Fresh avalanche warning issued in J&K

Jammu: Authorities today issued a fresh low danger avalanche warning for high altitude areas, advising people to take precautionary measures. The State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) had yesterday also issued a low danger avalanche warning on the basis of information received from Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE). “A fresh low danger avalanche warning has […]

J-K govt under PMAY to prepare fresh list of homeless people

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government would prepare a fresh list of homeless people in the state, Rural Development Minister Abdul Haq Khan said today. The list is being prepared under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana’s Housing for All Scheme to provide houses to all by 2022. A fresh list of people who do not […]

Woman dies after toilet collapse in Jammu

Jammu: A woman died after a toilet collapsed in Rehari area of Jammu, reports said. According to the reports, the incident happened at the Bharat Nagar area of Rehari Jammu.  Eyewitness said that the house where the incident happened is made of spurious construction material and poses threat to the entire locality.  The teams of […]

Home dept ignored warnings over shifting Pak militants outside Kashmir

  Srinagar:  Investigations into the escape of Lashker-e-Taiba militant Mohammed Naveed Jhatt from a busy hospital has brought to the fore lapses at different stages, especially the failure of the prosecution wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Police as well as the state home department over hurriedly issuing orders for transfer of the accused to a […]

JK Home dept ignored warnings over shifting Pak terrorists outside Kashmir: Probe

Srinagar: Investigations into the escape of dreaded Lashker-e-Taiba terrorist Mohammed Naveed Jhatt from a busy hospital has brought to the fore lapses at different stages, especially the failure of the prosecution wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Police as well as the state home department over hurriedly issuing orders for transfer of the accused to […]

Commercial plane crashes in southern Iran, killing 66 people

Tehran:  An Iranian commercial plane crashed today in a foggy, mountainous region of southern Iran, killing all 66 people on board, state media reported. An Aseman Airlines ATR-72, a twin-engine turboprop used for short-distance regional flying, went down near its destination of the southern Iranian city of Yasuj, some 780 kilometers south of the Iranian […]

Jammu and Kashmir Police refutes reports of Internet shutdown in south Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday termed reports regarding shutting down of the Internet services in south Kashmir as “baseless”. According to a statement, police spokesperson termed the reports as “misleading” and also said action will be initiated against those spreading false information. “…Some unscrupulous elements are updating wrong information that internet services will be […]

Two Drug peddlers held in Sopore

  Sopore: Sopore Police while continuing its drive “War against Drugs”,  arrested two (02) drug peddlers and recovered 1100 gms (approx) of Charas from their possession.    Acting on a specific information, a police party of Police Post Fruit Mandi Sopore headed by In-Charge Police Post Fruit Mandi SI Dr.Yasar Mehmood  laid a naka at Fruitmandi […]

Editorial: Wither education

Education is the key area to gauge the development and progress of a nation. But when it comes to a state like ours it seems that the government believes in selling dreams only rather than doing some ground work to improve the scene on the educational front. What has come as a rude shock is […]

India, Iran have common stance on terrorism, says Iranian President

New Delhi: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Saturday said India and Iran have a “common stance” in effectively dealing with terrorism and extremism, and called for concerted regional efforts to deal with the challenge. After holding wide-ranging talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rouhani, trying to reflect on growing congruence in bilateral ties, said the two […]