Srinagar : Unknown gunmen on Saturday shot dead a woman Special Police Officer (SPO) in Shopian district of south Kashmir. Official sources said that a female SPO identified as Khushboo Jan, a resident of Vehil village of Shopian district was fired upon by unknown gunmen at her house in Vehil Village, leaving her critically injured. […]
Srinagar : The authorities placed under suspension a Tehsildar among several revenue officials in Shopian after 51 walnut trees were felled without authorization in Keegam village of the south Kashmir district. “It has come to the notice of undersigned that 51 (fifty-one walnut trees) have been unauthorizedly cut down in village Keegam some days back […]
(Agencies) Banihal/Jammu : Eleven people, including four women and five children, were killed and four others injured when an SUV skidded off a road and fell into a deep gorge in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said. The SUV, carrying 15 passengers from Chaderkote to Rajgarh, rolled down into the over […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has strongly condemned the terror attack at two mosques in New Zealand that left 11 people dead. In a message, Governor has expressed shock and anguish over the fatal shooting at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand in which innocent lives were lost, and many were injured. […]
Srinagar : Reiterating that AIP does not want to be seen as a facilitator to divide votes in the upcoming parliamentary elections, Er Rasheed has questioned those who used to claim to form a secular and non-BJP government for their self-centred politics vis-à-vis upcoming parliament elections. The spokesman said that it is strange that while […]
Srinagar : The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president and former chief minister on Thursday said that the people reposing faith in PDP is a certificate of public trust for the agenda and record of the uncompromising pro-people stance of the party. “It has been widely accepted that PDP’s agenda is the only practical roadmap that […]
Jammu : In a major breakthrough, Jammu Police on Thursday arrested two persons with a huge contraband of 4200-kg poppy straw here on city outskirts. “Acting on specific inputs, police teams intercepted a vehicle and seized 4200-kg of poppy straw this morning in Nagrota area here,” police sources here said. They added that two persons […]
Srinagar : State Human Rights Commission chairman Justice (Rtd) Bilal Nazki today issued a notice to Chief Secretary and the DGP of police to submit a detailed compliance report before the commission regarding exempting the school buses and ambulances during the convoy movement. The report has to be submitted within the four weeks from now. […]
Srinagar : A girl died on Thursday after she consumed a poisonous substance at home in Gund tehsil of Kangan in Ganderbal district. A police official said that a girl identified as Haseena Banoo 19, daughter of Mohammad Abdullah Bajad, a resident of Bujad village of Ganiwan in Gund tehsil died after she consumed a […]
Agencies The US has agreed to build six atomic power plants in India to strengthen bilateral security and civil nuclear cooperation and expressed its strong support to India’s early membership in the NSG. The two countries said this in a joint statement issued at the conclusion of the 9th round of India-US Strategic Security […]