10-year-old injured in shell explosion in Poonch

10-year-old injured in shell explosion in Poonch

Poonch: A 10-year-old boy was injured critically in a shell explosion at Kasba village of border district of Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir. A police officer concerned said =that the boy Mohd Ishfaq,10, son of Abdul Hamid of Kasba village suffered critical splinter injuries after a shell went off while he was fiddling with it. Ishfaq […]

Army soldier injured in cross-border shelling in Poonch

Army soldier injured in cross-border shelling in Poonch

Poonch: An army soldier was injured in cross-border shelling at Sawjian sector along the border in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. SSP Poonch Rajeev Panday said that army’s 40 RR manning the fence fired some warning shots in the area following some suspicious movement early today morning. Later, Pakistani army in a bid to […]

Court rejects anticipatory bail plea of ARTO Shopian

Court rejects anticipatory bail plea of ARTO Shopian

Srinagar: A local court here has rejected an application for anticipatory bail by ARTO Shopian and Pulwama Abdul Majeed Bhat from whose residence huge cash of about Rs 34 lakh besides gold ornaments, licensed weapon and ammunition of AK-47 and demonetized notes of Rs 99000 were found by the vigilance organization. The accused ARTO Shopian and […]

Civil Secretariat Employees announce strike from July 30

Civil Secretariat Employees announce strike from July 30

Srinagar: The coordination committee of the Civil Secretariat Employees Union has said it will hold strike from Monday, July 30, against the government’s failure to resolve the issues the secretariat employees are facing. A statement issued that the Civil Secretariat Employees Union held a meeting on Tuesday at its office at Civil Secretariat here to discuss various issues of […]

Govt clears Rs 5300 crore industrial investment proposals

Govt clears Rs 5300 crore industrial investment proposals

SRINAGAR: The Apex Committee of Industries and Commerce Department on Tuesday has cleared the industrial investment proposal of Rs 5300 crore in the State besides 13000 Kanals of additional land has been designated for development of new industrial estates in the State. This was stated during a review meeting of Industries and Commerce Department (I&CD) […]

Governor expresses concern over the slow progress of Jehangir Chowk-Rambagh Flyover

Governor expresses concern over the slow progress of Jehangir Chowk-Rambagh Flyover

Srinagar: Governor Jammu and Kashmir N.N Vohra on Tuesday have expressed serious concern over the very slow progress of Jehangir Chowk-Rambagh Flyover and Grade Separator at Radio Kashmir Junction. He remarked his views during high level meeting at the Civil Secretariat here in Srinagar. He directed Satish Razdan, CEO, ERA, to immediately resolve every pending […]

Widespread rains forecast for Kashmir for July 24-25: Govt

Widespread rains forecast for Kashmir for July 24-25: Govt

SRINAGAR: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir on Tuesday issued weather advisory for the Kashmir division. According to the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, fairly widespread rain/thundershowers are expected in Kashmir Division on July 24-25, 2018. In this connection the concerned Deputy Commissioners have been asked to watch out the jurisdiction and advised people not to venture in avalanche prone areas […]

Great salary scam: On Govt order, BDO’s  have started preparing reports into multi-crore salary scam in rural development dept

Great salary scam: On Govt order, BDO’s  have started preparing reports into multi-crore salary scam in rural development dept

Srinagar: After government order, the Block Development Officers (BDO’s) across the state of Jammu and Kashmir have started preparing reports regarding the multi-crore salary scam which involved drawl of arrears by Multi Purpose Workers (MPW’s) allegedly through fraudulent means. A BDO, who is posted in north Kashmir, told The Kashmir Press that the government order, […]

Srinagar attack: CRPF trooper succumbs

Srinagar attack: CRPF trooper succumbs

Srinagar: A paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) man who was injured in a militant attack near Fire and Emergency Services department in Batamaloo area of Srinagar on Tuesday late afternoon, succumbed to injuries. Reports said that the militants opened fire upon the 23 bn CRPF party. In the incident, a CRPF trooper namely constable […]

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