Srinagar: Taking a pot shot at his colleague and former minister, PDP leader Imran Reza Ansari has said that Naeem Akhtar was new definition of irony. “New definition of irony: when @shangpal Naeem Akhtar a nominated legislator, who has never contested elections, announces PDPs eagerness for fresh polls in the state! That sums up the […]
Srinagar: A youth drowned to death while taking a bath in a nallah in Goshbugh village of Pattan in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday. Reports said that Riyaz Ahmad Yatoo (20) of Goshbugh Pattan was taking a bath in a local nallah when he drowned. Locals retrieved his body from the nallah, said an […]
SRINAGAR: Crime Branch Kashmir on Tuesday booked Chief Education Officer Budgam and other associates for cheating an applicant. Spokesperson said “we received a complaint alleging therein that in the year 2004-05, two (02) posts of Rehbar-e-Taleem were advertised for Mehdi-Colony in Ward No.04 of Budgam Town. Applications were submitted by the candidates of the said […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday ordered transfers in the administration . In the interest of administration, the following transfers and postings are hereby ordered with immediate effect. According to a Government Order NO.1084- GAD of 2018 Babeeta Kumari, Private Secretary, under orders of transfer to Higher Education Department, is posted as Private Secretary […]
Srinagar: Three pilgrims, including two from Andhra Pradesh, died today en route to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas due to various causes, taking the death toll in this year’s yatra to six. Thota Radhnam, a 75-year-old woman from Fiwalayam in Andhra Pradesh, died of suspected cardiac arrest in a community […]
As many as 11,855 candidates are in the fray for 849 general seats of Pakistan’s national and provincial assemblies in the 25 July elections after the completion of scrutiny process, the election commission has said. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued the final list of candidates, according to which, 3,459 candidates will contest […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday sought help of general public in tracing a girl from Punjab missing since July 2. A police spokesperson said Rajeev Kumar, a resident of Gurdaspur Punjab reported in police station Rajbagh that his 17-year-old daughter Muskan @Gudiya went out of the hotel and didn’t return. Kumar said that […]
Srinagar: Over 31,085 people were certified as disabled in the 10 districts in Kashmir valley, up 74% from 17,898 people in the three years of Bhartia Janta Party and People’s Democratic Party rue in Jammu and Kashmir, Indiaspend.com reported. The rising unrest in the Valley played a role in the increase, activists said, specifically pointing […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga here. Mr Odinga is also the Leader of Opposition in Kenya. “Prime Minister Modi fondly recalled their long association, going back over a decade when he had visited Kenya as the Chief Minister of Gujarat. Mr Odinga also warmly recalled […]
Srinagar: Dr Abdul Gani Poswal, working as a doctor, has seen many people dying before his eyes. But when he had to declare his own son, Faizan Ahmed poswal, dead, Gani said the hell broke loose and it was like the needles pierceing his heart. Last Friday, Gani’s son Faizan, a Class 10 student, was […]
