Tania Parveen, the Kolkata woman LeT ‘tasked’ with honey-trapping soldiers, finding recruits
New Delhi: It was in August last year, soon after the scrapping of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, that Tania Parveen, a final-year student at the Maulana Azad College in Kolkata, came under the radar of Indian intelligence agencies for allegedly being in touch with members of Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). According to sources, […]
Div Com reviews progress on Jammu Smart City Project
JAMMU, JUNE 17: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Sanjeev Verma today chaired a meeting of concerned officers to review the progress of works under Jammu Smart City Project. The meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioner, Jammu Sushma Chauhan; Chief Engineer, Jal Shakti, Sanjeev Chadda; Chief Engineer, PWD (R&B), Des Raj; Chief Engineer JPDCL, Gurmeet Singh, besides other […]
PHQ approves Financial Assistance for Covid-19 affected police personnel
JAMMU, JUNE 17 (KNS): To provide assistance to Police Personnel getting affected by the deadly Coronavirus (Covid-19) Police Headquarters, J&K has issued a circular directing therein all the DDOs of Police for providing financial assistance to the virus affected police personnel. The circular has been issued by Police Headquarters, J&K. According to statement issued to […]
NIA appoints Nodal Officer for Union Territory of J&K
Jammu, June 17 (KNS): Government of India Undertaking, the New India Assurance Company (NIA), which has insured more than 22.12 lakh healthcare workers of India who are on the frontline of battle against COVID-19 under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojna (PMGKB ), has nominated Dr. Daleep Pandita, its Senior Divisional Manager as Nodal Officer for […]
Chinese have moved in 8 km within Indian territory, built road in Pangong, says top Ladakh leader
Srinagar: Chinese army is now claiming sovereignty over the entire Galwan Valley, while its troops have entered eight kilometres inside the Indian Territory and built a permanent road at Pangong Tso. Chilling details have emerged in the horrific face-off between the Indian and Chinese armies at the Galwan valley along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh. […]
‘PM should tell how Chinese occupied Indian territory’: Sonia Gandhi on Ladakh face-off
Congress president Sonia Gandhi asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi straight up on Wednesday as to how did the country lose 20 soldiers and urged him to tell the nation when did the Chinese “occupied Indian territory”. “The PM should tell nation how Chinese occupied Indian territory, why 20 brave soldiers were martyred,” said Sonia Gandhi. […]
Day 4: No trace of missing Srinagar trekker
Four days after he went missing, there has been no trace of the Srinagar trekker so far, officials said on Wednesday. Hilal Ahmed Dar, a resident of Bemina Srinagar, was part of a group of five persons who had gone for trekking to Gangabal lake in Ganderbal district on Sunday morning. While others got back […]
Hostile quarantine facilities to prove counterproductive: JKAP
Srinagar, June 17 (KNS): Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) leader Abdul Rasheed Mir on Wednesday urged the district administration Budgam not to keep the COVID suspect persons under quarantine at far off places and instead use the available government buildings as isolation wards in their own villages. In a statement issued to KNS, Mir […]
JKCSF Formed Qayoom Wani elected as Chairman
Srinagar, June 17 (KNS): Jammu and Kashmir Civil Society Forum (JKCSF) on Wednesday as Formed and Abdul Qayoom Wani was elected as Chairman, while as Farooq Trali was elected as General Secretary . According to statement issued to KNS reads, a meeting of cross sections of society viz intellectuals, writers, former trade union leaders, doctors, […]
Sensex drops 200 points in opening session, Nifty below 9,900
Equity benchmark Sensex dropped over 200 points in early trade on Wednesday dragged by weakness in index-heavyweights HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries and ICICI Bank amid weak cues from Asian peers and persistent foreign fund outflows. After touching a low of 33,332.96, the 30-share index was trading 225.22 points, or 0.67 per cent, lower at 33,380. […]