Anantnag: Sub-divisional magistrate (SDM), Bijbehara has placed at least twelve employees of Public health engineering (PHE) under suspension for remaining absent from their duties. The suspension of employees came after the SDM Abdul Rashid Daas on Wednesday visited the PHE division Bijbehara to pacify the protesters who had assembled there to protest the water crisis in […]
Poonch: One person was killed and at least eight others were injured, four of them critically, after a load carrier met with an accident in Mendhar area of Poonch district of Jammu region Thursday morning. Reports said the vehicle JKO2AH 0652 carrying villagers to Sakhi Maidan Mela met with accident at Salotari Uchhad in Mendhar, resulting […]
A complete shutdown is being observed in north Kashmir’s Baramulla town to mourn the death of a local militant in Sopore gunfight on Wednesday. All the shops and other business establishments are closed in the town, while thin movement of private transport is being witnessed on the roads in Baramulla town. Reports said that people […]
Srinagar: Kashmiri American Society of Healthcare, Medical Education and Research (KASHMER), is starting its most ambitious project for 2019 titled Emergency Medical Services (MES) in Kashmir on Thursday. “This service is set to start end of July 2019. We are starting it as a pilot program in Srinagar with 2 critical care ambulances manned with […]
Srinagar: Director General of Police, Dilbag Singh on Wednesday said that the drug abuse has become a big challenge for J&K Police and called for tightening the noose against the persons indulging in the trade. He spoke when the DGP chaired a review meeting with senior Police officers and jurisdictional gazetted officers. During the meeting, […]
Srinagar: Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (TeH) chairman Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai has condemned PSA on Hanief Ahmed Bhat of Saloosa, Kreeri and arrest of Ghulam Hassan Shah of Bomai Sopore, Irfan Ahmad and Abdul Majeed Logri Pora from the court premises when they appeared for case hearing. In a statement issued to GNS, Sehrai said: “As per the family members, […]
Puwlama: The outbreak of hepatitis due to the consumption of contaminated water in Pinglana village of Pulwama triggered protests by the residents on Wednesday, official sources said. Doctors have confirmed that around 70 residents were tested positive for hepatitis. Following the disease outbreak DC Pulwama suspended executive engineer, Assistant executive Exn and junior engineer of […]
Srinagar: A high level meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) leadership from south Kashmir was held at the party head office here in which various crucial issues confronting the state at present were discussed in detail. Chaired by Party Vice President Abdul Rahman Veeri, the meeting deliberated over various measures that the party has […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) today felicitated the newly elected body of Aiwan-e-Sahafat (Kashmir Press Club) after its maiden elections and wished the new team all the luck and success in their endeavors. Hurriyat (M) said press is the fourth pillar of democracy and the free and fair reportage has earned fame across the globe. The […]
Three drug peddlers were arrested from Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district and contraband substance was recovered from their possession, police said today. “Officers at a checkpoint established at Wadura Sopore arrested three drug peddlers identified as Sabzar Ahmad Malyar son of Abdul Rahman Malyar resident of Mattan Anantnag, Mujeeb Ahmad Khan son of […]
