Two absconders arrested
Jammu, Oct 11: Two alleged absconders were arrested in separate incidents in Rajouri and Samba districts, police said Thursday. A team of police officers raided a place in Thanamandi area of Rajouri district on Wednesday night and arrested Munshi Khan, they said. Khan was earlier booked under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, the […]
BJP expels three party workers from Samba
Jammu, Oct 11: The BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit on Thursday expelled three more workers for “anti-party” activities, officials said. They were expelled from the primary membership of the party for filing their nomination for the Urban Local Body (ULB) polls as independent candidates against BJP’s official nominees and campaigning in favour of an independent […]
Man held with heroin in Jammu
Jammu, Oct 11: A man was arrested and heroin seized from his possession here on Thursday, police said. A police party intercepted Jaspreet Singh and during his search seized 8 grams of heroin from his possession in the Kotli Shah area in R S Pura, they said. A case has been registered against Singh, police […]
Hardcore criminal’ slapped with PSA in Samba
Jammu, Oct 11: A “hardcore criminal” was on Thursday arrested and slapped with the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) in Samba district, police said. Vipan Kumar Gupta alias Jony was nabbed by a special police team during a raid, a police officer said. He was involved in a number of criminal activities and drug peddling. […]
Valley records 3.4% though 35.6% vote in Bandipora; Reasi tops with 84.4%
ULB polls: 31.3% polling recorded in Phase-II: CEO
Srinagar: Nearly 80 per cent of over 1.26 lakh voters exercised their franchise in Jammu while there was a low voter turnout yet again in Kashmir with 3.4 per cent of 2.20 lakh electorate casting their votes Wednesday in the second phase of municipal polls in the state, officials said. The second phase witnessed overall […]
JRL strike hits life partially
Srinagar: Normal life was affected in poll-bound areas in Kashmir Valley Wednesday due to a strike called by separatists against the urban local bodies elections in the state. Voting for the second of the four-phased elections was underway in the Valley. It began at 6 am and ended at 4 pm. Shops, fuel stations and […]
HC seeks info from Union W&CD ministry
Provision of funds to Anganwadi
Petition alleges that alteration of established procedures to accommodate favorites by ICDS officials Srinagar October 10: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court today sought information from the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development about the overall provision of funds to Anganwadi centers in the state. On a petition about the alleged application of fraudulent […]
Three Kashmiri students, “linked” to militancy, arrested in Punjab
J&K DGP confirms, says arrested boys were affiliated with Zakir Mosa group
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP), Dilbagh Singh today confirmed that three Kashmiri students were arrested from Jalandhar and some arms and ammunition were recovered from their possession. Speaking to media, Singh said that the arrested students are part of a module of Zakir Musa’s group. “One more name has surfaced during […]
Governor Malik meets HM Rajnath
New Delhi, Oct 10: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satyapal Malik Wednesday met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and discussed the situation in the state, where the elections to the urban local bodies are underway, officials said. During the half-an-hour meeting, the governor apprised Singh about the law and order in the state, particularly in militancy-wracked […]
I don’t know what Governor has said: Mattu
“Leaders are elected under a proper mechanism and speculating anything beforehand is illogical”
Srinagar, October 10: Clearing air on the Governor’s “foreign mayor” assertions, former NC State Spokesman, Junaid Azim Mattu today said he is not a foreigner nor do have any information about the issue. “Well I am not any foreigner and honestly speaking I don’t know what Governor has said in his interview. Since I was […]
