Srinagar, Apr 06 : The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court adopted a stringent stance against the continued occupation of government accommodations by 43 former ministers and MLAs, directing the estate department to issue individual notices to those who have failed to vacate the premises. As per news agency, the division bench, comprising High...
Day: April 6, 2024
70 percent of corruption cases in JK registered from Kashmir Valley
Anti-Graft Bodies Register 40 Major Cases Since 2019, Compared to Mere 4 Since 1947 Srinagar, Apr 06: Cases of government employees accepting bribes remain rampant in Jammu and Kashmir. Despite efforts by the Anti-Corruption Bureau to curb corruption, 70 percent of cases of corruption by government employees registered since 2021 are from Kashmir with Jammu...
Shrine Board adds robust healthcare accessibility on Vaishno Devi track
Katra, Apr 6: Committed to providing good and easily accessible healthcare services to the pilgrims visiting to the Holy Shrine, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Hewlett Packard Enterprise India Private Limited (HPEIPL) and Hewlett Packard (India) Software Operation Private Limited (HPISO), both entities of Hewlett...
FIR filed over ‘conversion’ of non-local in Srinagar
Srinagar, Apr 6: The Jammu and Kashmir police has filed an FIR (first information report) in an alleged conversion of a non-local in Srinagar’s Hazratbal Shrine. The FIR was registered under sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by a public servant), 298 (uttering words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound the religious feelings intentionally),...
J&K police bust a gang of burglars with the arrest of three of its members
Srinagar, Apr 6: Police on Saturday said that it busted a gang of burglars in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district and arrested three of its members with stolen property worth lakhs. Police Station Gund received a written complaint from Tajamul Hussain, owner of Hung Park Restaurant on March 22, stating therein that during the intervening...
BJP questions Congress’s stand on Article 370
Srinagar, Apr 6: BJP National General Secretary and J&K Incharge Tarun Chug on Saturday questioned Congress’s stand on Article 370. He said it was important for people to know about their stand on Article 370 and 35 A. “I want to ask Congress leaders, they should tell to people of J&K and Bharat as to...
3 Maoists killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh
Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh), Apr 6 : Three Maoists were killed in a joint operation by security forces of Telangana and Chhattisgarh in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur on Saturday, police said. The operation was carried out by the Greyhound Force of Telangana and the Central Security Force of Chhattisgarh. An LMG and an AK-47 rifle were recovered from...
INDI alliance another name for instability, uncertainty: PM Modi
Saharanpur (UP), Apr 6: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday attacked the opposition parties, especially Congress, and said that the INDI alliance has become another name for instability and uncertainty which is the reason the country is not taking any of its words seriously. While addressing a rally in support of the Bharatiya Janata...
2 Fugitives, Evading Arrest for Over 3 Decades, Arrested in Baramulla
Srinagar, Apr 06: Jammu and Kashmir Police in Baramulla on Saturday said to have arrested two fugitives, evading arrest for over three decades. “Continuing its crackdown against absconders, Police in Baramulla have arrested two absconders who were evading their arrests from three decades,” reads a statement issued to GNS. “A Police Party of Police Station...
ED Jammu attaches property worth Rs 1 crore in SI paper leak case
Srinagar, Apr 06: The Enforcement Directorate Jammu has attached property worth Rs 1 crore in Jammu and Kashmir sub-inspector paper leak case. In a post on X, as per the news agency, the ED said that it attached movable properties of accused Yatin Yadav, M/s New Global Fumigation Corporation, Prop. Yatin Yadav and his associate...
NIA officials attacked in West Bengal’s East Midnapore; Two arrested
Kolkata, Apr : Officials of National Investigation Team (NIA) were on Saturday attacked by a mob at Bhupatinagar in election- bound West Bengal’s East Midnapore district when the anti-terror agency was returning with two arrested TMC activists in a 2022 blast case in which three people were killed, official sources said. State police were...
Infiltration bid is Pak’s desperation to fuel unrest in Valley ahead of polls: Army
Srinagar, April 6 : The infiltration bid that was foiled on Friday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla indicated desperation on part of Pakistan to fuel unrest in Kashmir Valley ahead of general elections, Army said. Two unidentified militants were killed close to the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector of Baramulla district when...
Smriti flays Cong manifesto, says it plans to restore Article 370
Bengaluru, April 6 : Union Minister Smriti Irani criticised the Congress party’s manifesto, particularly alleging they plan to restore Article 370 if they come to power. “They (Congress) have released their manifesto. And it is written in the manifesto that we will fully restore the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir but in hushed words...
Top cop suspends head constable of police station in Jammu for not maintaining record
Jammu, April 6 : The Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Jammu-Samba- Kathua Range Dr. Sunil Gupta paid a surprise visit to Police Station Janipur here and suspended a head constable for not maintaining the official record. A police official here on Saturday said that the DIG paid a surprise visit to the police station...
MeT predicts dry weather in J&K till Wednesday
Srinagar, April 6: Kashmir witnessed a bright, sunny Saturday morning after inclement rains earlier this week, officials said. The Meteorological Department in Srinagar said mainly dry weather is expected over the plains of J&K for the next 24 hours, with the possibility of very light rain or thunderstorms at one or two places on...