Srinagar: A major reshuffle in administrations was likely to take place in the next couple of days, officials sources said on Wednesday. They said that more than 60 officers are being transferred and include many deputy commissioners and directors of various departments. It has been learnt that transfer list has been finalized by the governor and his advisers […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police in Srinagar recovered 74 bags of rice and two bags of flour which were meant for public distribution and were being illegally sold in the black market. “Acting on a complaint, police post Bemina arrested Bilal Ahmad Nath resident of Bilal Colony Bemina for selling PDS (public distribution system) […]
Srinagar: Former IAS officer Shah Faesal Wednesday said invoking sedition law against Kanhaiya Kumar and others in the JNU case was travesty of free speech. Nearly three years after former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Kumar and 9 others were accused of raising anti-India slogans, the Delhi police Monday charged them with sedition. “Invoking […]
Srinagar: Two persons were killed and three others injured in separate road accidents in Samba and Ramban districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said Wednesday. A-three vehicle crash killed the driver of an oil tanker and injured three others near Railway bridge Nanak Chack in Samba Tuesday night, they said. The identity of the deceased […]
Srinagar: Welcoming Governor Satpal Malik’s offer to Huriyat that it must talk directly to him over the issues pertaining to atrocities against civilians and other related issues, former Langate lawmaker Er. Rasheed has said that Malik should move a step further and facilitate certain genuine CBMs to prove his words. Rasheed today talked to Governor […]
JAMMU: In order to carry out various development works, the power supply to Sainik Colony and its adjoining areas fed from SC-1, SC-2 and SC-4 feeders shall remain affected on January 17, 18 and 19 from 10 am to 02 pm. Meanwhile, to carry out replacement of Line Isolators, the shutdown of 132KV Hiranagar-Bari-Brahmana-II […]
SRINAGAR: The Enforcement squad of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) recovered Rs 7000 fine from 18 shopkeepers for violation of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. As per an official handout issued here, the market checking squad headed by Assistant Director Enforcement North and South zones inspected 75 business establishments in Davish Kadal, […]
Srinagar: Government forces on Wednesday laid a siege in North Kashmir’s Bandipora village. Police sources said that a joint team of Army, SOG and CRPF launched a cordon-and-search operation in Danger Mohalla of Hajjin area and started door-to-door search operation. The operation, they said, was launched after inputs about presence of militants in the area. Search operation […]
Srinagar: Several highways including including Bandipora-Gurez, Mughal road, Kupwara-Machil road have been closed for vehicular traffic after fresh snowfall across Kashmir valley Wednesday. Reports said that despite the highway’s been shut, the Kashmir highway was open for traffic movement from Srinagar to Jammu. Pertinently earlier today authorities at Srinagar international airport suspended air traffic due to […]
Srinagar: Security forces in Pakistan have gunned down four militants, including a top Taliban commander who masterminded the last year’s powerful bomb blast in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in which at least 31 people including three Sikhs were killed. Those killed in the exchange of fire include Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander Islam and Mohibullah […]
