Govt orders withdrawal of NSG commandos from VIP security, CRPF to take charge

The Union Government has ordered the complete withdrawal of the counter-terrorist commando force NSG from VIP security duties and handing over its nine “high-risk” VIPs to the CRPF by the next month, official sources said Wednesday. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has also sanctioned a fresh battalion of specially trained personnel, recently withdrawn from…

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J&K Medical Paper Leak Scam: ED Attaches Rs 1.31 Crore Worth Properties

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached four immovable properties worth Rs 1.31 crore in the infamous medical question paper leak case in the  Jammu and Kashmir Common Entrance Test 2012 (JKCET-2012). ED’s Srinagar zonal office attached these properties belonging to Sajad Hussain Bhat, Mohd. Amin Ganie, Suhail Ahmad Wani and Shabir Ahmad Dar at Srinagar…

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J&K Assembly Polls | Stage Set For Counting Of Votes For 90 Assembly Seats Tomorrow

The stage is set for counting of votes for the 90 Assembly seats in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday amid multi-tier security arrangements, officials said.In Srinagar, the counting using Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) would be taken up at the Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) at Centaur on the banks of the Dal Lake, officials said….

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I too could have been among hundreds of my martyred colleagues, says DGP Swain as he bids farewell to Kashmir after 3 decades

On the final day of his service, the Director General of Police (DGP) R R Swain Monday visited the newly constructed Martyr’s Memorial or Balidan Stambh at Pratap Park in Srinagar’s Lal Chowk. Talking to reporters after paying tributes to killed soldiers, the J&K police chief said that he too could have been among his…

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Stage set for 3rd and last phase of poll; 39.18 lakh electors eligible to vote across in 40 Assembly Constituencies

More than 39.18 lakh voters are eligible to exercise their electoral franchise during the last Phase-III of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Election to be held on 01st October 2024 across the 40 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in 7 districts of the Union Territory, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Shri Pandurang K Pole said. In Kashmir…

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