Baramulla: Cinema halls made a return to north Kashmir after three decades as Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday inaugurated 100-seater multipurpose film theatres in Baramulla and Handwara towns of the union territory. Similar theatres were inaugurated by the LG in Shopian and Pulwama districts, while a private company set up the valley’s first multiplex […]
New Delhi: Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande visited the forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir to review the operational preparedness, officials said on Saturday. The Army also tweeted pictures from his visit and interaction with some of the troops deployed in the forward areas. “General Manoj Pande COAS visited forward areas […]
Rajouri/Jammu: A senior police officer on Saturday called for efforts to be stepped up to eliminate militant networks in twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch, a spokesperson said. Deputy Inspector General of Police (Rajouri-Poonch Range) Mohd Haseeb Mughal chaired a high-level meeting, convened to conduct a comprehensive review of the ongoing anti-terror operations and […]
Visits Nunwan Base Camp Pahalgam’ Reviews Security Arrangements Srinagar: Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Kashmir Zone Vijay Kumar on Saturday visited Nunwan Base Camp, Pahalgam where he reviewed the security arrangements for the ongoing Amarnath Yatra. Besides, he checked the functioning of JPCR & X-Ray Point and held security briefing, a police spokesperson said […]
Srinagar: With 21401 Shri Amarnathji pilgrims having ‘dar-shan’ on Sunday, the to-tal count of yatries sur-passed two lakh mark in the first half of July this year. In aggregate, 208415 devotees undertook Pil-grimage during ongoing Amarnath Yatra.15510 males, 5034 fe-males, 617 Children, 238 Sadhus and 02 Sadhvis performed darshan on Saturday.Among the pilgrims was a […]
Beijing: Top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi in his meeting with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Jakarta has said that both countries should find a mutually acceptable solution to the border problem without letting “specific issues” define the overall relationship. India has been locked in a military standoff with China at eastern Ladakh for more […]
Says Politicians Have Learned To Live Under Curbs Jammu: National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah on Saturday said the local political leaders have grown accustomed to curbs put on their movement post-August 2019 but such measures cannot weaken their connect with the masses. The erstwhile state of Jammu & Kashmir was bifurcated into two Union […]
Jammu: PDP workers were detained outside their party headquarters here on Saturday, shortly after they tried to take out a protest rally on various issues, including alleged attempts to settle outsiders in Jammu and Kashmir. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) activists, who were chanting slogans against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), also expressed their anger […]
keSrinagar: Weather office here has forecast mainly dry weather during most part of the day till July 20 but a “brief spell of rain/thundershower at scattered places of Jammu was likely towards early morning, late afternoon and evening and towards evening in Kashmir Valley” during the time. “Intermittent light to moderate rain/thundershower is expected at […]
New Delhi: Laws on preventive detention are necessarily harsh, curtail the personal liberty of an individual who is kept behind bars without trial and so the procedure prescribed should be strictly adhered to, the Supreme Court has said while ordering the release of a man whose detention was extended twice without the authorities considering his […]