Srinagar: Police in Budgam have arrested a notorious drug peddler and recovered contraband substance from his possession. Officers at a checkpoint established at Mirgund intercepted a person identified as Abdul Rashid Rather resident of Nusrullapora Budgam. During checking, officers were able to recover 90grams of charas, 43 tablets of banned drugs and 2 plastic syringes […]
Directs to expedite survey in far flung Blocks KISHTWAR: District Development Commissioner Kishtwar, Ashok Sharma, today chaired a meeting to review the progress of 7th Economic Census being conducted in the District. At the outset, District Statistical & Evaluation Officer (DSEO), Akhil Thakur informed that 76% of the total area under survey has been covered […]
Asks DCs to closely monitor execution of work for timeline completion JAMMU: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Sanjeev Verma today reviewed the progress of work on mega projects of Health and Medical Education Department under implementation in districts of the division, here at a meeting with concerned officers. The meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioner Jammu, Sushma […]
Police say slain were not listed militants but two among them were ‘OGWs’ while the third ‘might’ have joined recently Srinagar: Three militants were killed in an encounter in Lawaypora area in Srinagar outskirts on Wednesday, police said while launching a probe after families of the trio claimed the slain were innocent. The slain were […]
Srinagar: General officer Commanding (GoC) Kilo Force H S Sahi Wednesday said that three militants killed in an encounter on Srinagar outskirts were planning a big attack on the highway . Addressing a presser at army’s 2 Rashtriya Rifles headquarters at Zainakote in Srinagar’s HMT, the GoC said that five militants including a Pakistani national […]
Is this the Governor Raj? I swear on Almighty, I had tea with him yesterday: Ajaz’s grandfather Srinagar: The families of the three youths killed by government forces in a gunfight at Lawaypora area on Srinagar outskirts on Wednesday gathered outside the Police Control Room (PCR) Srinagar and denied that the youths were militants. They […]
Shopian: A policeman from Shopian who had buried many militants at the government-designated graveyard in Sonamarg this year was unaware that today he had to bury his own younger brother in the same graveyard. Zubair Ahmad Lone, a resident of Turkwagam village of Shopian, was killed along with two other youths in an encounter which […]
Srinagar: National Conference on Wednesday sought time bound inquiry into the circumstances leading to the killing of three persons on Srinagar outskirts and said justice must be immediately delivered by investigating the matter on impartial and fast track basis. The party’s Additional Spokesperson Sarah Shah said the versions of people and family pertaining to the […]
JAMMU: Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on Wednesday chaired the 34th PRAGATI interaction with Union Secretaries of various Ministries and Chief Secretaries of States/UTs through video-conference. Chief Secretary, J&K, B V R Subrahmanyam along with Administrative Secretaries of departments of Health & Medical Education, and Jal Shakti participated in the video conference. Prime Minister reviewed 11 […]
Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Wednesday held that the “detaining authority cannot pass a detention on two expressions” while quashing a Public Safety Act (PSA) detention order against a resident of Shopian district. The court noted that the expressions, ‘law and order, ‘public order’, and ‘security of the State’ are distinct concepts and not […]