5 drug peddlers arrested in Baramulla
4 booked under PIT NDPS Act
Srinagar: Police have arrested five drug-peddlers in Baramulla and separately booked four drug-peddlers under PIT NDPS Act in the north Kashmir district, officials said Monday. At Saloosa Kreeri, drug-peddler identified — Adil Assadullah, son of Assadullah Mir of Kawchek Kreeri – was arrested after 50 grams of cannabis was recovered from his possession, police said. […]
Multi-storey building gutted in fire in Doda
Bhaderwah: A multi-storied building, housing six shops and 19 rooms, was gutted in fire in Doda district on Monday, officials said. The incident happened in the building located in the main market Bhalla, 15 km from Bhaderwah town, at around 1.40 pm, they said. The building was damaged in the fire but its occupants escaped […]
DHSK calls for increased Covid testing amid spike
Srinagar: The Directorate of Health Services Kashmir (DHSK) on Monday directed tmedical officers to increase the Covid testing rate amid an increase in the number of infections in Jammu and Kashmir. “In continuation to the letter no DHSK/IDSP/826-39 dated 29-03-2023 regarding Covid19 testing, it has been observed that there is no increase in the […]
Court orders probe into Srinagar resident’s complaint of being cheated of Rs 18 lakh by Gujarati conman
Srinagar, April 3: A city court has ordered preliminary enquiry into an application by a Srinagar resident alleging that he has been cheated of Rs 18 lakh by Gujarati conman Kiranbhai Patel, who posed as a PMO official and enjoyed state protocol in Kashmir prior to his arrest in March. The court of City Judge […]
Kupwara murder case: ‘Father first strangulated his daughter, then slit her throat with knife’
Knife seized, accused arrested: SSP Kupwara Yougal Manhas
Kupwara: Jammu and Kashmir police Monday cracked the murder case of a seven-year-old-girl from Khurhama, Lolab stating that the girl was first strangulated and then her throat was slit by none other than her own father. “After thorough investigation of the case by team of police, the father of girl Muhammad Iqbal Khatana came to […]
COVID-19: India records 3,641 fresh cases, 11 deaths
New Delhi: India recorded a single-day jump of 3,641 fresh COVID-19 cases as the active caseload rose to 20,219, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The toll has risen to 5,30,892 with 11 deaths — three from Maharashtra and one each in Delhi, Kerala, Karnataka and Rajasthan — recorded in a 24-hour […]
MeT forecasts ‘fairly widespread’ rains in J&K
Srinagar: Weather department here forecast fairly widespread light to moderate rain and thunderstorm over Jammu and Kashmir during next 24 hours. A meteorological department official here told GNS fairly widespread to scattered light rain and thunderstorm was expected during the subsequent two days in J&K. Regarding rainfall during the last 24 hours till 0830 hours […]
Arms, explosives recovered from package suspected to be dropped by drone in Samba
Jammu: Police on Monday recovered a cache of arms and explosive materials from a package suspected to have been airdropped by a drone from across the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said. The package — found early on Monday near the railway line in Rakh Barotiya — contained, among others, three […]
200 kanals Waqf land to be retrieved from trespassers in Eidgah soon: Waqf chief
Says weather permitting Eid prayers will be offered in Eidgah
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board chairperson, Dr Daraksha Andrabi Sunday said that 200 kanals of Waqf land “illegally occupied” in old city’s Eidgah grounds will be used for the public good, once it is retrieved from the trespassers. The Waqf chairperson also said that congregational Eid-ul-Fitr prayers will also be offered in the Eidgah […]
BSF officer dies of bullet injury from his own weapon in Kathua
Kathua: An Assistant Sub-Inspector of the Border Security Force (BSF) died of a bullet injury from his own service rifle at a forward post near the International Border in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, officials said. It was not immediately clear whether the 55-year-old ASI Sukhnandan Prasad, a resident of Madhya Pradash, […]
