Centre approves Rs 13,020 crore for border management plan up to 2025-26
New Delhi: The government has approved Rs 13,020 crore for the continuation of the central sector umbrella scheme of Border Infrastructure and Management (BIM) during the 15th Finance Commission cycle from 2021-22 to 2025-26. The decision will strengthen infrastructure for improving border management, policing and guarding, an official statement said. “The Ministry of Home Affairs […]
Court directs police to probe sexual exploitation allegations against BJP leader, other
Srinagar: A court in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district has directed police to investigate allegations of sexual exploitation and blackmailing levelled by some women against two people, including a BJP leader, officials said here Monday. The court of Judicial Magistrate First Class has directed police in Kokernag area of the district to register a case and […]
Unidentified body found along railway track in Budgam
Srinagar: An unidentified body was found lying along a railway track at Shiekhpora in central-Kashmir’s Budgam district on Monday, officials said. Quoting the officials, news agency GNS reported that the body was found near 69/0 to 70/2/3 km (Bdgm Sina section). A railway department official confirming the recovery of the body from the site told […]
NHPC’s Sewa-II hydro power plant resumes power generation
New Delhi: State-run power giant NHPC on Monday said its 120 MW Sewa-II power station in Mashka in Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has resumed power generation. “Sewa-ll Power Station (3 x 40 MW), Mashka (UT of J&K) which was under complete shutdown from September 25, 2020 due to damage of Head Race Tunnel […]
Police recovers two more stolen vehicles
Srinagar: Police in Budgam have seized two more vehicles stolen from different areas in Kashmir. Pertinently, past week police had arrested four members of a gang of car-lifters and recovered 11 stolen vehicles from their possession. During further investigation of the case, two more stolen vehicles with fabricated registration numbers were recovered from Watrihail area […]
BJP corporator detained for driving stolen vehicle in Udhampur
Jammu: A BJP corporator from Srinagar was detained on Monday for questioning after he was found driving a stolen vehicle in Udhampur district, officials said. Nazir Ahmad Gilkar was on his way to Srinagar along with two personal security officers in a sports utility vehicle (SUV) when he was stopped by the traffic police led […]
Mufti laments Bajrang Dal activist’s killing in Karnataka
Jammu: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday lamented the killing of a Bajrang Dal activist in Karnataka, saying it was “tragic”. Bajrang Dal activist Harsha, 23, was stabbed to death by unidentified people in Karnataka’s Shivamogga district on Sunday night. “It (the killing) should not have happened. It is very tragic,” she […]
‘Deaf and mute’ villagers enjoy first ever outing to snow carnival, courtesy Indian Army
Bhaderwah: In a first, the ‘deaf and mute’ residents of Dadhkai hamlet in Doda district ventured out of their mountainous village and took part in a snow carnival, thanks to the Indian Army. The move comes days after the Army’s Rashtriya Rifles adopted the village to ensure a holistic development of the tribal population. The […]
LG dedicates ‘Awaam Ki Awaaz’ episode to young achievers of J&K
Reiterates govt’s commitment to remove social imbalances
Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday dedicated this month’s episode of the ‘Awaam Ki Awaaz’ programme to the young achievers of Jammu & Kashmir. The radio programme was aired today on all local and primary channels of All India Radio (AIR) in the UT and broadcast on ‘DD Kashir’. Congratulating Aroosa Parvaiz, class XII […]
Ailing Watali moved out of jail but put under house-arrest
New Delhi: Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Watali, arrested by the National Investigation Agency in 2017 in a “terror financing” case, has been moved out of a jail and put under house-arrest to facilitate treatment for a terminal disease. A special NIA court earlier this month rejected Watali’s application for a regular bail but took a compassionate […]
