Srinagar: Police initiate action against person posing as ADGP

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday said it has initiated legal action against a person posing as the additional director general of police of Jammu on various social media platforms. “A fraudster has managed to impersonate ADGP, Jammu zone, Anand Jain, IPS, on various social media platforms using his image including other credentials and is extorting money from people,” a police statement said. “The offender has created the profiles with malicious intent. Accordingly, legal action has been initiated as per law,” it said, without giving any further details. OC

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SJVN Green Energy , JKPCL ink pact for 300 MW power supply

New Delhi: SJVN Green Energy has said it has signed an agreement with Jammu & Kashmir Power Corporation Ltd to supply 300 MW of power. This 300 MW power shall be supplied to JKPCL from the 1,000 MW Bikaner Solar project which is being developed under the Central Public Sector Undertaking (CPSU) Scheme of IREDA (Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency) at a cost of Rs 5,491 crore, the company said. PTI

260 passengers airlifted between J&K, Ladakh

Jammu: The Indian Air Force (IAF) airlifted as many as 260 stranded passengers between the twin union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh on Monday, an official said. With this, a total of 1,551 passengers were airlifted so far in AN-32 aircraft, also known as Kargil courier, since the launch of the service on January 22 following closure of the 434-km Srinagar-Leh national highway owing to heavy snowfall, the official said. The Kargil courier service operates three days a week between Jammu and Srinagar, and twice a week between Srinagar and Kargil to facilitate stranded passengers.