Jammu, Apr 24: A revenue official and a forest guard have been suspended in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba and Doda districts respectively over alleged dereliction of duty, officials said. In Samba district, Deputy Commissioner Ayushi Soodan ordered the suspension of a girdawar, Pankaj Singh Jamwal, for failing to complete the digitisation of revenue records within
SAMANA (PATIALA), Apr 24: Activist Gurjeet Singh Khalsa, who had been sitting atop a 400-foot BSNL tower for around 560 days demanding stricter laws against sacrilege incidents in Punjab, was finally brought down on Friday morning, officials said. The protest, which began on October 12, 2024, in Samana near Patiala, came to an end after
WASHINGTON, D.C., Apr 24: Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, was seriously wounded in a U.S.-Israeli airstrike that also killed his father and predecessor, Ali Khamenei, but is reported to be “mentally sharp,” according to The New York Times (NYT). Citing unnamed Iranian officials, the report said Mojtaba Khamenei has, at least for now, delegated
SRINAGAR, Apr 24: Six tourists from Bengaluru were injured after a lift reportedly collapsed at a hotel in the Hyderpora area of Srinagar on Friday. They were later shifted to Bone and Joint Hospital, Barzulla, for treatment, officials said. The incident took place at a hotel in Hyderpora where the tourists were staying. The injured
Srinagar, Apr 23 : National Conference leader and Srinagar MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on Thursday questioned the Jammu and Kashmir administration over the delay in resolving the reservation issue, asking it to either act on the pending file or acknowledge its lack of intent. “We are waiting for the government. They said the file
New Delhi, Apr 23: A Delhi court on Thursday sent a 19-year-old domestic help accused of killing the daughter of a senior IRS officer to four days of police custody for further investigation. Judicial Magistrate Deepika Thakaran allowed Delhi Police’s request for custodial interrogation of the accused, Rahul Meena, who was produced in court with
JAMMU, Apr 23: A Beat Guard has been placed under suspension after a vehicle carrying illegal deodar timber was seized in the Bhadarwah area of Doda district. Officials said that acting on specific input, a joint team of the Forest Protection Force and territorial staff of Neru Range intercepted a TATA Mobile vehicle (registration number
Kolkata, Apr 23: Voting is underway on Thursday in 152 constituencies in the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections amid tight security arrangements and a high-stakes political contest that could influence the overall outcome of the polls. Polling began at 7 am, with voters seen lining up outside polling stations across districts ranging
LEH/JAMMU, Apr 23: Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena on Thursday approved a series of major reforms aimed at improving ease of doing business in Ladakh’s tourism sector by deregulating the hospitality industry and reducing compliance requirements. As part of the reforms, several documentation requirements such as character certificates, proof of minimum bank balance, and educational
JAMMU, Apr 23: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has constituted a committee to verify and finalize the spelling of place names and their translations into regional languages for the preparation of official maps in Hindi and Urdu. The move aims to ensure uniformity, accuracy, and consistency in the naming and representation of geographical locations across