Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) R R Swain held his first public “darbar” here on Saturday and said the exercise was meant to know and address the shortcomings in the services offered by his department to the people of the Union Territory. Swain took over as the new police chief of […]
Srinagar: National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Saturday said that after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019, people of Jammu and Kashmir have got nothing but “problems and suffering”. He also accused the successive governments at the Centre of “plotting to weaken” his party. Addressing a convention of party workers at Sumbal Sonawari […]
Bengaluru: Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Saturday said identity and its recognition by the State plays a crucial part in what resources people get and their ability to express their grievances and demand their rights. Delivering the keynote speech at the plenary session of the 36th ‘LAWASIA’ conference virtually, he spoke on […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has sanctioned Rs 32 crore for the restoration of the Doodh Ganga and Mamath Kull streams in the valley after the NGT directed it to pay compensation for discharging untreated sewage into the water bodies. In October last year, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) said there were “serious lapses” […]
Jammu: Police on Friday said that a fake WhatsApp profile of Director General of Police Rashmi Ranjan Swain has been created with “malicious intent”. Any transaction with the account should be reported to the nearest police station or the cyber police station in Srinagar and Jammu, a police spokesman said. Necessary action as warranted under […]
Jammu: An interstate drug smuggler was arrested in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Saturday along with heroin worth over Rs 4 crore in the international market, police said. Liaqat Ali alias Lucky, a resident of Gurdaspur in Punjab, was arrested in Rajpura along the Jammu-Pathankot highway during a routine vehicle check, a police spokesperson […]
Dimapur (Nagaland): The lights above washing the hospital corridor with a dim glow, a frantic Jenpu Rongmei rushed to see his 12-year-old nephew Nina who had been admitted the night before with fever and body ache. He was too late. The young boy had succumbed to dengue, a neglected tropical disease that was entirely alien […]
Hyderabad: Asserting that only the BJP can bring change in Telangana, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said a vote for either the Congress or AIMIM would be a vote for the BRS. Addressing reporters here, he alleged that the track record of AIMIM and Congress shows that the two parties had supported the […]
New Delhi: The National Disaster Management Authority on Saturday said that rescue operations at the Silkyara tunnel may take time with the auger machine facing repeated troubles and the focus is now on vertical drilling to bring out the 41 trapped workers. Briefing the media on the progress of rescue operations, NDMA member Lt Gen […]
Lahore: Around 3,000 Indian Sikhs arrived here in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Saturday through the Wagah Border to participate in the festivities in connection with the 554th birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of the Sikh religion. Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) Additional Secretary (Shrines) Rana Shahid Saleem, Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak […]