Jammu: Pakistani troops opened fire on Indian posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, injuring an Army Captain, officials said. They resorted to firing along the LoC in Chakan Da Bagh area in Poonch last evening, a security force official said. The injured Army Captain has been hospitalised, […]
JAMMU: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday urged the top security officials operating in the state to observe maximum restraint and adopt a more humane approach, while dealing with any kind of a security situation in the state. Chairing the Unified Headquarters held in Jammu on Tuesday the Chief Minister, took a review of the […]
Jammu: The state of Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed increase in cases of kidnapping of women and girls as compared to 2016, the government said on Tuesday. It also admitted that cases of crime against women have also increased in the past year. As many as 877 cases of abduction of girls and women have […]
Shopian: A 50 year old civilian who had sustained injuries during the clashes in Batmaran village of South Kashmir’s Shopian district Tuesday succumbed to his injuries after battling for life for 28 days. Muhammad Ayoub Mir, son of late Ghulam Qadir Mir, resident of Molu-Chitragam received bullet injuries on 19 Dec, 2017 during the […]
Jammu: The government Tuesday said efforts are being made to vacate over 140 hectares of horticulture land which is under the occupation of the defence establishment in the state. “Efforts are being made to identify the alternate land for accommodating the security forces suitably in order to vacate the horticulture land from the occupation of […]
Jammu: The media persons covering the Assembly proceedings on Tuesday staged a walkout against the diktat of deputy speaker Nazir Ahmad Gurezi who directed them not to report what Er Rasheed said in his speech on Budget 2018-19. It enraged the media persons and they staged a walkout from the House. Earlier, during the question […]
Jammu: Independent MLA from Langate Er Rasheed on Tuesday said that he will boycott the rest of the budget session of the legislative assembly to protest his “thrashing” by marshals. Earlier, deputy speaker asked the Marshals to “take him out from the House” after several legislators entered into a confrontation with Rasheed over his remarks […]
Srinagar: Amnesty International India has launched a postcard campaign and online petition seeking a ban on the use of the pellet shotguns. The rights body said that pellet-firing pump-action shotguns have been responsible for killing, blinding and injuring thousands of people in Kashmir. The campaign aims to bring people from across Jammu and Kashmir to […]
Jammu: The opposition National Conference and Congress Tuesday boycotted the proceedings of the Legislative Council in protest against the marshalling out of NC legislator Sajjad Ahmed Kitchloo from the House. NC and Congress members, led by Kitchloo and Congress MLC Ghulam Nabi Monga, sat on the stairs at the entrance of the Legislative Complex on […]
Jammu: The state’s Rural Development minister Abdul Haq Khan Tuesday offered to resign after a Congress legislator leveled allegations of corruption against him in the implementation of a centrally-sponsored scheme. “I will leave the ministry if the allegations of corruption are proved right,” Khan said in the Legislative Assembly after Congress MLA from Banihal Vikar […]