Arms, ammunition & narcotics seized, 1 arrested in Kupwara: Police
Kupwara: Police on Sunday claimed to have seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition besides narcotics even as an individual was also arrested in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. “In a major success, Kupwara police has arrested a person from Karnah area of the district and recovered a huge quantity of arms, ammunition, and narcotics […]
Youth who snatched CRPF jawan’s rifle in Pulwama ‘brought back’: Police
Srinagar: Police with the assistance of the family “brought back” the youth hours after he allegedly snatched a rifle from a CRPF personnel in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, a senior police officer said on Sunday. Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said the snatched weapon was also recovered. “With the assistance of […]
637 police, security personnel get DGP’s commendation
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Police chief Dilbag Singh has awarded the DGP’s commendation medal and certificate to 637 police, army, and paramilitary personnel besides four civil officials for their meritorious and exemplary performance last year. Director General of Police (DGP) Singh congratulated the awardees and hoped that they will continue to work with the same […]
Civilian injured in grenade attack in Srinagar
Srinagar: A civilian was injured here on Sunday when a grenade was hurled towards a CRPF bunker and it exploded on the roadside, officials said. The incident occurred in the Hawal area, they said. At about 7:45 pm, “terrorists hurled a grenade towards a bunker of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF 28Bn) near Mirza Kamil […]
GCC asks LG to reconsider J&K Public Universities Bill
Srinagar: The ‘Group of Concerned Citizens’(GCC) Jammu & Kashmir, a non-political, civil society collective, has in a memorandum to Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha asked for review and recall of the proposed “J&K Public Universities Bill”. The GCC pleaded that the extant laws governing the university system in J&K provided enough space for revamping and reform, […]
India sees 265 new COVID cases, 3 deaths
New Delhi: India saw a single-day rise of 265 new coronavirus infections and a decline in active cases to 2,706, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The total tally of COVID cases was recorded at 4.46 crore (4,46,78,649). The death toll so far stands at 5,30,705 with three fatalities — two […]
Passport officer cannot act as mouthpiece of CID: HC
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has pulled up authorities for denying passport to PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti’s mother, saying the passport officer cannot “act as a mouthpiece” of the CID. Justice M A Chowdhary, while hearing the petition of Gulshan Nazir, wife of late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, and Mehbooba Mufti’s mother, […]
The biggest challenge for the year 2023 is unemployment, mental health
By: Shakir Nisar Year 2023 has arrived with hopes and aspirations of millions of people to see a better tomorrow, find peace, find jobs, good friends, partners etc. Youth are particularly hoping to find employment, good revenue generating avenues, better work conditions, better placements and productivity. However, unemployment remains the most talked about topic in […]
Rupee falls over 11% in 2022 — worst since 2013
New Delhi: The Indian rupee depreciated over 11 percent in 2022 against the dollar — its poorest performance since 2013 and the worst drubbing among Asian currencies — as the US Federal Reserve’s aggressive monetary policy propelled the greenback. The rupee closed 2022 at 82.61 to the US dollar, down from 74.29 at end of […]
Amritsar, Kashmir Bishop mourns passing away of Pope Benedict XVI
Amritsar: Dr. P K Samantha Roy, Bishop, Dioceses of Amritsar, general secretary, Church of North India (CNI), in a note to ‘Kashmir Images’ expressed his heartfelt sadness at the passing away of former Pope Benedict XVI who passed away on 31st December 2022, on the eve of New Year at the age of 95years. The […]
