Jammu, Apr 15 (UNI) Security forces have launched a massive search operation after contact was established with terrorists in Surankote area of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir. Army in a post on X on Tuesday said contact was established with terrorists during a joint operation with J&K Police at Lasana, Surankote last night. “Additional…
Jammu, (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on the occasion of “Rajouri Day” on Sunday paid tributes to Indian Army’s and civilian Bravehearts who laid down their lives for liberation of Rajouri on this day in 1948. Attending a commemoration event at Rajouri, the Lieutenant Governor, along with Lieutenant General M V Suchindra…
Jammu, Apr 13 (UNI) The sleuths of the Anti-Corruption Bureau have conducted searches in the premises of then District Mining Officer, Kathua, along with his friends and relatives, for his alleged involvement in corrupt practices and acquiring benami assets worth crores of rupees. The official spokesman here on Sunday said that a secret verification conducted…
Srinagar, Apr 12 (UNI) A mild earthquake struck different parts of Kashmir on Saturday, officials said. As per National Center for Seismology- which monitors earthquake activity all across the country- the earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 on the Richter Scale hit the region with epicenter in Pakistan. The epicentre is located at Latitude 33.63…
Srinagar, Apr 12 (UNI) Two students were killed and 20 others injured when a college bus in which they were travelling overturned in Handwara sub-district of North Kashmir on Saturday, officials said. The officials said a bus carrying 27 students from Degree College Sogam in Kupwara, who were on a picnic to the popular tourist…
Srinagar, Apr 11 (UNI) Amid the outrage over the Waqf Act, Hurriyat Conference chairman and Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday said that he was placed under house arrest again and not allowed to offer the congregational prayers at Jamia Masjid here. Mirwaiz said the restriction is both heartbreaking and outrageous. “Yet again,…
Srinagar, Apr 11 (UNI) The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday staged a protest in Srinagar against the Waqf Act, accusing the government of using it to marginalize Muslims. The protest took place inside the PDP headquarters in the city centre and was led by senior party leaders including Khursheed Alam, Abdul Qayoom Bhat, Arif…
Srinagar, Apr 10 (UNI) A suspected kidnapping involving two minor girls in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir turned out to be a hoax, as the girls had allegedly fabricated the story to skip school, police said. Police Station Pulwama had received a complaint on April 7 from a Ratnipora Pulwama resident, alleging that an…
Jammu, (UNI) India on Tuesday opened a gateway into climate forecast and research in the Himalayas, said Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh here. The minister was inaugurating the first-ever “Himalayan High Altitude Atmospheric and Climate Research Centre” in the higher hill reaches of Nathatop in Udhampur district of…
Jammu, (UNI) Chairing a meeting of BJP MLAs of Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Minister here on Sunday asked them to further strengthen the cadre and always play on the front foot. Shah is on a three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir. Soon after his arrival at Jammu where he was received by the Lieutenant…
