovered huge quantity of charas from his possession. A senior police official said that acting on a specific information, a police party of Police Station Ashmuqam headed by SHO Ashmuqam arrested a drug peddler […]
New Delhi: India cannot allow its neighbours to drift away from it to counter an assertive China, Army Chief Gen. Bipin Rawat said today, affirming that time has come for the country to shift focus from western to the northern frontier. Rawat said countries like Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan have to […]
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today expressed hope that the AMU student who is said to have joined Hizbul Mujahideen would return home and continue his studies. The chief minister made the comments while announcing an amnesty scheme for the first-time stone pelters during the motion of thanks on the governor’s […]
JAMMU: Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today felicitated Insha Mushtaq for her splendid success in the just declared matric results. Insha, it may be recalled, had suffered pellet injuries during the unrest of 2016. During her reply to the discussion on Motion of Thanks on Governor’s Address in the Legislative Council here today, the Chief Minister said […]
Jammu: Over 2.64 crore tourists and pilgrims visited the three regions of Jammu and Kashmir in the last three years, state Minister for Tourism Tassaduq Hussain Mufti said today. To a question of Congress MLA Naresh Sharma in the Legislative Council, he said 2,64,12,467 tourists and pilgrims visited Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh regions and […]
Jammu: More than 2,500 people lost their lives in road accidents in Jammu and Kashmir in the last three years, the state government said today. There have been 15,996 accidents in the state in this period upto October 2017, resulting in 2,666 deaths and injuries to 22,021 persons, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said in a […]
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday told a New Delhi court that it will file next week a chargesheet in the case of alleged funding in the Kashmir Valley. The court also extended the judicial custody of seven Kashmiri separatists and a businessman till January 18. According to reports, during the in-camera proceedings, […]
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government today said that the Gandola car-cable project at Udhampur district’s Patnitop tourist resort would be completed by December. The first stage of the project from Sanjote to Patnitop is expected to be completed by December, Minister of State for Tourism Priya Sethi said. She was replying to a question […]