Srinagar, Sep 4 (UNI) Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Manoj Pande conducted a visit to forward areas on Monday to assess the operational preparedness on the Line of Control (LoC) in the Kashmir valley. Defence sources said that General Pande conducted a visit to assess the security situation in the areas on the LoC…
Jammu, Aug 31 (UNI) Ahead of two-week long Agniveer Recruitment Rally scheduled at Akhnoor Military Station here in the city outskirts, the Army has issued an advisory instructing the aspirants to beware of touts as the selection is based “purely” on merit basis. “The candidates are advised not to pay bribes to anyone for recruitment…
Jammu, Aug 31 (UNI) Initiating on the lines of ‘Education for All’ theory, the Kathua based Campus of University of Jammu have started two-week ‘donate stationery’ drive to fulfil the dreams of several underprivileged students at adopted village Kathera in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir. Rector, Kathua Campus, University of Jammu, Dr Meenakshi Kilam…
Srinagar, Aug 31 (UNI) Mahant Deependra Giri, the custodian of Chhari Mubarak or Silver mace, led the final puja at the cave shrine of Amarnath on Thursday in Kashmir Himalayas, culminating the longest-ever yatra. The 62-day-long Amarnath Yatra commenced on July 1 and till August 22 more than 4.70 lakh people paid obeisance at the…
Srinagar, Aug 30 (UNI) Apple production, considered to be the backbone of the economy in Kashmir valley has reduced to 50 per cent compared to the last year due to unfavourable weather conditions and scab disease. Talking to UNI, Abdul Qayoom Dar, a fruit grower of central Kashmir’s Charar-e-Sharief town said that scab disease engulfed…
Srinagar, Aug 26 (UNI) Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has become the first force in the country to induct the “Wheeled Armoured Amphibious Platform” (WHAP) vehicle to enhance its operational capabilities in the Kashmir valley. The highly technology gadgets equipped vehicle has been designed to run on any terrain including water, road and muddy conditions…
Srinagar, Aug 26 (UNI) Mahant Deependra Giri, the custodian of the Charri-Mubarak of Swami Amarnath, the holy mace of Lord Shiva, accompanied by a group of Sadhus, left in a bus from Dashnami Akhara Temple Srinagar for the cave shrine to conduct the final rituals of the yatra amid tight security arrangements on Saturday. “Chhari…
Srinagar, Aug 26 (UNI) Security forces on Saturday arrested three militant associates of Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) during separate operations and recovered grenades in Jammu Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Police said in a significant joint operation, Jammu and Kashmir Police along with 28 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) apprehended two terrorist associates affiliated with the LeT in Kupwara. The operation…
Jammu, Aug 26 (UNI) The security forces launched a cordon and search operation on Saturday after a suspicious movement was seen in the woods of Surankote in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. Official sources said that acting on a tip-off, CASO was launched in the Ganga Top area of Surankote by the joint…
Srinagar, Aug 25 (UNI) Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija Mufti was granted a regular passport, officials said on Friday. Iltija had moved High Court after she was issued a two-year United Arab Emirates (UAE) specific passport for higher studies in April this year. “She has been issued a regular passport now,”…
