Srinagar: Director School Education, Kashmir, Mohammad Younis Malik, has appealed to the students to resume their normal class work so that the ongoing academic session is not disturbed which shall put the students in disadvantageous position. In a statement, the Director School Education said that the law enforcing agencies have taken cognizance and ordered inquiry into […]
Srinagar: While as day temperature remained slightly lower than the normal in Kashmir Valley, the weatherman on Wednesday said the moisture-laden wind is moving towards J&K from north Pakistan as a result of which wet weather is expected for the next 24-36 hours. “Expect a short spell of moderate thundershower in Kashmir and Jammu later […]
Poonch: An army man was injured in a landmine explosion near the Line of Control (LoC) in Mendhar sector of Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. Official sources said that the soldier namely Sepoy Shivling Appa of 12 Madras Regiment was on routine patrol duty in forward area of Dehari Dabasi in Mendhar sector […]
Srinagar: Protests against the alleged rape of a minor girl in Sumbal area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district continued for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday, demanding justice. Various educational institutions across the Valley remained closed today as precautionary measure. The class work at several colleges and higher secondary schools in Srinagar, Bandipora, Anantnag, Baramulla, […]
Washington: The US state department has ordered the departure of “non-emergency employees” from Iraq, amid rising tensions between the US and Iraq’s neighbour Iran. Staff at the embassy in Baghdad and the consulate in Irbil must leave as soon as possible on commercial transport, says a BBC News report on Wednesday. The US military said […]
Srinagar: Incarcerated pro-freedom leader Advocate Shahid-ul-Islam has paid tributes to Shaheed-e-Millat Moulana Muhammad Farooq on his 29th anniversary and Shaheed-e-Hurriyat Abdul Gani Lone on his 17th anniversary. Islam said that people will always respect the duo for their struggle and sacrifices. He prayed for the heavenly abode of both the leaders and said that the […]
Srinagar: Paying glowing tributes to Shaheed-e-Milat Mirwaiz Moulvi Muhammad Farooq (RA) and the Martyr’s of Hawal massacre of May 21, 1990, the Awami Action Committee (AAC) renewed its pledge to carry forward the mission of martyrs. The AAC also announced Hafta-e-Shahadat (martyr’s week) programmes commencing from May 18. On May 18, the martyr’s week will […]
Srinagar: Many of the aspirants left the examination centres at Kashmir University after finding no options between Statistics and Mathematics on Tuesday. The aggrieved students said that the aspirants left the centres after they found no options between Statistics and Mathematics, saying that students had to appear in the test for different subjects but there […]
Srinagar: Hardline Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani Wednesday hailed the goodwill gesture by India and Pakistan to release prisoners from their respective jails and called for use of such measures as a permanent feature of relations between the two countries. Thirteen Pakistani nationals, including four fishermen, were repatriated to Pakistan on Tuesday through the […]
Rajouri: Three shops were gutted in a mysterious blaze in Palma market of Rajouri during wee hours on Wednesday. Reports said that the three shops owned by one Anil son of Subash Kumar resident of Palma caught fire in the wee hours on Wednesday and fire flames engulfed all the three shops and commodities lying inside […]
