Govt looking into overpricing of bottled water, packaged food
New Delhi: The government is seriously looking into complaints of bottled water and packaged foods and drinks being sold at prices higher than the maximum retail price, Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Tuesday. “Some complaints of bottled water and packaged foods and drinks being sold at prices higher than the Maximum Retail Price […]
Third batch of 4,823 pilgrims leave Jammu for Amarnath shrine
Agencies JAMMU:The third batch of 4,823 Amarnath pilgrims left a base camp here Tuesday for the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine in south Kashmir. As many as 8,403 pilgrims have paid obeisance at the shrine in the Himalayas till Monday evening, officials said. Over 1.5 lakh pilgrims from across the country have so far registered for the […]
Jammu and Kashmir: Man held with 18 kg poppy in Poonch
Agencies Jammu : A man was arrested in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district and 18 kg of poppy was seized from him, police said on Tuesday. Jaswant Singh was trying to smuggle the poppy to Punjab when he was caught on Monday night after his vehicle was intercepted as part of routine checking at Poshana […]
Amarnath yatri from UP dies due to cardiac arrest
SRINAGAR: A pilgrim died of cardiac arrest on Tuesday while he was on way to the Amarnath Cave shrine from Pahalgam base camp in Jammu and Kashmir, police sources said. “Krishen, 65, belonging to Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, suffered a massive heart attack at Sheshnag while on way to the Amarnath Shrine. “He was taken […]
Gondola burglary case solved, five arrested: Police
Srinagar: Police on Tuesday claimed to have cracked Gondola burglary case and arrested all five persons involved in the theft. While addressing a press conference , SSP Baramulla, Abdul Qayoom said: “After watching CCTV footage in which movement of some persons around the Gulmarg bowl was noticed, one of the suspect Bashir Ahmad Shah alias […]
Three killed, four injured in Samba road mishap
Srinagar: Three persons including a woman was killed and four others injured when a car in which they were travelling hit an Army crane near Ghagwal in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir. “One van late night on Tuesday at around 0120 hours hit the back side of an Army crane near Sandh Bari in Ghagwal,” […]
Farooq, Omar express grief over deaths in tragic Kishtwar road mishap
National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah and Vice President Omar Abdullah on Monday expressed deep grief over the death of 35 passengers in a tragic road accident at Keshwan in Kishtwar District. “My heart goes to all those who have lost their dear ones in the accident,” Dr Farooq Abdullah said in a message and […]
Pak Hands India List Of 261 Indian Prisoners In Pakistani Jails
Agencies ISLAMABAD — Pakistan on Monday handed over a list of 261 Indian prisoners lodged in Pakistani jails to the Indian High Commission here. Pakistan’s Foreign Office said in a statement that the step was consistent with the provisions of the Consular Access Agreement between Pakistan and India, signed on May 21, 2008. “The Government of […]
Sehrai grieved over loss of lives in Kishtwar accident
Srinagar : Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (TeH) Chairman Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai expressed shock and grief over the devastating Kishtwar road accident in which 31 people lost their lives so far and scores injured in a horrific road accident. He said it is painful to see that road accidents are happening on alarming rate and it seems to be […]
Governor Pays Obeisance At The Holy Cave; Prays For Sustained Peace, Harmony In J&K
Srinagar : The annual Yatra to the Holy Cave Shrine of Shri Amarnathji in the Kashmir Himalayas commenced today, from both the Pahalgam and the Baltal routes, with Governor Satya Pal Malik, Chairman of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, paying obeisance at the Sanctum Sanctorum and participating in the Pratham Pooja ceremony. He prayed for […]
