Deepak Kumar assigned charge of Director Prosecution Kashmir
Srinagar: Government on Tuesday assigned additional charge of the post of Director Prosecution Kashmir to Deepak Kumar (IPS). Kumar is presently Director General of Prosecution J&K and also holds additional charge of the post of Managing Director Jammu and Kashmir Police Housing Colony. According to a government order, Kumar has been asked to hold additional […]
PM Modi to celebrate Panchayati Raj Diwas with Jammu people on April 24: LG Sinha
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Tuesday said that Prime Minister Narendera Modi is arriving in Jammu region on the occasion of Panchayati Raj Diwas being celebrated on April 24. He also said that PM Modi will inaugurate a series of hydel power projects etc. “All the arrangements are in place to celebrate […]
Arms and ammunition recovered in Karnah: police
Srinagar: Police and army recovered 10 pistols along with magazines and bullets as well as five grenades in Karnah area of Kupwara district of north Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. “Acting on a specific information that a huge cache of arms and ammunition has been smuggled in from across LoC, a police team led by […]
Militants attack in Shopian, no injury: Police
Srinagar: Militants fired upon minority guard at Herpora Batagund area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday. A top police officer told GNS that militants fired upon minority guard from a distance, which was retaliated by gaurds. In this incident no loss of life or injury was reported. Meanwhile whole area has been cordoned off […]
CRPF trooper dead, 12 injured in road accident in Hyderpora
Srinagar: A paramilitary CRPF personnel was killed and 12 others along with a civilian were injured in an accident near Hyderpora here last night, officials said on Tuesday. They said that there was a collision between L.P truck (No.JK05K-7200) and CRPF vehicle truck (HR55AC 5705) of 181 battalion CRPF near IQ Mall Hyderpora. Twelve CRPF […]
J&K braces up for light to moderate rains
Srinagar: With Jammu and Kashmir set to get another spell of rain, night temperature recorded an increase on Tuesday, officials said. “Weather is likely to remain ‘partly cloudy’ at most places of central and south and cloudy at North and North West Kashmir with possibility of light rain at scattered places of central and North […]
Cop killed, another injured in Pulwama attack
Srinagar: A head constable of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) was killed on Monday and an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) injured as militants opened fire at them in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, officials said. The militants shot Head Constable Surinder Singh and ASI Devraj near a tea stall in Kakapora in Pulwama, they said. The […]
Hoax bomb call halts flight at Srinagar Airport
Srinagar: A hoax bomb call led to the halting of a flight at Srinagar International airport this evening, officials said. A Top police officer told GNS that at evening hours, a telephone call was received regarding bomb in a Go First flight. Without taking any chances, the flight was halted, he said. “Searches were carried […]
Mehbooba Mufti meets Sonia Gandhi in Delhi
New Delhi: PDP president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti met Congress chief Sonia Gandhi at the latter’s residence here on Monday. Mufti spent some time with Gandhi and is learnt to have discussed the current political situation in the country with the Congress president. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader has said it is […]
Suraj Singh appointed govt advocate in High Courts’ Jammu wing
Jammu: In a move towards ensuring equal opportunities of growth and development to specially-abled who are integral to societal progress and prosperity, the government has appointed Suraj Singh, a visually impaired advocate, as Government Advocate for defending government cases before the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir at Jammu. An official handout issued here said […]
