Srinagar: Amid forecast for widespread light to moderate rain and thunders in plains and light snowfall over upper reaches during the next 24 hours, the minimum temperatures recorded an increase in Kashmir Valley and a drop at most places in Jammu division on Friday. A meteorological department official said that scattered to fairly widespread light […]
Srinagar: Muslims in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district Friday helped perform the last rites of a Hindu CISF jawan who died of cardiac arrest, officials said. Balbir Singh, 55, a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawan died Thursday evening of cardiac arrest at his home in Karkan area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam, the officials said. […]
Srinagar: A court here has posted on May 4 a Criminal Revision Petition regarding the murder of Kashmiri Pandit Satish Tickoo in February 1990 here. It was after several hearings that advocate Utsav Bains, the counsel for the family, appeared before the court. He had been continuously seeking adjournments, mostly through applications filed via email […]
Jammu: Two interstate drug smugglers were arrested and recovered over Rs 16 lakh cash and heroin from them in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, police said on Friday said. The accused, Harpreet Singh alias Raju alias Happy and Ranjeet Singh alias Kalu of Amritsar, have been booked under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, […]
Srinagar: To create enabling environment for transforming J&K agriculture and allied sectors in order to increase farmer income, ensure food security and accelerate UT’s economic growth, Rs 3156 crore have been allocated for these vital sectors in the budget for 2023-24. A Holistic Agriculture Development Plan has been rolled out with 29 proposed projects worth […]
Srinagar: The government on Friday ordered transfer of four JKAS officers in the interest of administration with immediate effect. According to a government order, Anshumali Sharma, JKAS, General Manager, J&K Medical Supplies Corporation, Jammu, has been transferred and posted as Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Reasi, against an available vacancy. Irfan Bahadur, JKAS, Secretary, Lake Conservation and […]
Srinagar: Principal Secretary, Jal Shakti, Shaleen Kabra, inaugurated the newly-constructed Two Million Gallon (MG) Water Service Reservoir at Nishat here on Friday. The reservoir has been constructed with a cost of Rs 611 Lakh which will feed areas like Nishat, Dal, Rainawari, Jogi Lanker and most parts of downtown which are currently fed by old […]
Srinagar: The head of Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar, Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq was not allowed to perform his important religious duty of Jummah prayer and other official responsibilities at the historic central grand mosque even on the second Friday of the blessed month of Ramadan. In a statement, the Anjuman Auqaf strongly […]
Jammu: As a token of appreciation for their services to the Department, the Director General of Police J&K, Dilbag Singh has sanctioned retirement gifts of over Rs. 3.13 crore in favour of 314 police personnel of J&K Police who are retiring from services today after attaining superannuation or voluntary retirement. “Sanction has been issued vide […]
Illegal extraction, transportation of minerals Srinagar: Acting tough against the elements involved in illegal extraction and transportation of minerals, police have arrested 13 persons and seized 13 vehicles involved in the commission of crime. In Awantipora, acting on specific information regarding illegal extraction and transportation of minerals at Raswat and Mandakpal, a police party of […]