Anantnag: Police arrested 6 militants and their associates along with pistols and grenades in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Friday evening. Police sources said that initially two youths were apprehended in Doniwara area of Bijbehara. After being questioned the arrested youths revealed the names of their associates and accordingly during raids four more persons were […]
PAMPORE: The J&K High Court on Saturday dismissed the bail plea of a judicial officer accused of committing rape against a domestic help. Justice Sanjay Dhar said, “In regard to the nature of the statements of prosecution witnesses, particularly the statement of the prosecutrix, this Court is unable to record an opinion, even a prima […]
Jammu: In a minor reshuffle, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Saturday ordered transfers and postings of half a dozen officers with immediate effect. Naseem Javid Choudhary, a Kashmir Administrative Service (KAS) officer, has been appointed as the new Director Tourism, Jammu, replacing Raj Kumar Katoch, according to an official release. Katoch has been transferred […]
NH 24 (Delhi-Meerut expressway) closed for traffic Ghaziabad: Support for the farmers’ protest swelled on Saturday as more villagers poured in at the protest site on the Delhi-Meerut highway in Ghazipur on the border with Uttar Pradesh. The Bharatiya Kisan Union-led protest against the Centre’s new farm laws here looked like it was going slim […]
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Friday arrested 44 people in connection with the violence at Singhu border, ANI reported. According to a report in The Indian Express, all those arrested were farmers protesting at the site. Tension arose on Friday after a group of around 200 people, claiming to be local residents, barged into […]
New Delhi: As more people head towards Singhu, Ghazipur, and Tikri borders to join the farmers protesting against the Centre’s three farm laws, the Union Home Ministry on Saturday issued an order temporarily suspending internet services at the three protest sites and their adjoining areas from 11 pm of January 29 to 11 pm of […]
New Delhi: The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), which guards the Line of Actual Control with China, has posted a new officer to head its frontier in Ladakh, official sources said on Saturday. Lhari Dorjee Lhatoo, a 1999-batch officer of the Manipur cadre, will be replacing ITBP Inspector General (IG) Deepam Seth, who was commanding the […]
Jammu: Officials said that the Pakistani army violated the ceasefire again by resorting to unprovoked firing along the border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Friday night. The firing from across the border started around 10.10 pm on Friday in the Bobiyaan border outpost area of Hiranagar sector, prompting an effective retaliation by the […]
SRINAGAR: The candidates who have been tentatively selected for the various para- medical courses AMT Shereen Bagh on Saturday held a protest demonstration against the AMT and Government medical College Srinagar for delaying the admission process demanding concerned authorities to take necessary steps for declaring the final selection list and starting of the admission process […]
PAMPORE: Assistant Regional Officer Pulwama on Saturday held an awareness programme at a gas plant of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited here in saffron town Pampore under 32th National Road Safety Month, which began on 18th of January and will continue till 17th of February. To build awareness about road safety and reduce road accidents, a […]