NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it has attached a house located in Srinagar’s Bemina valued at Rs 1.5 crore as part of a money laundering investigation linked to alleged drugs trade being used to fund terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir. The action has been taken against the accused Abdul Momin Peer, […]
Srinagar: Another inmate among those injured in a gas cylinder explosion inside sub-jail Kupwara, earlier this month, has succumbed to injuries, taking the toll to two. An official told GNS that one Syed Tauseef Geelani, son of Syed Mohammad Geelani, a resident of Chetkheri Karnah, was hospitalised at SMHS Hospital Srinagar, where he succumbed today. […]
Kathua/Jammu: A few days after the encounter in the Hiranagar border area in which two terrorists were killed, nine Special Police Officers (SPOs) were regularized as constables in the police by the Director General of Police (DGP) R. R. Swain as a reward for their exceptional action. Swain announced that the village defence groups and […]
New Delhi: In an unusually hard-hitting response to criticism against it in a US government report on religious freedom, India on Friday described the findings as “deeply biased”, visibly driven by “votebank” considerations and a mix of imputations and selective usage of facts. Dismissing the report, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said it selectively […]
NEW DELHI: Deputy National Security Adviser (NSA) Vikram Misri was on Friday named as the next Foreign Secretary, according to an official order. Misri, a 1989 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, has been appointed to the post with effect from July 15, it said. He will succeed Vinay Mohan Kwatra, who was in March […]
Chetan Singh Jauramajra, officials explore collaboration opportunities to enhance crop productivity and income for farmers in Punjab PAMPORE: Chetan Singh Jauramajra, the Horticulture Minister for the Government of Punjab, along with other state officials, visited ICAR-CITH Rangreth, Srinagar, on Friday. The minister was accompanied by the Special Secretary of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare for the […]
SRINAGAR: Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr. Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq has called on all sections of society, particularly affluent individuals and business associations, to come forward and provide financial and material assistance for the reconstruction of the historical Bazar Masjid and the surrounding residential and commercial structures in Bohri Kadal, Shahr-e-Khaas, Srinagar. These structures were recently devastated by […]
SRINAGAR: In order to provide essential healthcare services to Safai Karamcharis, a free medical camp; a healthcare services outreach program was inaugurated at the Central Office of SMC Karan Nagar by Anjna Panwar, Vice Chairperson (V.C) National Commission for Safai Karamcharis, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India. The initiative was graced with […]
HAJIN: Dr G.M. Puju, the Chief Education Officer (CEO) of Bandipora, conducted an inspection tour of various schools in the Hajin Zone on Friday. During his visit, Dr Puju assessed several institutions, including PM Shri Government Middle School Gulshanabad, Government Girls High School Hajin, GPS Paribal, High School Mukhdamyari, PS Rakh Mohalla, GMS Rakh Mohalla, […]
HAJIN: The 3rd Battalion of CRPF in Bandipora organized a free medical camp on Friday at Chewa Bandipora under their civic action program. The medical camp was inaugurated by senior citizen Mohammad Ramzan and DDC Hajin-A Naza Begum, in the presence of Mahendra Kumar, Commandant of the 3rd Battalion CRPF, along with other officers from […]