Umer Maqbool Srinagar: Amid outbreak of deadly coronavirus, the Jammu & Kashmir government on Monday revoked the Public Safety Act (PSA) detention orders of 18 persons lodged in different jails of the Union Territory. Highly placed sources disclosed that government has revoked detention orders of 18 persons languishing in three jails of Jammu & Kashmir. […]
Srinagar: Acting tough against the violators of Govt. prohibitory orders, Srinagar Police have arrested 17 persons including a shopkeeper and also seized 09 vehicles for defying the restrictions imposed in view of Covid-19. In the jurisdiction of Police Station (PS) Nishat and PS Harwan, Police arrested three persons including a shopkeeper and seized one vehicle […]
Srinagar: Army on Monday said that one of the deadliest operations along the Line of Control in Kupwara district of north Kashmir was a “hand-to hand battle” and a “daring” in which five militants were killed. The 5-day long operation reached its peak on weekend when para commandos were heli dropped near the LoC. “Indian […]
Kupwara: A Tehsildar rank officer posted in Kralpora, Kupwara was on Monday suspended for “degrading a senior officer” and using “unparliamentary language” against him on official WhatsApp group. An inquiry has also been ordered against him. As per an order issued by the Deputy Commissioner Kupwara, the tehsildar had uploaded a post in an official […]
Srinagar: All entries and exits leading into and out of Chattabal area of Srinagar were Monday sealed. The sealing of the area comes in the wake of its declaration as containment zone after several cases of COVID-19 affected persons were reported therefrom. District Magistrate Srinagar Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary who issued an order in this […]
Srinagar: The University of Kashmir today announced a series of measures to be taken to fight the spread of COVID -19 after the University reopens after the lockdown, to continue its academic activities. A meeting in this connection was held today at varsity’s administrative block under the Chairmanship of VC Prof Talat Ahmad. Senior functionaries […]
Srinagar: Three more people tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Kashmir on Monday, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in the Valley to 84 and over all 109 in J&K, official sources said. Among them, sources said that one is from frontier Uri town of Baramulla district while two others are from Srinagar […]
Srinagar: At least three families from South Kashmir have approached police, claiming that their kin are among the five militants killed in a gunfight in snowbound woods of Kupwara in north Kashmir. The families, two from Shopian district and another one from the Kulgam district are said to have reached Kupwara, demanding handing over of […]
Srinagar: A total of 13 persons including eight soldiers and five militants have been killed during the five day gunfight along the Line of Control in north Kashmir’s Kupwara woods in Keran sector. The death toll of soldiers rose to eight after three more, who were injured in a gunfight with militants in Kupwara woods, […]
Srinagar: At least four residential houses caved-in at Rainawari area of Srinagar’s downtown in the intervening night of April 04 and April 05. Officials said that four residential houses belonging to Ghulam Muhammad Gilkar, Late Ghulam Qadir Gilkar, Noor Muhammad Gilkar and Muhammad Yousuf Gilkar were damaged in Sikandarpora area of Rainawari in Srinagar. The incident […]
