The Indian Army is working with the ministries of Home and External Affairs to counter “Pakistani propaganda” which projects law and order actions in Jammu and Kashmir as ‘trumped up’ human rights violations, The Economic Times reported quoting the defence ministry. The development was shared in the defence ministry’s annual report for 2018-19. The move […]
The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday arrested a drug peddler at a checkpoint in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Contraband substance has been recovered from his possession, a police spokesperson said. “Officers at a checkpoint established at Waripora Safapora intercepted and arrested one drug peddler identified as Muhammad Ibrahim Bhat son of Muhammad Ramzan Bhat […]
Anantnag: The authorities at maternity and child hospital (MCH) Anantnag have “illegally” allowed dozens of female nurses to work voluntarily in the hospital at the cost of pockets of the patients. The lone maternity hospital of southern Kashmir region is not only facing space cruncha but dearth of staff as well. To overcome the dearth of staff, […]
Manila: Philippine police say at least 9 mostly grade school students died and 16 others were injured when the truck they were riding on lost control on a downhill road, flipped on its side and pinned some of the victims. Police investigator Nelson Saquibal says several of the injured, including the driver, were brought to […]
Angry over government apathy to pay them wages due for five years, four daily wagers of the public health engineering (PHE) department tried to immolate themselves in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, prompting police to detain them on Thursday. A video of the incident has gone viral on social media, drawing criticism for the state […]
Kangan: Two non local persons were killed after a motorcycle they were riding met with an accident in Rayil Gund area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district Friday morning. Officials said that the accident the motorcycle bearing registration number HR22L-5351 on way to Srinagar from Ladakh collided with a truck bearing registration number JK0AG/5369 coming from opposite direction resulting […]
Srinagar: As the family of pro-freedom leader Ayaz Akbar had applied for his interim bail, the court on Thursday listed the case for July 25, 2019, family said. The family of incarcerated Hurriyat Conference (G) leader Ayaz Akbar had applied for his interim bail as his wife was diagnosed with cancer. The family of Ayaz […]
Srinagar: A woman died in flash floods triggered by multiple cloudbursts in Lolab area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday. According to locals and police, the woman identified as Shafiqa Bano (35) was washed away by the flash floods in Bera Rudi, Khordi, Bat Gagal, Surgam in Lolab at around 4:30 pm. The woman’s body […]
SrInagar: As many as 20 officers of Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) will get 10-day training at the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Academy, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh (UP) from July 22, an official spokesman said here on Thursday afternoon. He said General Administration Department (GDA) Vigilance Section has issued an order to depute 20 officers—one Senior […]
Srinagar: Weeks after cricketer Rasikh Salam Dar was banned by BCCI for fudging his Date of Birth, it has come to fore that Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association’s lethargic approach was responsible for humiliation to the cricket fraternity in the state. Documents accessed by The Kashmir Press state the Chief Executive Officer of The Jammu and Kashmir […]
