Srinagar: Fire engulfed the canteen of SKIMS maternity hospital on Monday afternoon. A Police spokesperson said that the fire broke out in the canteen of the maternity hospital reportedly due to a short circuit. He said that Police and fire services personnel are on job to douse the flames. More details are awaited.
Srinagar: A US army general was among those injured in a Taliban attack on top US and Afghan security chiefs inside a highly secure compound last week in Kandahar province, a military spokesman confirmed, Dawn news reported. US Army Brigadier General Jeffrey Smiley, in charge of NATO’s military advisory mission in Afghanistan, suffered at least […]
Srinagar: Tehreek-e-Hurriyat chairperson Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai on Monday termed the killings in southern Kashmir’s Kulgam district as “a brazen display of human genocide”. In a statement, Sehrai while reiterating that no “power or repression” can break resolve of freedom loving Kashmiris, said that under a “well-planned conspiracy”, the forces in absence of any accountability, have […]
Srinagar: The postponed class 12 examinations scheduled for today has been rescheduled to November 2. A spokesperson of the Jammu and Kashmir state board of school education said that the paper (English) that was scheduled today on October 22 and was postponed due to unavoidable circumstances has been rescheduled to November 2.
New Delhi: The Indian Army has asked the Pakistan military to take back bodies of two alleged intruders who were killed in a gunfight along the Line of Control in Sunderbani sector of Jammu on Sunday, official sources said. Two heavily armed Pakistani intruders and three soldiers were killed Sunday in the gunfight after the […]
Jammu: A couple was among four people who died in two separate accidents on the highway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, police said Monday, adding two others were injured. The couple was travelling on a motorcycle on the highway at Lakhanpur in the district when another vehicle hit them Monday, they said. 60-year old […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday arrested independent Langate lawmaker Er Rasheed while he was protesting against the civilian and militant killings in Handwara. Witnesses said that police bundled Rasheed into a vehicle and lodged him in police station after he tried to march towards the main chowk. A contingent of police and […]
Srinagar: Kashmiri woman running “all female schools” and an organization to helping needy has been listed among the most influential 500 personalities in Muslim world. The list was released this week in Qatar. Founder and Rector of Jamia Islamia Mahdul, Mubeena Ramzan, is the second personality from valley to feature in the list Mirwaiz Umar […]
Srinagar: Scores of students of north campus of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) at Wadoora Sopore on Monday staged a protest demonstration against the Kulgam civilian and militant killings. Reports said that scores of students of the varsity campus including females assembled in the premises of the University and shouted anti-government and […]
Jammu: Notwithstanding tall claims of the BJP, the results of the urban local bodies have sent warning signals to the saffron party, as it has lost a whopping 51 per cent of its vote share in three Assembly constituencies of Jammu city. Not only the party has failed to maintain its dominance in Samba, Kathua, […]
