Srinagar: Unidentified gunmen on Friday afternoon released the couple who was abducted last evening from Arwini village of southern Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Reports said that both, the husband and the wife, have been shot in their legs and have been admitted to a local hospital for treatment. “Mudassir Makroo, the husband, has been shot in the […]
Srinagar: Militants who carried out the attack on a joint team of police and paramilitary men in Anantnag district on June 12 used Chinese-made steel-coated bullets in the attack, a media report claimed on Friday. The attack left five CRPF personnel and a police officer dead. A militant was also killed in the incident. Times […]
New Delhi has recommended to the Indian army high command that those officers should “go home” who were in charge of the Uri brigade, the Sunjuwan military camp and the Nagrota army base in Jammu and Kashmir when militants attacked their bases in past few years, Hindustan Times reported on Friday. “The government has decided […]
Kupwara: Four drug peddlers have been slapped with Public Safety Act in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday. The four have been identified as Riyaz Ahmad Badan, Mudasir Ahmad Piswal, Tanveer Ahmad Raina and Zameer Ahmad Raina, all residents of Amrohie Karnah. A police official said that a huge quantity of Brown Sugar was recovered from their […]
Anantnag: The disproportionate student-teacher ratio in government-run schools in southern district Anantnag is exposing the flawed policies of the government. This unequal student-teacher ratio, according to the sources, is spoiling the career of hundreds of poor students studying in these schools with authorities least bothered about balancing the ratio. In some schools over a dozen, […]
Srinagar: Piaggio Vehicles Pvt Ltd (PVPL), a 100 % subsidiary of the Italian Piaggio Group and India’s leading manufacturer of small commercial vehicles today extended the arrangement with Jammu and Kashmir’s largest lender J&K Bank to provide the latest financial schemes to its customers. This strategic tie-up will provide employment opportunities across the state of Jammu […]
A group of Norwegian Muslims have launched a campaign to remove the requirement for visible ears on passports and ID cards. A total of 842 responses from organisations and individuals alike were sent to the government to remove the mandatory ear demand, the news outlet Document reported. “The requirement for visible ears on facial photography […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government has banned rafting in Valley rivers till further orders in the wake of recent accidents in Lidder in which three persons were killed, officials said on Friday. They said the Director Tourism, Kashmir, in an order issued on June 19 said, ”In the interest of administration and safety of tourists, […]
Tehran: Iran said Friday that it had “indisputable” evidence that a US drone it shot down this week had violated its airspace. Deputy foreign minister Abbas Araghchi told Swiss ambassador, Markus Leitner, whose country represents US interests in Iran, of the evidence on Thursday night, the foreign ministry said in a statement. “Even some parts […]
Srinagar: Scores of residents of Tujgari Mohalla Nowhatta on Friday held a protest demonstration against the arrest of welfare committee members. Reports said that protesters, including women, assembled near Nowhatta Chowk and blocked the road to demand the “immediate” release of welfare Committee members. Mohammed Yousuf Makhdoomi and Syed Basharat Andrabi were arrested during the night by […]
