SRINAGAR: Parvez Ahmed, Chairman Jammu and Kashmir Bank, on Monday said during the last fiscal, the JK Bank disbursed Rs 1540.00 cr to more than 83,000 beneficiaries. He apprised Governor N.N. Vohra, at the Raj Bhavan today. Ahmed apprised Governor about the Bank’s achievement of increasing lending in Agriculture, horticulture, handicrafts, hospitality & tourism, poultry, […]
Srinagar : A teen aged boy was hospitalized after being allegedly thrashed by the Army and CRPF in Mustafabad, HMT locality of Srinagar on Sunday evening. Sixteen year old Aaqib Ahmad Khanday, a resident of Rawatpora, Beerwah of Budgam district according to family was severely injured after being mercilessly thrashed by Army’s 2RR and CRPF […]
Jammu: National Conference provincial president Devender Singh Rana on Monday said the PDP and BJP owe apology to the people of Jammu and Kashmir for “compromising” their interests and “creating unprecedented political, economic and security impasse”. “Jammu and Kashmir is virtually at the cross roads of its history, as the two mandated parties kept personal […]
Srinagar :A senior army officer was killed after his service rifle went off accidentally in an army camp at Khundroo area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Reports said that that army’s Colonel JV Mahadik (Corps of Artillery) of army’s 21 Field Ammunition Depot (FAD) headquarters’ at Khundroo received serious bullet wounds after his gun went […]
Srinagar: Clashes between two factions of Shia community in Magam town of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district forced authorities to close down schools and impose restrictions under section 144 – meaning assembly of four or more people at a place should be considered unlawful. The clashes broke out between the members of local Auqaf committee and […]
Srinagar: At a time when loud calls are being made to give army free hand to crush “separatism and militancy in Kashmir,” defence minister, Nirmala Sitharaman visited Kashmir to review the overall security situation The defense spokesman said defence minister, accompanied by the army chief Bipin Rawat visited the Srinagar based Chinar Corps where […]
Srinagar: The government has sanctioned 2,000 vacancies of Special Police Officers (SPOs) in Jammu and Kashmir for the border areas. The government said the youths living in the areas of 0-10 km from IB/ LoC/LAC/AGPL in 10 border districts namely Jammu, Samba, Kathua, Poonch, Rajouri, Baramulla, Bandipora, Kupwara, Kargil & Leh were eligible for the […]
Srinagar: Chairman and Chief Executive Councilor (CEC), LAHDC, Kargil, Kacho Ahmad Ali Khan Monday stressed for necessary measures to address the issues with regard to the exchange of land between the LAHDC and Army authorities at Lower Kurbathang Plateau, Upper Plateau Maratha Ground, Mulbekh and other related areas. The CEC stated this while chairing a […]
Srinagar: The Editors Guild of India while condemning BJP leader Lal Singh’s threat to Kashmir journalists, has demanded that Governor NN Vohra take necessary action in this regard. “Such a warning not only betrays Singh’s deep disregard for the role of the Free Press in a democracy, it also amounts to encouraging physical attacks against […]
RIYADH: At least eight members of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group have been killed by forces backed by a Saudi-led coalition in Yemen in battles with the Iran-aligned Houthis, the coalition said on Monday, Reuters reported Hezbollah officials could not immediately be reached for comment. Hezbollah has previously denied Saudi accusations that the Shi’ite Muslim group is […]
