Srinagar: Eight years after Ghulam Jeelani of Sopore finally walked out of Tihar Jail a free man, an unusual scene greeted him at home. His 8-year-old son Jasarat refused to get into his lap and his 14-year-old daughter Masooma was finding it hard to recognize the man who had spent all that time away […]
Srinagar: Clashes erupted between protesters and government forces in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district after government forces launched cordon-and-search-operations in Tawheeed Abad and Parray Mohalla of Hajin. Sources said that soldiers of 13(RR) and Special Operation Group (SOG) personnel of Jammu and Kashmir police cordoned off the two localities and started searches. As the searches intensified the […]
Srinagar: B B Vyas today assumed office as advisor to governor here at civil Secretariat. He was welcomed by senior officers at the Civil Secretariat here. Vyas was till recently holding the post of Chief Secretary, Government of Jammu and Kashmir. An IAS officer of 1986 batch J&K Cadre, Vyas has earlier served as Principal Secretary […]
SRINAGAR: B V R Subrahmanyam took charge as Chief Secretary of J&K on Saturday. He assumed charge from the outgoing Chief Secretary B B Vyas at a simple ceremony held in the Chief Secretary’s office chamber here. A 1987-batch Indian Administrative Service officer of Chhattisgarh cadre, B V R Subrahmanyam till recently served as Additional […]
Srinagar: Kashmir Journalists Association (KJA) on Saturday condemned the “harsh statement” by the former Minister and BJP leader, Lal Singh in which he has threatened Kashmir-based journalists of “Shujaat-like incidents” for what he said creating “wrong narrative regarding the Kathua rape-and-murder case.” KJA spokesperson in a statement said “KJA wants to convey to the former […]
Srinagar: A tourist from Maharashtra died of a heart attack at tourist resort Gulmarg in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday. The deceased identified as Lakshman Holi son of Sharmadar Holi died of cardiac arrest, sources said.
Srinagar: National Conference on Saturday while condemning the “outrageous remarks” and “threatening” of Kashmir journalists by the BJP leader and MLA Choudhary Lal Singh, asked the police to take action. In a tweet National Conference spokesperson said “National Conference strongly condemns the outrageous remarks and threatening of Kashmiri journalists by BJP Leader and MLA Chaudhry […]
Srinagar: Government forces have released a list of 21 most-wanted militants who will be on top of their target list in Jammu and Kashmir, media reports said. Besides the name of Chief IS J&K Dawood Salafi who was killed yesterday in a gunfight, the list has also the names of 11 Hizb ul Mujahideen militants, […]
Delhi: Days after BJP pulled out of the PDP-led coalition regime in Jammu and Kashmir, BJP chief Amit Shah will be on a day-long visit of the Jammu region and also address a rally and celebrate Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Balidan-Divas in a big way. BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit chief Ravinder Raina said that Shah […]
Srinagar: Mobile Internet service was restored in Srinagar on Saturday following a day-long suspension after the killing of Islamic States Jammu and Kashmir chief in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. The service was suspended as the news about the killing of Dawood Sofi alias Burhan along with three associates spread. The services has only been restored […]
