Srinagar: Authorities have suspended classwork in three higher secondary schools and seven colleges of the capital city Srinagar today on May 15. The institutions where classwork will remain suspended include SP Higher Secondary School MA Road, Islamia Higher Secondary School Rajouri Kadal, MPML Higher Secondary School Baghi Dilawar Khan, Amar Singh College Gogji Bagh, SP College […]
Srinagar: Police on Tuesday arrested a man for allegedly setting his wife on fire in Handwara area of north Kashmir district of Kupwara, a police spokesman said. He said police received an information that a woman (name withheld), resident of Handwara has been admitted in Handwara Hospital with burn injuries. Immediately, officers from a local […]
Srinagar: More than a month after she went missing, police has found the body of a 25-year-old girl from a power project dam in Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday. Reports said that some locals informed the police about the body lying in Uri-II Power Project Dam in Salamabad today late in the […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Tuesday condemned the attack on party worker Sajad Ahmad Ganaie of Chitragam Shopian, saying that such dastardly attacks cannot deter the party from serving people. In a statement, provincial spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar while decrying the attack said, “I pray for the speedy recovery of Sajad. National Conference unequivocally […]
Srinagar: Sushil Kumar, a KAS officer, was found hanging at his residence at Ansal Flat in Sainik Colony Jammu, officials said on Tuesday. They said preliminary investigations suggest suicide but confirmation would be made only after investigation, launched into it, are over. Sources said he stood at senior number 325 in KAS seniority list and was […]
Srinagar: The Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Ranbir Singh arrived in Srinagar today to review the prevailing security situation in the Valley. The Army Commander accompanied by the Chinar Corps Commander Lt Gen KJS Dhillon, visited the hinterland formations in South Kashmir, army’s defence ministry spokesman said in a statement. “He was briefed by local […]
Srinagar: Terming the statement of Bhartiya Janta Party leader and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari as ridiculous , Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani has lashed out at Indian leadership for “lacking” political vision and courage to accept the ground realities in Jammu and Kashmir. “Creating a venomous and war like atmosphere on flimsy and […]
Srinagar: Secretary, Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC), Hilal Dewani, who was attached by the government pending an inquiry, is freely operating from his office. “He is working as usual,” sources told The Kashmir Press. “Despite orders he has not been removed from his post. He continues to function from the office as secretary SMC”. Sources said […]
Riyadh: Two pumping stations on a major Saudi oil pipeline were attacked by drones on Tuesday, halting the flow of crude along it, Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said. He said the attacks on the pipeline from the oil-rich Eastern Province to the Red Sea took place early Tuesday. Yemen’s Huthi rebels said Tuesday that […]
Srinagar: Protests continued in Kashmir valley on Tuesday over the alleged rape of a three-year-old girl in Bandipora district of the state, officials said. The state police has constituted a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the rape case and one person has been arrested. Even as authorities closed several educational institutions in the valley, students […]
