BSF opens fire on suspected Pak drone near LoC in Poonch
Jammu: The Border Security Force personnel fired several rounds to shoot down a suspected Pakistani drone near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch, officials said on Wednesday. The drone activity from across the border was picked up by the alert border guards in Khanetar garrison at around 11.30 pm on Tuesday, […]
GPS tracking device put on LeT terror associate in Barmmulla: Police
Srinagar: Police on Wednesday said that it have installed GPS tracking device on a Lashkar-e-Toiba militant associate in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Police said that in compliance to an order received from Court, police in Baramulla today affixed a GPS tracking device on a under trial terror associate who was enlarged on bail in a […]
Husband ‘kills’ wife in Tangdgar, arrested
Kupwara: In a shocking incident, a husband allegedly killed his wife by strangulating her at Tangdhar in north Kashmir’s frontier Kupwara district. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a lady, in her 30’s (name withheld) was allegedly killed by her husband after strangulated her at their house during the intervening night […]
As heatwave persists in Jammu, summer vacation announced for schools in region
Jammu: As the weatherman predicted the continuation of a heatwave in the Jammu region for the next seven days, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday announced a 46-day summer vacation from June 1 for the government and recognised private schools in the Jammu division’s summer zone. Jammu on Monday recorded a high of 43 […]
Doctors warn of heatstroke risks as temperatures soar, advise precautions
Srinagar: With heat wave conditions persisting unabated, health officials are insisting that people should be careful and prevent the incidence of heatstroke. The heatstroke occurs when the body’s temperature regulation system is overwhelmed by high heat and humidity, leading to a rapid rise in body temperature. Symptoms of heatstroke include dizziness, confusion, rapid heartbeat, headache, […]
Two hybrid terrorists held for attack on tourists in Pahalgam: Police
“Properties of two “terror handlers” attached in Baramulla” Srinagar: Security forces in Anantnag district have arrested two “hybrid terrorists” for the attack in Pahalgam earlier this month in which a tourist couple was injured while properties of two “terror handlers” were attached in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday, officials said on Tuesday. Those arrested […]
Contractors having ‘separatist relatives’ can’t be barred from govt tenders: J&K High Court
Srinagar: The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has ruled in favour of contractors previously delisted for being relatives of militants and separatists, allowing them to participate in the tendering process, ‘The Hindu’ reported on Tuesday. The court quashed an order from the Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, issued on March […]
HM’s assertion “no govt jobs for relatives of terrorists, stone-pelters” can be revoked under general amnesty in future: J&K BJP
Srinagar: With Union Home Minister Amit Shah declaring that no family member of “terrorists and stone pelters will be eligible for government jobs” here, the J&K unit of the BJP Tuesday said the order could be ‘revoked’ under general amnesty in future. Endorsing the Home Minister’s remarks, the BJP state general secretary (Org), Ashok Kaul […]
Nawaz Sharif says Pak ‘violated’ agreement with India signed by him and Vajpayee in 1999
Lahore: Former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday admitted that Islamabad had “violated” an agreement with India signed by him and ex-prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1999, in an apparent reference to the Kargil misadventure by Gen Pervez Musharraf. “On May 28, 1998, Pakistan carried out five nuclear tests. After that Vajpayee Saheb came […]
2019 temple priest murder case solved, main accused nabbed from Haryana: Police
Jammu: Police on Tuesday claimed to have solved a five-year-old murder case of a temple priest with the arrest of the main accused from Haryana. Baba Pragat Nath (65), a resident of Uttar Pradesh, was found dead with injuries to his head inside the temple in Toph Sherkhania on the intervening night of November 15 […]
