SRINAGAR: With High Court passing directions to Divisional Commissioner Kashmir to ban roadside parking in Srinagar, the traffic police department has started taking strict actions against the violators resulting in less traffic jams. The city has witnessed decline in massive traffic especially in commercial hub Lal chowk and many other places of the city after […]
Interacts with officers in Ganderbal
JAMMU: Director General of Police, Dilbag Singh Thursday asked the officers to ensure peace and tranquility in Jammu and Kashmir. “He stated this while interacting with the officers and personnel of Police, CRPF, SSB and ITBP, at Ganderbal where he had lunch with them and also participated in cultural programme,” the statement said. The DGP […]
SRINAGAR: Divisional Commissioner Baseer Ahmad Khan Thursday directed Deputy Commissioners to constitute career counselling desk for orphans in the respective DCs offices. The desk will provide financial assistanceto such students for pursuing education as per their choice. Khan passed these directions while chairing a meeting to reviewthe cases of militancy-affected orphans receiving financial assistance from […]
BARAMULLA: Intense exchange of fire and shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Uri on Wednesday claimed life of a woman and an army soldier. The firing that continued till evening erupted in Hajipeer area at around 11.30am with initially small arms fire exchange that later saw use of mortar shells that […]
Jammu: Pakistani rangers shelled mortars and fired at forward areas along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district all through Tuesday night, triggering protests by people living in these areas on Wednesday. The Pakistani side started firing and shelling along the IB in Chandwa belt of Hiranagar sector late Tuesday night, officials […]
Rampur/Gorakhpur (UP): Over 60 people have been “identified for violence” during last week’s anti-citizenship law protests in Rampur and Gorakhpur and issued notices, asking them to explain their position or pay for damage caused to public and private property, officials said on Wednesday. The Rampur administration issued notices to 28 people on Tuesday after damage […]
New Delhi: Author-activist Arundhati Roy on Wednesday claimed that the National Population Register (NPR) will serve as a database for the NRC and asked people to oppose the former by furnishing wrong names and addresses. Addressing a protest gathering at Delhi University, she also claimed that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) was targeted against […]
Aligarh: Noted historian Irfan Habib on Wednesday said it would be wrong to look upon the recent outburst of public sentiments against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act as merely a “Muslim outrage” as it would ultimately impact all and the “idea of India as a modern state”. Commenting on the police action against the protesters in […]
Srinagar: Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh on Thursday pressed for intensifying anti-militancy operations in Kashmir. Chairing a meeting of top police officials about security situation, he directed for launching cordon and search operations to flush of militants. A police spokesperson said DGP called for measures to tackle any situation and any act by the […]
New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry has ordered “immediate” withdrawal of over 7,000 paramilitary troops from Kashmir after a security review, officials said on Tuesday. A total of 72 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) have been ordered to “revert” to their locations across the country, they said. One such company has about 100 […]