Srinagar: Night temperature recorded a drop in Jammu and Kashmir with mercury settling below sub-zero level in Gulmarg and Pahalgam on Saturday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar recorded a minimum of 6.5°C against 7.2°C on the previous night and it was above normal by 1.5°C for the summer capital of JK […]
SRINAGAR: Police in Awantipora have arrested an absconder who was evading his arrest from the last 19 years in case FIR No. 54/2004 of PS Awantipora. “Warrant under section 512 CrPC issued by Hon’ble Court of Principal Session Judge Pulwama pending with Police Station Awantipora against an accused person namely Mohammad Yousuf Sofi son of […]
SRINAGAR: Cracking a whip on illegal extraction and transportation of minerals, police have seized 4 vehicles and arrested 4 drivers in Baramulla. A police party under the supervision of DySP Hqrs Baramulla assisted by SHO PS Baramulla seized 4 vehicles (Excavator, 3 tippers) and arrested 4 drivers at Khanpora and Dargam Baramulla, involved in illegal […]
SRINAGAR: Continuing its efforts to eradicate the menace of drugs from the society, police have arrested two drug peddlers in Kulgam and recovered contraband substances from their possession. A police party of Police Station Devsar at a checkpoint established at Sopat Crossing intercepted a suspicious person identified as Azad Ahmad Naikoo son of Sonauallah Naikoo […]
JAMMU: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today had a detailed review of working of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) department here. Apart from Commissioner Secretary, FCS&CA, Zubair Ahmad, the meeting was attended by Director Food Supplies Jammu/Kashmir and other concerned officers of the department. During the meeting, the Chief Secretary held a detailed review […]
Srinagar: Rains lashed plains while upper reaches including Gulmarg received fresh snowfall, officials said on Friday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar received 9.7mm of rain in last 24 hours till 0830 a.m. He said Qazigund received 3.4mm, Pahalgam 16.0mm, Kupwara 9.2mm, Kokernag 2.9mm, Jammu 0.1mm, Banihal 9.0mm, Batote 10mm, Katra 3.4mm […]
Srinagar: The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir said that a person engaged temporarily but continuously working for more than seven years cannot be deprived from the benefit of regularization under relevant SRO. These observations made by Justice Sanjeev Kumar while hearing a petition of an employee of University seeking his regularization retrospectively. The petitioner-Ghar […]
JAMMU: A narcotics smuggler arrested on March 18 under the NDPS Act escaped from the police custody from High Court Complex, Janipur here today. Balraj Singh of Sehora Tehsil, Amritsar, Punjab was arrested on March 18 with 9 grams of heroin-like-substance by a team of Police Post Narwal along with another person identified as Pawan […]
Srinagar: Amid outrage about the felling down of iconic trees at Srinagar’s Amar Singh College, the authorities came with a clarification on Friday. The trees, which dotted the College campus and formed a green tunnel as one entered the gate and approached the heritage building blending Anglo-Indian architecture, has triggered disbelief among the students, college […]
DEO Srinagar Holds Meeting With Representatives Of Various Parties SRINAGAR: The District Election Officer (DEO) Srinagar, Dr. Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat today convened a meeting with the representatives of different Political Parties at Meeting Hall of the DC Office Complex, here. The DEO discussed various guidelines set by the Election Commission of India for smooth and […]