J&K reports 53 fresh COVID-19 cases; no related death
7 districts achieve 100% coverage of first dose Covid vaccine: Govt
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Monday reported 53 fresh cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), taking the cumulative tally of recorded positive cases to 330586, while no COVID related death was reported in the last 24 hours, officials said. They said of the fresh cases, 44 were reported from Kashmir and nine from Jammu division of […]
HC quashes Home dept order on recovery of compensation to accident victim’s kin from police driver
Srinagar: The High Court on Monday quashed an order by the Home department to recover the compensation amount from the driver of a J&K Police bus involved in a road accident in which a woman was killed in 2009. Justice Sanjay Dhar while quashing the recovery of compensation order against the driver Ali Mohammad Dar […]
Wired empty bottles trigger bomb scare in Tral
Srinagar: A “suspicious” object found on Monday near BDO office in Dadsara area of Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district created a bomb scare in the area; although it later turned out to be empty plastic bottles. News agency GNS while quoting a police officer reported that a Bomb Disposal Squad was called after the […]
D K Boora takes over as Jammu frontier BSF chief
Jammu: Senior BSF officer D K Boora, who has served in the Special Protection Group (SPG) that protects the country’s prime minister, Monday took over as the Inspector General (IG) of the force’s Jammu frontier, officials said. Boora succeeds N S Jamwal who was elevated to the rank of additional director general (ADG) of BSF […]
Aryan Khan being targeted just for his surname: Mufti
Srinagr: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday alleged that Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan was being targeted by the central agencies just due to his surname, claiming that Muslims are targeted to please the core vote bank of the BJP. “Instead of making an example out of a Union Minister’s son accused of […]
NC gets Jammu jolt; Rana, Slathia quit party
Resignation accepted; Gupta nominated provincial president till elections on October 16
Jammu: The National Conference suffered a major setback in Jammu as two prominent leaders Devender Rana and Surjit Singh Slathia resigned from the party on Sunday. Rumour mills have it that they are likely to join the BJP in Delhi on Monday. “Dr Farooq Abdullah has received & accepted the resignations of Mr Salathia & […]
Jammu Declaration my political philosophy, will pursue it religiously: Rana
Jammu: Vowing to pursue ‘Jammu Declaration’, a political roadmap emanating from Jammu, religiously and resolutely, Devender Singh Rana today described the concept as key to retrieving the “glorious ethos of inclusive Jammu and Kashmir”. “Nothing will deter me in realizing this objective and I will single-mindedly work for it even at the peril of my […]
Disclosure of Bucher papers in ‘national interest’, observes CIC
J&K Accession files
New Delhi: The disclosure of files provided by India’s second army chief General Sir Roy Bucher to Nehru Memorial Museum and Library about Jammu and Kashmir related to the period of 1947-49, which may throw light on Accession, is in “national interest”, the Central Information Commission has observed in an order. The Commission stopped short […]
Artist and graphic designer Akhter Rasool dies of cardiac arrest
Srinagar: Noted artist and graphic designer and Kashmir University staffer, Akhter Rasool died of a cardiac arrest at his home in Babapora area of Habba Kadal in downtown Srinagar on Sunday morning. Sources said that Akhtar had been complaining of breathlessness for the past few days. Akhter, an alumnus of the Institute of Music and […]
NIA carries out searches at multiple locations in Kashmir, arrests three ISIS and 2 TRF operatives
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday carried out raids at several places in Kashmir Valley and arrested three ISIS operatives and two ‘operatives’ of The Resistance Front (TRF), considered a shadow outfit of the banned Lashker-e-Taiba group, which has claimed responsibility for a spate of targeted civilian killings. A spokesperson of investigative agency […]
