Ghulam Maya Din, hailing from Bharot, a remote hilly area of Pirpanjal of Thanamandi tehsil, Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir, has secured an AIR 388 in the recently announced UPSC CSE 2023. Earlier, he had cracked the NEET and studied medicine at Government Medical College Jammu before clearing the Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service (JKAS) examinations. […]
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J-K: School headmaster working as OGW arrested with pistols, Chinese grenades in Poonch
Jammu and Kashmir Police, in a joint operation with Special Operations Group (SOG), arrested a registered overground worker (OGW), who is also a school headmaster with a foreign-made pistol and Chinese grenades from the Hari Budha area of Poonch district. The recovered consignment is suspected to be used to disturb the upcoming election in the Poonch area, […]
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Police bust terrorist hideout in J-K’s Arnas area, seize arms and ammunition
Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturdaybusted a terrorist hideout in the Arnas area. “Acting on the reliable information regarding the presence of a hideout in the general area of Dalas Barneli, subdivision Arnas, an operation was launched to sanitise the area in the Dalas Barneli area of Arnas,” police said. As per the officials, during […]
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Failure of central government: Congress MP Manish Tewari on migrant labourer killing in J-K
Congress MP Manish Tewari criticised the central government over the killing of a migrant labourer from Bihar by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag, calling it a failure of the central government. He also urged the Union territory administration to protect the lives of people who are working in the state and contributing to its economy. […]
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J-K: Six people died after boat capsizes in Jhelum at Ganderbal
Six people died after a boat carrying 15 people capsized in the Jhelum River in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal on Wednesday morning. Bilal Mohi-ud-Din Bhat, Deputy Commissioner of Srinagar said, “Six people have died, the boat was ferrying 15 people. Among them, seven were minors and eight were adults. 12 people were rescued, […]
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Ganderbal boat tragedy: J-K LG Manoj Sinha and PDP chief Mufti express grief over loss of lives
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha expressed grief over the loss of lives in the boat capsize incident in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal on Wednesday. “I am deeply grieved by the loss of lives due to a boat accident in Srinagar. My thoughts are with the bereaved families and I pray to the […]
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J-K: PM Modi at Udhampur rally challenges Congress to bring back Article 370
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday threw a challenge at Opposition parties, especially the Congress to bring back Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. He alleged that for the sake of power, the opposition had built the wall of 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing a public rally in Udhampur, […]
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J-K: Terrorist killed in encounter in Kashmir’s Pulwama
One terrorist was killed on Thursday in an encounter of security forces with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said. Police said the body of an unidentified terrorist was retrieved from the encounter site in the Frassipora village of Pulwama. A search operation is still going on, the police said. Army and police had started a cordon and search operation […]
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J-K: Massive fire breaks out in residential building in Bandipora
A massive fire broke out in a house in the Zalpora area of Sumbal in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Thursday morning. According to officials, the fire broke out in a double-storey residential building that belonged to Fehmeeda Begum. Meanwhile, locals and the fire tenders were trying to control the […]
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J-K: Tailor’s daughter becomes first woman judge from Rajouri
The daughter of a tailor, Bhawana Kesar became the first woman from Nowshera, Rajouri district, to clear the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Service (Judicial) examination. Speaking with ANI, Bhawana said, “It is a matter of happiness for my parents that their daughter has come so far. I hope to be […]
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J-K: Jolt to INDIA bloc, PDP to contest Lok Sabha elections alone, Mehbooba-Omar Abdullah spar
In another jolt to the fledgling INDIA bloc, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Mehbooba Mufti announced on Wednesday that they will pitch their candidates for the Lok Sabha elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The development came after National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah said that they […]
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J-K: Police attach ‘illegal’ properties of drug peddlers worth Rs 1.55 crore in Baramulla
Baramulla police have attached “illegal” properties worth Rs 1.55 crore belonging to drug peddlers during the first quarter of 2024 in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Monday. According to an official statement, the attached properties include four residential houses, one shopping complex, one land plot, two I-20 cars, one Swift and […]
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J-K: One killed, three injured after car fell into deep gorge in Udhampur
One person was killed and three were injured after a car skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in the Chenani area of Udhampur district on Sunday, a senior official said. According to Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Chenani Gurdev Kumar, the driver of Bolero Car lost control over the vehicle near Madha on Chenani-Madha […]
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J-K: Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, KC Venugopal among 27 star Congress campaigners for LS polls
The Indian National Congress (INC) released a list of 27 star campaigners on Saturday for Jammu and Kashmir, including party president Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, among others. These leaders will campaign for the party candidates in Jammu and Kashmir during the Lok Sabha elections scheduled to […]
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J-K Bank lights up 1000 households with solar solutions
Extending eco-friendly lighting solutions to the scheduled tribe (ST) community of district Ganderbal under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) plan, Jammu and Kashmir Bank distributed solar lanterns among one thousand households in collaboration with MOOL Sustainability Research and Training Centre (MSRTC), a local NGO that works on different developmental projects for building integrative and regenerative […]