Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has set yet another example of following rules by stopping his cavalcade at a traffic light and waiting for it to turn green. Local newspapers carried photographs showing the chief minister’s cavalcade stopping at a junction on Maulana Azad Road. The Srinagar Municipal Corporation and Traffic department recently [...]
Normal is not how you would describe deaths of 32 infants in the age group of 0 to one year in just 14 days. But for authorities at GB Pant hospital, normal it is. Medical Superintendent Dr Javid Chaudhury says the hospital is equipped with all the facilities required at a tertiary care institute. He [...]
Reviewing security for Amarnath pilgrimage, Jammu and Kashmir DGP Kuldeep Khoda asked officers to maintain an offensive approach in counter-insurgecny operations and ensure no laxity is shown at any level. Chairerd by the DGP, a meeting was conducted at Police Control room (PCR) here this evening to review the security arrangements of Jammu Police in [...]
The Jammu and Kashmir government has collected Rs 5,390 in fine from smokers in this city during the past one week. Fiftytwo persons were found smoking in public places such as bus stands and B C Road during past one week and a total fine of Rs 5,390 was realised from them, officials said. A [...]
Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra today stressed on the importance of effective use of communication technology for the advancement of educational goals by reaching out to the students in the remote areas. “We have to take every necessary step to catch up with the rapidly advancing frontiers of knowledge”, Vohra said in the [...]
The Jammu police have arrested two persons who have stolen property and goods worth 15.5 lakh rupees.In the first case, the police have arrested a truck driver who was allegedly involved in transporting stolen goods from Jammu to Sopore. Inquiries revealed that the driver was using a fake number plate to transfer the consignment. While [...]
Jammu police claim to have busted an inter-state racket of pick-pockets and nabbed four women on Monday. A man whose wallet was stolen by a miscreant while he was travelling in a state bus reported the incident to the police. The bus was tracked and the wallet was recovered from a group of women who [...]
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed said there were “serious issues” between the state and the Centre that needed to be resolved for upholding the rights of the state’s citizens. “There are serious issues between the state and the Centre that need to be resolved to uphold the rights of the people [...]
Hitting out at Peoples Democratic Party, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today alleged the opposition party is surviving on falsehood and blame game. “Those (PDP leadership) who raised the slogan of healing touch used maximum force against people and converted politics into trade,” he told a public gathering after inaugurating a new building [...]
Jammu and Kashmir government today reviewed the arrangements for the forthcoming Amarnath yatra in south Kashmir Himalayas. Divisional Commissioner Jammu Pardeep Gupta reviewed the arrangements for the yatra, which is going to start from June 24 this year, at an officers meeting here. Gupta discussed various matters with the civil and police administration with a [...]
