Srinagar: Commissioner Secretary, Public Health Engineering (PHE) Irrigation and Flood Control Department Farooq Ahmad Shah has ordered an inquiry into the alleged sale of departmental pipes by officials at Surankote area of Poonch district. “I have asked Chief Engineer Jammu to carry out a thorough investigation into the incident and place accused immediately under suspension,” […]
Srinagar: Voter turnout continues to soar in the border town of Uri in northern Kashmir’s Baramulla district where 72.69 percent voters have exercised their franchise till 2pm today. Among the voters, 1275 were men, while 1307 were eligible female voters, officials told Kashmir Reader. The poll percentage at 2 pm was recorded 72.69. The Uri […]
Srinagar: Thousands of people on Saturday attended the funeral of slain militant Shabir Ahmad at Samboora in Kakapora area of southern Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Witnesses said that thousands of people from Pulwama and adjoining areas despite curfew-like restrictions participated in the funeral procession of Hizb militant, who was killed in a gunfight at Babagund area […]
Srinagar: Police on Friday evening recovered pipes allegedly sold by the PHE officials in the black market in Surankote area of Poonch district. Reports said that a police team, acting on specific information, raided a shop at Surankote and found 22 pipes (2.5 inches in diameter) of Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department, sub-division Surankote. The […]
Srinagar: Eight Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) candidates have won unopposed while no candidate has filed nomination from other 13 wards of the Sopore municipal council which were to go to polls on Saturday, reports said. Eight BJP candidates, who had filed nominations from Ward number 1, 2, 3,4,5,17,18 and 21 have won unopposed since no […]
Srinagar: Police on Saturday said that one Hizb militant who was injured in Babagund village in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district has been admitted in SMHS hospital where he is presently being operated upon. A police officer identified the militant as Showkat Ahmad Dar son of Nazir Ahmad Dar of Muran, Pulwama who was injured in […]
Srinagar: A speedy tipper on Saturday morning crushed a Special Police Officer of Jammu and Kashmir Police to death in Kralpora area of northern Kashmir’s Kupwara district. The SPO was identified as Danish Ahmed Parray. Sources said that Parray was hit and injured by a speedy tipper at main market in Kralpora. They said that […]
Srinagar: Pakistan’s Minister for Human Rights Shireen M Mazari has reiterated her country’s stand towards the ongoing freedom struggle in Jammu and Kashmir and accused India of committing “human rights violations in the disputed state”, Pakistani daily The News reported. Mazari said this in a meeting with a delegation of All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) […]
Srinagar: Uri town of northern Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday is recording brisk polling in the third phase of municipal elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Officials said that 1724 people exercised their franchise till 11 am on Saturday. Uri municipal limits consist of 3552 registered voters. The officials said that among the voters who polled […]
Srinagar: National Investigation Agency has seized Rs 18 lakhs from a Kashmiri businessman in New Delhi in connection with a case involving Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation, an organization linked to militant outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). The NIA raided the Hilal Ahmed Rather’s south Delhi’s Lajpat Nagar-based office and house and seized an amount of Rs 18 lakh, six […]
