Roadmap chalked out to deal with anti-national elements in Poonch: Police
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday said a roadmap was chalked out to deal with anti-national elements involved in smuggling of weapons and narcotics from across the border in Poonch district. The roadmap was finalized at a meeting of the Subsidiary Multi Agency Centre chaired by Poonch Senior Superintendent of Police Rohit Baskotra […]
Be fully prepared to meet all contingencies along LoC: Northern Army Commander to troops
Jammu: Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi on Wednesday visited forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch, and exhorted the troops to be fully prepared to meet all contingencies, officials said. The visit assumes significance in view of the G20 meeting scheduled in Srinagar from […]
India logs 1,021 Covid cases in a day
New Delhi: India saw a single-day rise of 1,021 Covid infections while active cases have decreased to 11,393 from 13,037 a day earlier, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll has increased to 5,31,794 with four more fatalities, including two reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated. […]
‘Long arm of the law’ caught two absconders involved in Mirwaiz’s killing 33 years back
Arrested Zahoor Bhat was the one who pulled the trigger: Swain
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police Tuesday said it has arrested two people who were involved in the killing of Mirwaiz Mohammad Farooq — 33 years after the then chief priest of the Valley fell to the bullets of Hizbul Mujahideen assassins. Special DG CID Jammu and Kashmir R R Swain said the State Investigation […]
India slams UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues for his criticism of holding G20 meet in J&K
New Delhi: India on Tuesday strongly rejected as “baseless and unwarranted” UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Fernand de Varennes’ statement objecting to holding a G20 meeting in Jammu and Kashmir alleging human rights violations there, and attacked him for acting “irresponsibly to politicize this issue”. Permanent Mission of India in Geneva also asserted that […]
29 projects being implemented under HADP to ensure rural prosperity: LG
Addresses Kisan Sampark Abhiyan at Budgam; says HADP will strengthen agri & allied sectors to achieve the goal of inclusive growth
Budgam: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Tuesday said the orientation and training programme will enable seamless implementation of 29 projects of Holistic Agriculture Development Program (HADP) will further strengthen agriculture & allied sectors to achieve the goal of inclusive growth. Addressing Kisan Sampark Abhiyan at Panchayat Hardapanzoo in Budgam, the LG said, “We have accorded higher […]
Terror funding case: Delhi HC lists Zahoor Watali plea against charges framed on August 3
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday listed for August 3, 2023, Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali’s plea challenging charges framed by the trial court against him in a terror financing case being investigated by National Investigation Agency (NIA). The Division bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Talwant Singh on Tuesday while […]
SC transfers to HC plea against shifting of JK detenues out of UT jails
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday transferred to the Jammu and Kashmir High Court a plea alleging that over 20 people detained under the public safety law have been shifted out of the union territory prisons to jails in various states like Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud […]
Security along Jmu-Sgr national highway reviewed ahead of G20 meet
Jammu: The Army and other security agencies on Tuesday reviewed the security along the strategic 270-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway ahead of the G20 meeting in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The third G20 Tourism Working Group meeting is scheduled to take place in the summer capital Srinagar from May 22 to 24. The officials said […]
Tourism stakeholders hope G20 event in Kashmir will help lift travel advisories by US, Europe
Srinagar: Tourism stakeholders in the Valley are hopeful that the upcoming G20 working group meeting in Srinagar will pave the way for lifting of Jammu and Kashmir-specific travel advisories by the European Union countries and the US, which can give a massive boost to the tourism sector. A significant number of foreign tourists — even […]
