AAP moves to reorganise JK unit

AAP moves to reorganise JK unit

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday dissolved its Jammu and Kashmir unit to revamp its structure with an eye on the assembly election in the Union territory. The new Jammu and Kashmir unit of AAP will soon be announced, the party’s election in-charge for the union territory Imran Hussain announced on Twitter. […]

BJP says arrested militant not its member, but Oppn demands probe

BJP says arrested militant not its member, but Oppn demands probe

Jammu: The BJP on Monday denied claims that a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant nabbed in Reasi in Jammu and Kashmir was its member, even as the Congress and others attacked the saffron party and demanded a high-level probe. BJP spokesperson Abhinav Sharma claimed the captured militant, Talib Hussain Shah of Rajouri, visited the party headquarters by […]

LeT militant was briefly associated with a political party: DGP

LeT militant was briefly associated with a political party: DGP

Jammu: Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant Talib Hussain Shah was briefly associated with a political party and also posed himself as a mediaperson, Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh said on Monday. However, he said such type of elements would continue to make attempts to take cover anywhere to carry forward their anti-national […]

LG reviews arrangements at Baltal base camp

LG reviews arrangements at Baltal base camp

Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday visited the Baltal base camp for the annual Amarnath yatra to take stock of the arrangements there. “Interacted with Shri Amarnathji pilgrims, officers, ponywalas at Baltal base camp earlier today. Enquired about the facilities, quality of services, well-being of Yatris, volunteers and carried out on-site inspection of Control […]

Amarnath board to take ‘feedback’ from pilgrims

Amarnath board to take ‘feedback’ from pilgrims

Jammu: Pilgrims visiting the Amarnath can now give their feedback to the shrine authorities for improving facilities. The Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) on Monday launched pilgrim feedback services (PFS), officials said. People can rate their experience on overall yatra facilities, accommodation, sanitation and food quality in the camps, besides giving suggestions and comments. The […]

6th batch of 7,282 pilgrims leaves from Jammu

6th batch of 7,282 pilgrims leaves from Jammu

Jammu: Amid tight security, the sixth batch of over 7,200 pilgrims left from here on Monday for the twin base camps of 3,880-metre-high Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir, officials said. A total of 7,282 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas here in a convoy of 332 vehicles amid heavy security of CRPF, the […]

Drone spotted along IB in Samba

Drone spotted along IB in Samba

Jammu: A drone was spotted along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, prompting security forces to launch a massive cordon and search operation, officials said on Monday. “We got an information that there was some flying object hovering over the border hamlet Chilliyari in Samba last night. It may have been […]

58 new Covid cases, one death in J&K

58 new Covid cases, one death in J&K

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 58 fresh coronavirus cases on Monday, taking the infection tally in the Union Territory to 4,55,391, while one new fatality due to the disease pushed the death toll to 4,757, officials said here. While 28 cases were reported from Jammu division, 30 cases were reported from Kashmir valley, they said. […]

Ladakh reports 49 Covid cases

Ladakh reports 49 Covid cases

Leh: Ladakh has reported 49 fresh cases of coronavirus, thereby increasing the COVID-19 tally to 28,513, while 10 patients were discharged from the hospital, officials said. It is this year’s highest single day jump in COVID-19 cases in the union territory, they said. All positive cases were recorded in Leh. So far, 228 people have […]