Day 06: 71st B.N. Mullik Memorial All India Police Football
Teams in race for Quarter-finals
Srinagar: The 6th day of the ongoing 71st B.N. Mullik Memorial All India Police Football Championship 2023 were played in great enthusiasm and high sprit. 11 matches including 08 pre-quarter-final matches among the men & 03 women league matches were played at three different venues which include Bakshi Stadium, Synthetic Turf Polo Ground and Kashmir […]
Police organises road race in Awantipora
Srinagar: Continuing its Public Outreach and youth engagement, Police in Awantipora under Civic Action Programme organized a Road Race event in Aripal Tral. The event was flagged off by SDPO Tral Shri Mubashir Rasool. The race started from Handoora and culminated at Aripal. In the event, scores of youth of Sub-Division Tral participated with great […]
Srinagar-Leh national highway reopened for traffic in record time
Zojilla Pass: The 434-km strategic Srinagar-Leh national highway was reopened for vehicular traffic on Thursday in a record time of 68 days after its closure in January this year following heavy snowfall, officials said. A trial movement was conducted successfully and the decision to reopen the road for civilian traffic will be taken after a […]
Oppn leaders’ delegation meets CEC, calls for early polls in J&K
New Delhi: A delegation of Opposition leaders from Jammu and Kashmir led by veteran politician and Lok Sabha member Farooq Abdullah met Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar on Thursday and pressed for holding early assembly polls in the Union Territory for reviving the democratic process there. After consulting almost all national and regional parties, […]
T5 tunnel opens for traffic; most-vulnerable stretch on Jmu-Sgr highway bypassed
Ramban/Jammu: The T5 tunnel that bypasses the landslide-prone Panthyal stretch on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway was opened for traffic on Thursday, officials said. Work on the twin-tube 880-metre tunnel, part of the highway realignment project, started in February 2020. Its completion has put an end to the threat of shooting stones which have consumed numerous […]
Man from Gujarat posing as PMO functionary arrested in Srinagar
Srinagar: A man, posing as a top official of the Prime Minister’s Office, has been arrested in Srinagar, police informed Thursday. Kiran Patel, belonging to Gujarat, was picked up by J&K Police from a 5-star hotel in Srinagar where he had been staying. “Police got suspicious and started gathering information about the accused who turned […]
Budget will pave way to double J&K’s GDP: Tarun Chugh
Srinagar: BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh on Thursday welcomed the budget presented by Union Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament and said the budget allocated for the Union Territory of J&K will pave a way to double the gross domestic product in coming years. He said that the J&K government would be spending Rs […]
Dairying has strengthened rural economy, enhanced economic condition small, marginal farmers: LG
Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha addressed the inauguration ceremony of Saran Dairy Producer Co. Ltd at Gopalganj, Bihar today, an official press release informed here. It said speaking on the occasion, the LG highlighted the role of the dairy sector in uplifting the rural economy, lives of small and marginal farmers and strengthening the spirit […]
Azad asks Centre to take advantage of no or less militancy in J&K to start development activities
Shopian: Militancy in Jammu and Kashmir has come down in the past some years and time has come for the Centre to help the Union Territory in development activities, Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) chief Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Thursday. “There is poverty, unemployment, but it is also a reality that there is a […]
Coordination among security agencies scuttled evil intentions of Pakistan: DGP
Jammu: Synergy between security and intelligence agencies has frustrated the evil intentions of Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir, Director General of Police Dilbag Singh said on Thursday as he reviewed the security situation along the borders in the twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri. Singh said the neighbouring country is using all methods to involve […]