BJP leaders face protesters’ wrath in Budgam
Srinagar: Senior leaders of Jammu and Kashmir BJP on Sunday faced protesters’ ire when they visited the migrant colony at Sheikhpura in Budgam district as a Kashmiri Pandit woman tore into the Union Territory government over the killing of Rahul Bhat earlier this week. The woman, who broke down while making the point on behalf […]
Detailed forensic probe on to identify cause of recent bus fire in Reasi: NIA
Jammu: National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday said a detailed forensic probe is continuing to identify the reason for the recent cause of a fire in a passenger bus near Katra town, the base camp for the pilgrims visiting Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir. Four persons were killed and […]
Missing worker found murdered in Reasi
Banihal/Jammu: A 40-year-old man, who was working with a private railway construction company and went missing three days ago, was found murdered in a forest area in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, officials said. Three suspected persons including a woman and her brother were detained for questioning in connection with the murder, […]
Heatwave grips Jammu as mercury settles near 44 deg C
Jammu: Heatwave gripped most parts of Jammu region with the mercury moving further up and settling at the season’s high of 43.9 degrees Celsius, officials said on Sunday. The day temperature in Jammu was seven notches above normal for this time of the season, they said. The city also marked a rise in the night […]
Youth cycles from Srinagar to Kargil in ’35 hours and 30 minutes’
Srinagar: A 27-year-old youth recently concluded a 404 km solo journey bicycling from Srinagar to Kargil and back in less than 35 hours and 30 minutes. Mir Iterat Haideri, a resident of Baghwan Pora, Lal Bazar, said that he did the solo ride without any practice, and claimed he is the first youth from Srinagar […]
Denial of justice would lead to anarchy: CJI Ramana
"Peace shall only prevail when people's dignity and rights are recognised and protected"
Srinagar: The Chief Justice of India N V Ramana today said that it was imperative for a healthy democracy that people feel their rights and dignity are recognised and protected, stressing that denial of justice would ultimately lead to anarchy. Addressing a function on the occasion of laying foundation stone of new Jammu and Kashmir […]
NIA conducts multiple raids in Kashmir, arrests two OGW of TRF
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday conducted searches at four locations in Kashmir Valley in connection with a terror conspiracy case and arrested two overground workers of The Resistance Force (TRF), a front of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), an official said. The searches were carried out at four locations — one each in north Kashmir’s […]
J&K logs eight new cases
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday recorded eight fresh Covid infections, taking the tally of cases to 4,54,139 while no death was reported during past 24 hours, officials said. All the fresh cases were reported from the Jammu division of the Union Territory, they said. Nineteen of the total 20 districts in the Union territory […]
Courts functioning in rented buildings to get new complexes by the end of this fiscal
Union Law Minister, LG review development of judicial infrastructure under CSS
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to ensure that all court complexes, which are having rented buildings, will be provided with new complexes by the end of this fiscal. The announcement was made during a meeting to review the development of judicial infrastructure in the UTs of Jammu Kashmir & Ladakh. Union Minister of […]
Jammu sizzles at 43.5, Srinagar too witnesses hottest day
Srinagar rcords 7.4 notches above normal
Srinagar: Jammu recorded its hottest day of the season so far with the mercury touching 43.5 degrees Celsius on Saturday. The mercury is also on the rise in Kashmir where Srinagar recorded a maximum of 31.3 degrees Celsius, which is 7.4 notches above normal, the official said, indicating a heatwave in different parts of the […]
