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Lauds J&K, Punjab, Gujarat, and UP Police for uncovering several cases   *Says in 2024 drugs worth Rs 16,914 crore were seized*   *Terms dark web, crypto-currency, online marketplaces, drones as challenges* New Delhi, Jan 11 (KNO): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that the law enforcing agencies in recent times have successfully […]

32,000 die because of not wearing helmets People without driving license caused around 3,000 deaths Announces cashless treatment for accident victims   New Delhi, Jan 07 (KNO): Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday revealed that in 2024, around 1.80 lakh people died in road accidents across the country. Speaking after meeting […]

New Delhi, Jan 7 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman here as part of pre-Budget consultations, officials said. The meeting at Sitharaman’s North Block office went on for more than 30 minutes and was “cordial”, they said. The finance minister is scheduled to present the […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate Jammu Railway Division on January 6, from the union capital.   The inauguration of the newly-created Jammu Railway Division, meeting a long-pending demand, comes ahead of the launch of the much-awaited direct train service to Kashmir by or before January 26 this year.   As per official sources, […]

New Delhi, Jan 4: Senior Congress leader and veteran politician Karan Singh has demanded the immediate restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir and said that the current status of the region is an “unacceptable” diminution of the “crown of India”.   In a recent interview to PTI Videos, Singh, a three-time Rajya Sabha MP […]

New Delhi, January 4: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted one more accused in a 2020 narco-terrorism case relating to the seizure of 17 kgs of heroin along with cash in Jammu and Kashmir.   Syed Saleem Jahangir Andrabi alias Saleem Andrabi has been charged under relevant sections of the NDPS Act, IPC and […]

New Delhi, Jan 3 : The Vande Bharat sleeper train has achieved a peak speed of 180 km per hour in multiple trials over the last three days on a 40-km stretch in Rajasthan, the Railway Ministry said on Friday. “The trails will continue until this month’s end before this world-class long-distance travel is made […]

Says, “It will lay the foundation for unprecedented advancements in defence preparedness, ensuring India’s security & sovereignty amidst challenges of 21st century” New Delhi, Jan, 01 (JKNS): In order to give impetus to the ongoing and future reforms, it was unanimously decided to observe 2025 as the ‘Year of Reforms’ in the MoD. Defense Miniater […]

New Delhi, Dec, 30: Men lose 17 minutes of their life with each cigarette they smoke while women lose 22 minutes, a new research studying the devastating effects of smoking has concluded. The new estimates are higher than previous figures which suggested that each cigarette shortens a smoker’s life by 11 minutes. With 2025 around, […]

New Delhi/Srinagar, Dec 26 (JKNS): Former Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, passed away on Thursday at the age of 92. He was undergoing treatment for age-related medical conditions. According to a statement released by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), as accessed by the news agency JKNS, Dr. Singh suffered a […]