Police recover 650 kg poppy straw from oil tanker in Ramban

Police recover 650 kg poppy straw from oil tanker in Ramban

Agencies Jammu : As many as 650 kg of poppy was seized in Ramban district on Tuesday night, officials said. A police party, conducting surprise checks on Jammu-Srinagar Highway at Digdol, signalled an oil tanker to stop, they said. Seeing the police personnel, the driver stopped the oil tanker at a distance from the check […]

2 militants killed in a gunfight in Kulgam village: Police

2 militants killed in a gunfight in Kulgam village: Police

Srinagar : Two militants were on Wednesday killed in a gunfight with government forces in Gopalpora village of Damhal Hanjipora area in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, said Police. Police in a statement issued after the gunfight was over said “on a credible input, a cordon & search operation was launched by police and security forces […]

Asnoor without electricity in holy month of Ramadan

Asnoor without electricity in holy month of Ramadan

Javaid Malik Kulgam: The areas around Asnoor village of Kulgam district are without electric supply in this holy month of Ramadan. The villagers said that in the past few weeks the transformer was damaged twice and was replaced twice. Giving details the village elders said that on the instructions of ground staff of the PDD […]

Zakura land

Zakura land

State administration has transferred 60 kanals of land at Zakura on outskirts of Srinagar to CRPF against consideration of money. The land originally belonged to Horticulture Produce Corporation and it was occupied by forces in 1990. Although the land was in possession of CRPF, but the Horticulture Corporation has been requesting the government that it […]

Man carrying pistol arrested in Jammu

Man carrying pistol arrested in Jammu

Jammu : A man was arrested for allegedly carrying a country-made pistol and live bullets here, officials said today. The man tried to run away when a police team on checking duty spotted him at Shamshan Ghat Chowk in Shastri Nagar, they said. He was nabbed by police and one country-made pistol and two live […]

Pakistan Appoints Moin-Ul-Haque As High Commissioner To India

Pakistan Appoints Moin-Ul-Haque As High Commissioner To India

Agencies ISLAMABAD — Career diplomat Moin-ul-Haq has been appointed as Pakistan’s new High Commissioner to India to start a new process of engagement with the country where a new government will be formed soon, amid strained relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday approved appointments of over two dozen ambassadors in […]

Gunfight Rages in forests of Keller Shopian

Gunfight Rages in forests of Keller Shopian

Shopian  : A gunfight has started between government forces and militants in forests of keller area of Shopian. An official told KNO that on specific inputs about the presence of militants in forests of Yawran area of keller in South Kashmir’s Shopian joint team of forces including 23 paras launched search operation in the area. […]

Two drug peddlers arrested in Sopore: Police

Two drug peddlers arrested in Sopore: Police

Srinagar : Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested two drug peddlers in Sopore town of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. A police spokesman in a statement said that a police team intercepted two suspects namely Hilal Ahmad Magray son of Ghulam Mohidin Magray of Upper Ashpeer Sopore and Faisal Ahmed Dar son of Ghulam Nabi […]

Budgam Chopper crash: IAF commander removed

Budgam Chopper crash: IAF commander removed

Agencies Srinagar : Indian Air Force (IAF) has removed the Air Officer Commanding (AOC) Srinagar Air Base, the senior-most officer of the base, in wake of the investigations going on into the crash of Mi-17 helicopter in Budgam district in central Kashmir on February 27 this year. “IAF is considering whether or not it should […]