Several illegal water motors seized in Pattan by Jal Shakti department
Jal Shakti Department special task force sub division pattan on Monday seized several illegal water motors in pattan area. According to KNS correspondent on the directions of SDM Pattan Syed Faheem special task force of Jall shakti Deptt seized two dozen water motors from pattan town. According to officials team was headed by Assistant executive […]
New L-G Manoj Sinha’s fake account surfaces on Twitter, J&K Police files FIR
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police’s cyber wing Sunday registered an FIR against unknown people for allegedly operating a fake Twitter account of Manoj Sinha, the newly-appointed lieutenant governor of the union territory. The account has been suspended but Tahir Ashraf, SP, incharge, Cyber Police Kashmir, said investigations are under way to determine the identities of […]
Former President Pranab Mukherjee Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Former President Pranab Mukherjee said on Monday that he has tested positive for Covid-19. In a tweet, the former President said he has tested positive for Coronavirus and asked those who had come in his contact to isolate themselves and get tested for the Coronavirus. “On a visit to the hospital for a separate procedure, […]
Stokes to miss rest of Pakistan series for family reasons
MANCHESTER: England star all-rounder Ben Stokes will miss the concluding two Tests against Pakistan for family reasons, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Sunday. Stokes’s father Ged was admitted to hospital in Johannesburg two days before Christmas last year with a serious illness while following his son’s progress with the England cricket […]
Race Against Time: How Mumbai-Delhi Cops Saved Man After Facebook Flagged His ‘Suicidal Activity’
A timely alert by an Ireland-based Facebook staffer to Delhi Police saved the life of a 27-year-old man, who was under financial stress because of the coronavirus lockdown and showing “suicidal activity” on the social media platform, officials said Sunday. The man had been posting videos on Facebook that apparently showed him preparing to end […]
A dozen injured as minibus turns turtle in Ganderbal
Ganderbal: At least 12 persons were injured after a vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road and turned turtle in Baderkund area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Monday. An official said that a mini bus carrying passengers on way to Ganderbal skidded off at Baderkund along the national Highway resulting into injuries […]
Two militant associates arrested in Sopore: Police
Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday claimed to have arrested two militant associates from north Kashmir’s Sopore Baramulla district. Unnamed officials told a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a joint team of the army’s 22 Rashtriya Rifles, Special Operations Group, Central Reserve Police Forces’ 179, 92 BN and Sopore police laid a […]
EIA Draft Must Be Withdrawn To Stop ‘Environmental Destruction’: Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday stepped up his attack on the Centre over the draft environment impact assessment (EIA), saying it must be withdrawn to stop “environmental destruction”. Gandhi alleged that the aim of EIA 2020 draft was clear — “loot of the nation”. “This (EIA) is another dreadful example of what the BJP […]
BJP worker injured in Budgam attack succumbs in Srinagar
A day after militants shot at and critically injured a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker in Ompora Budgam in central Kashmir, the 38-year-old succumbed to his wounds at Shri Maharaja Hari Singh hospital in Srinagar on Monday. The party worker, Abdul Hamid Najar, a resident of Ompora, was critically injured when militants fired upon him […]
Shah Faesal may rejoin government service
Shah Faesal, the 2010 IAS topper, who floated the Jammu and Kashmir People’s Movement (JKPM) early last year, is likely to rejoin government service, according to highly placed sources. He had tendered his resignation in 2018 citing personal reasons. The buzz for the past few days was that his resignation would not be accepted. Today, […]