Jammu: Four persons were today taken into preventive custody for their alleged involvement in unlawful activities, including drug peddling in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, police said. The accused, identified as Rajan Gupta alias Laddi , Arjun Chandan, Wasim Shah, and Mohammad Wasim alias Jugnu , have been detained and taken into preventive custody for […]
Srinagar: Strands of hair found in a temple where 8-year-old Asif Banu was held captive before being strangulated after rape have matched with that of victim on DNA analysis. Official sources told Srinagar-based news agency that the crime branch, probing the rape-and-murder, had found hair strands from Devistan temple in Hiranagar after one of the […]
Srinagar: Amid prevailing situation in Kashmir, the state cabinet is likely to meet on April 12, Thursday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. According to GAD notification No. GDC-05/ Cab/2018, dated 04-04-2018, the fifth cabinet would be held at civil secretariat Jammu on 12th April, 2018 (Thursday) at 12.00 noon. However, it did […]
New Delhi: Pakistan has violated ceasefire along the LoC and the International Border (IB) 633 times in just two months of this year, the Rajya Sabha was informed today. Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said Pakistan has violated ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir 432 times […]
Jammu: Judicial work came to a standstill here as lawyers began a four-day strike to press for their demands of deportation of illegally settled immigrants from Jammu and handing over the Kathua rape-and-murder case to CBI. The strike call was given by the Jammu High Court Bar Association, whose members also staged a noisy demonstration […]
Srinagar: Dismissing the reports of shutdown call announced by the Kashmir Traders and Manufacturers Federation as mere rumours, the federation said that it has not called for any strike on Friday. KTMF in a statement said that the federation has not called for any strike on Friday against the recent Shopian killings. “KTMF has not […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today welcomed the Supreme Court’s observation that Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, which gives a special status to the state, is not a temporary provision. “The Hon’ble Supreme Court’s observation regarding its (Article 370) permanent status is a welcome assurance to our people,” Mufti said in […]
Srinagar: Police on Wednesday barred the Hurriyat (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani from moving towards Shopian. Pertinently, Geelani was to march towards Shopian to express solidarity with the people and offer condolences to the bereaved families who lost their loved ones, a spokesman of the party had said. As soon as Geelani tried to step […]
Jammu: A 33-year-old youth was today electrocuted while three women were seriously injured after they came in contact with a live wire in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, officials said. The incident occurred in Barri village, triggering protest by the locals against the Power Development Department (PDD), they said. The officials identified the deceased as […]
Srinagar: Government on Tuesday appointed Veena Pandita as Chairperson Board of School Education (BOSE). According to the order issued by secretary school education department, Farooq Ahmad Shah, “In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 12 of the Jammu & Kashmir Board of School Education Act 1975 (Act No. XXVIII of 1975) […]