Srinagar: The government on Tuesday set up a Working Committee headed by Financial Commissioner Home for facilitating 5G roll out in Jammu and Kashmir. According to an order,the 13-member committee will be headed by Financial Secretary Home department. The committee will be tasked for working out modalities for using government infrastructure and street furniture for […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir’s Director General of Police (DPG) Dilbagh Singh Tuesday said that the number of local militants active in Kashmir has been reduced to two digit while a “miniscule number of foreigners were active who are being tracked down.” “As far as the status of militancy is concerned, the number of active local […]
Srinagar: Night temperature dropped on Tuesday with all places but Srinagar and Kokernag in Kashmir Valley recording sub zero temperature. While Ladakh remained under deep freeze, all places but Banihal in Jammu division witnessed below normal temperature, a meteorological department official said. He said Srinagar recorded a low of 0.2°C against 3.7°C on the previous […]
Sopore: In a major relief to the public, transporters in Sopore town of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district have resumed their services after six days and have deferred the strike call till Saturday after administration agreed to redress their demand. An official said that in view of the strike by the transporters, the earlier order has […]
Jammu: An intruder was killed and another arrested by Border Security Forces on Tuesday along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir. An official said BSF troops foiled two separate attempts of infiltration in Arnia sector of Jammu and Ramgarh sector of Samba districts in the wee hours.. He said BSF troops opened fire […]
Kulgam, Deputy superintendent of police from south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, who had gone to Saudi Arabia for performing Umrah, died of a cardiac arrest on Monday afternoon. An official said that Rukhsar Ahmad, a DySP rank officer from Chandian Pajan area of Kulgam died of cardiac arrest in Saudi Arabia today afternoon. He said Rukhsar, […]
Baramulla: Body of a man was found in a bus stand in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday afternoon. An official said the body was spotted by the locals in bus stand and soon they informed the police. He said the body was later shifted to Government Medical College Baramulla for medico-legal formalities. The deceased […]
Srinagar: Meteorological department on Monday forecast mainly dry weather throughout Jammu and Kashmir till the end of the present month. “Currently weather is clear throughout J&K. Mainly Dry weather is expected till the end of November,” an official of the MeT department here said , reiterating that there is no forecast for any major snowfall […]
Srinagar: The authorities will exhume body of a baby to conduct DNA after a family from Budgam district alleged that they were given body of a female baby instead of male baby at JVC Bemina. An official said body of the baby will be exhumed today in order to conduct DNA sampling and match that […]
Srinagar: Gulmarg and some parts of Kashmir Valley received very light snowfall while Kupwara and Pahalgam received rain in the last 24 hours, the meteorological department here said on Sunday. An official of the department said that Gulmarg received 1 cm of snowfall in the 24 hours till 0830 hours today. Reports of snowfall were […]