The Jammu and Kashmir administration has formed two district level committees to review the work on construction of Katra-Banihal section of the rail project, officials said Thursday. “Sanction is hereby accorded to the constitution of following committees to review the progress of work on construction of Katra-Banihal section of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla railway link,” an order […]
Srinagar : A suspected drug peddler was arrested on Thursday after recovery of 11 gm brown sugar from his possession in Gojwara area of the city, police spokesman said. The suspect, Altaf Ahmad Najar alias T K Khan, was held at a Gojwara Chowk checkpoint, he said. The spokesman said Rs 22,200 in cash besides […]
Srinagar : Two persons including the truck driver were arrested and around 200 bags of government supply rice meant for black marketing was seized in Kulgam district of south Kashmir. A police spokesman in a statement said that acting on specific information about the misappropriation of rice meant for distribution to the public, Kulgam police […]
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has ordered the removal of a munsiff, accused of causing loss to the state exchequer by charging insufficient stamp duty, from service on the recommendation of the state high court. “The governor, after having considered and accepted the recommendation of the Hon’ble High Court is pleased to […]
Srinagar : Urging Delhi to understand the significance of resolving Kashmir issue, AIP president Er Rasheed has said that it is strange and horrible to see US President Donald Trump and Indian Government contradicting each other. In a statement issued today, Er Rasheed said that not only India and Pakistan but entire world community must […]
Agencies New Delhi : Recruitment of local youth into militant groups in Jammu and Kashmir is down by 40 per cent, while infiltration from across the border has been reduced by 43 per cent, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said on Wednesday. Replying to a written question in the Rajya Sabha, […]
The government in Karnataka collapsed Tuesday night after the confidence motion moved by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy was defeated in the assembly, ending his 14-month-long turbulent tenure. CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury has alleged that “brazen horse-trading” and “misuse of power” by the BJP has led to the collapse of the Congress-JD(S) coalition government in […]
The government Wednesday said it wants normal neighbourly relations with Pakistan and was committed to addressing all outstanding issues bilaterally as it asserted that the onus is on Islamabad for creating a terror-free environment for a meaningful dialogue. In a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs V […]
Uri, Jul 24 (KNS): Body of a girl was retrieved from river Jhelum in Dachi village of Uri in north Kashmir’s Baranulla district on Wednesday. According to reports, locals and Police retrieved her body after hours long operation. The deceased was identified as Rubeena Bano, 18, daughter of Mohammad Anwar Shah, a resident of Dachi […]
Agencies Srinagar : Four Amarnath pilgrims have died over the past 24 hours en route the holy cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, taking the death in this year’s pilgrimage to 30, officials said on Wednesday. “While three pilgrims died on Tuesday, one more pilgrim died this morning due to various causes during their pilgrimage […]