Srinagar: Fisheries department employees on Wednesday held a protest demonstration in Srinagar’s press enclave against the amendments in recruitment rules of the department. The protesters said that the fisheries department has amended rules in recruitment policy under which the direct recruitment will be applied and existing employees at their concerned post will not attain promotion. […]
Indonesia: The death toll in Indonesia’s twin quake-tsunami disaster rose to nearly 1,400 Wednesday, with time running out to rescue survivors and the UN warning of “vast” unmet needs. Authorities set a tentative deadline of Friday to find anyone still trapped under rubble, at which point — a week after this devastating double disaster — […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police on Wednesday used tear smoke shells to disperse the class 11 students protesting the deferment of examinations in Sopore town of northern Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Eyewitnesses said that protests erupted in Sopore after students of class 11 of higher secondary school Sopore took to streets shouting slogans against the […]
Kabul: A suicide bomber struck an election rally in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday, killing at least 14 people and wounding around 40, a provincial official said. The attack, the first since campaigning began last week ahead of elections for the lower house of parliament, underscored the widespread violence gripping the country 17 years […]
Jammu: Army on Tuesday busted a suspected militant hideout in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district and recovered a cache of arms, an official said. Acting on a tip-off, a search operation was conducted in Kuddhar area of Bhagwah block and recovered arms, ammunition and explosive material, a defence spokesperson said. The recoveries included two AK […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police has strongly denied the media reports that two army personnel were injured in a militant attack in south Kashmir district of Kulgam on Tuesday night. Several television channels had last night claimed that militants ambushed an army patrol party ay Redwani, Kulgam in which two army men were injured. […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat patriarch Syed Ali Geelani on Tuesday addressed a gathering of mourners of the slain militants Asif Ahmad Malik and Irfan Rashid Dar, through a phone call in Pulwama and Dooru in Islamabad. Both were recently killed during an encounter with government forces. A spokesperson of Geelani’s Hurriyat Conference (G) said that the octogenarian leader […]
Srinagar: Body of 20-year-old girl was recovered from a power canal at Kangan in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Tuesday. Reports said that the body of the 20-year-old was found by some locals who later informed the police. A police team reached the spot and recovered the body. Station House Officer (SHO), Kangan, Shahid Khursheed […]
Srinagar: Police have booked two youth from Tral town under contentious Public Safety Act and shifted them to Kathua Jail. One of them is an alleged former militant while another is a shopkeeper by forte. Sources said that alleged former militant Arzoo Bashir Najar, a resident of Nindora Tral was arrested by police last year […]
Srinagar: Tajamul Islam,CEO, ‘Lord’s cafe’ announced the grand opening this Saturday.The inauguration was done by parents of young technocrats who own the cafe. The opening ceremony was attended with zest by a wide range of people, in and outside Handwara, including some well known public figures like ADC handwara, President Traders federation Handwara. . The […]
