Cop shot dead in south Kashmir
Militants shot dead a railway cop in Wanpoh area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Friday. A senior Police officer told GNS that militants fired upon a railway constable identified as Bantu Sharma son of Nathji near Shamford School. He was shifted to to nearby hospital in critical condition, where doctors declared him brought dead. […]
J&K ACB Arrests Head Constable For Taking Bribe In Poonch
Anti Corruption Bureau received a written complaint alleging therein that Head Constable Bashir Ahmed of Police Station Surankote was demanding a bribe of Rs.10,000/-by the complainant. The Head Constable was Investigating Officer of case FIR No. 311/21 of Police Station Surankote under section 354/341/109 registered against the father, brother and uncle of the complainant. HC […]
Motorcyclist killed, another injured in Bandipora road accident
Bandipora: An 18-year-old motorcyclist was killed while another was injured in a road accident near Lowdara crossing on Bandipora-Srinagar highway in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district, officials said on Friday. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the motorcyclist identified as Asgar Ahmad (18) son of Gulam nabi a resident of Saderkoot lost […]
GST Council Meet: No Video Conferencing Provision, All States Except Gujarat Present
The 45th Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meeting does not have an option this time for states to participate via video conferencing, unlike previous meetings. “Almost all state finance ministers, except Gujarat, are expected to be present this time, as the option to attend through video conferencing has not been given this time,” a […]
No public transport, 6-day quarantine, squad size of 30 – BCCI to state associations
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has advised the state teams participating in the domestic championships to avoid public transport and restrict the size of their squad. In a detailed communications to the state associations, seen by Cricbuzz, the BCCI has asked the teams to have a maximum of 30 members with […]
Unicef urges all states to reopen schools
MANILA: The United Nations children’s agency Unicef has urged education authorities to reopen schools as soon as possible in countries where millions of students are still not allowed to return to classrooms 18 months into the Covid-19 pandemic. Schools in around 17 countries remain fully closed, while those in 39 countries remain partially closed, according […]
India Should Focus On Both Physical And Cyber Security: Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria
Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria has said there is a need for critical analysis to enhance operational preparedness and the focus (of India) should be on maintenance practices, robust at both physical levels and at cyber security. He was addressing the annual commanders’ conference of the Indian Air Force’s Central Air Command in Allahabad in […]
New Mission
J&K administration has taken slew of measures along with policy decisions in order to change the life of people in the rural areas. Apart from focusing on the road connectivity in the rural areas of Jammu and Kashmir the government through the panchayats is trying to empower the people at the grass root level. In […]
Four pistols, ammunition recovered during search ops in Pulwama village
Security forces on Friday recovered four pistols besides other ammunition in Telangam village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama, officials said. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a search operation was launched in Telangam village during which four pistols and other ammunition were recovered from the spot. He said that the operation was […]
3 drug peddlers booked under PSA, over 70 kg charas recovered in Kashmir
Srinagar, Sep 16 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir police arrested three notorious drug peddlers and booked them under Public Safety Act (PSA) in the frontier district of Kupwara, police said on Thursday. Acting tough against the drug dealings and to eradicate the menace from the society, Police in Kupwara booked three notorious drug peddlers under […]