Srinagar, April 25: The Jammu and Kashmir government has formally renamed Public Health Engineering and Irrigation and Flood Control (PHE I&FC) Department as ‘Jal Shakti Department’. An order issued in this regard by Additional Secretary General Administration Department, Rohit Sharma on Friday, also gave sanction to the rechristened department at Serial 27-A in the First […]
Srinagar: The Jammu & Kashmir government on Friday evening revoked Public Safety Act (PSA) detention orders of 28 persons languishing in different jails within and outside the Union Territory. Highly placed sources disclosed to news agency that Home department has revoked PSA detention orders of 28 persons languishing in UP and J&K jails. “Of them, […]
Srinagar: A 72-year-old man on Saturday became the sixth COVID-19 fatality in Jammu and Kashmir while fourteen new positive cases were confirmed overnight, pushing the tally in the J&K to 468. The septuagenarian patient from Qazipora Tangmarg in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district died at SKIMS Bemina hospital here, making it the fifth death in Kashmir […]
Srinagar: Two militants and a militant associate were killed in an encounter which broke between goverment forces and militants in Goripora Area of Awantipora in South Kashmir’s Pulwama District on Saturday morning. Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar (IPS) said that two militants, one militant associate were killed in a gunfight. However identity of the […]
Pulwama: Encounter starts between government forces and militants in wee hours on Saturday in Goripora area of Awantipora in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. An official told news agency that on specific inputs about the presence of militants cordon and search Operation was launched in the area by joint team of forces. As forces zeroed towards […]
Srinagar: Authorities on Friday detained a person for allegedly making fake movement passes by forging the signatures of issuing authority in Sopore area of north-Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Following the directions by District Magistrate Baramulla, Police has detained the person namely Riyaz Ahmad Dar son of Ali Mohammad a resident of Kralteng Sopore along with his […]
The Press Club of India has issued a strongly worded statement press statement calling upon the authorities to withdraw criminal charges against the journalists. It also stated that the events appear to intimidate the media into silence. Read the full statement: New Delhi, April 24: Events of the past week underline the fact that […]
SRINAGAR: Two militants were killed minutes after they abducted a railway policeman at Yaripora area of Kulgam in south Kashmir on Friday, police said. Director General of Police J&K Dilbagh Singh told a news agency that both the militants (abductors) were killed in the brief gunfight. He said that the cop who was abducted is […]
Srinagar, April 24: Kashmir Working Journalists Association (KWJA) has said that despite pleas for an enabling environment for media, J&K Police has not withdrawn its latest cases against three journalists in Kashmir. “We strongly condemn and protest the continued harassment of journalists in Kashmir at the hands of police and reiterate our demand that cases […]
Srinagar: A militant hideout was on Friday busted in Hillagwari area of Gundana in Doda district, officials said, adding that arms and ammunition including grenades were recovered from the hideout. Officials told news agency that joint teams of Jammu and Kashmir police and Army on a specific information, launched an operation in Hillagwari area and […]
