Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday said they arrested four persons and recovered drugs and arms from their possession. They were travelling in two vehicles from a border belt. A police spokesman in a statement said: “continuing its efforts to weed out drug menace from the society, a special team of Police Station Karnah assisted […]
Jammu: After remaining suspended for a day, 2,966 pilgrims left Jammu on Monday for the Kashmir Valley, officials said. “The ninth batch of 2,966 yatris left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas at 3.20 a.m. today (Monday) in an escorted convoy of 123 vehicles,” a police officer said. No yatri was allowed to move towards the Kashmir […]
Srinagar : Suspected militants on Monday hurled a grenade at the CRPF camp in Tral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. An official said that the suspected militants lobbed a grenade at the 180 BN CRPF camp in Tral town of Pulwama. However, there were no immediate reports of any loss or damage. Meanwhile, police and […]
Srinagar : On second death anniversary of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, militant group Hizbul Mujahideen on Sunday released pictures of new recruits that include the brother of an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, reported The Tribune. Shamsul Haq Mengnoo, 25, a resident of south Kashmir’s Shopian, was pursuing his BUMS from a government college at Zakura […]
Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Sunday slammed the BJP government saying that people have termed it as the “lynch-pujari”. Sibal’s remarks come a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Congress party was being called “bail gadi” because many of its senior leaders were out on bail. “Eight accused convicted for lynching are […]
Two pilgrims died due to natural causes, taking the death toll in this year’s pilgrimage to the Amarnath shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas to 14, police said today. A woman pilgrim, Lakshmi Bhai (54), a resident of Hyderabad, died due to cardiac arrest at Baltal base camp of the Amarnath yatra in Ganderbal district of […]
Srinagar: Clashes break out in Nowdal village of Tral town in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district between locals and government forces on Sunday. Reports said that as youths tried to march towards the native village of slain Hizb commander Burhan Wani to pay tribute to him on his second death anniversary. However, the forces fired tear gas […]
Thirty-four militants were killed and 18 others injured in Afghanistan’s Balkh province during security operations, a police official said on Sunday. “The militants were killed during the cleanup operations in Chamtal district on Saturday,” the official told Xinhua news agency. Two security personnel were also injured. (Agencies)
SRINAGAR: In yet another step towards ushering in transparency, the Motor Vehicles Department shifted from the existing manual system of allotment of registration number to the software-based allotment of registration numbers through a process of randomization. “The registration numbers for vehicles purchased after 5th July 2018 shall be allotted through a software-based randomization process. The […]
SRINAGAR: Commissioner Secretary Forest, Environment & Ecology, Saurabh Bhagat, Friday chaired a meeting with a team from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to review the implementation of ‘Secure Himalaya’ in the State. Chief Wildlife Warden Ravi Kumar Kesar was also present in the meeting. The meeting aimed to look into the details of various […]