Srinagar, July 08: United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteurs have made public their third communication forwarded to India since the August 5, 2019 decision to revoke Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. In its communication, the UN had expressed “grave concern over alleged excessive use of force, ill treatment during arrests and detentions”. “We would like to […]
Bandipora, July 08: Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Bandipora leader, Sheikh Waseem Bari, his father and his brother were on Wednesday shot dead by the unidentified gunmen outside their residence in Muslimabad area of Bandipora district. Official sources said that Bari, his father Bashir Ahmed and brother Umar Bari were shot at by the suspected militants […]
Srinagar, July 8: Kashmir Valley on Monday reported six deaths due to covid-19, taking the fatality count due to the virus in J&K to 149. Medical Superintendent Chest Disease hospital Dr Salim Tak said one among those who died at the hospital was a 44-year-old from Sopore town of Baramulla and other, a 75-year-old, was […]
Srinagar, July 8: Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav has refused to file an appeal in the Islamabad High Court against his conviction and subsequent death sentence by a military court despite authorities’ offer to do so, officials said on Wednesday, Dawn reported. Instead, officials added, Jadhav had decided to apply for a mercy petition. According to […]
Srinagar, Jul 8: Very less number of people visited Mughal gardens and other parks, which were reopened from Wednesday after remaining closed for about four months to curtail the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. The gardens and parks in the Union Territory were reopened from Wednesday despite no letup in the number of fatalities and upward […]
Kupwara, July 08: Two civilians were injured after Pakistan violated ceasefire along the Line of Control in Karnah sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Wednesday afternoon. A police official said that two civilians in cross border shelling Pakistan during community bunkers’ construction in Semari area of Karnah Sector. He said that both the civilians […]
Srinagar, July 8: Kashmir University has notified that class work in the varsity shall continue to remain suspended till July 31. “All faculty members shall work from home and utilize the time for online educational activities as per the approved academic calendar,” reads a circular issued by the varsity’s Registrar Dr Nisar Ahmad Mir. “However, […]
Srinagar, July 8: Jammu and Kashmir IPS officer Basant Rath has been suspended for alleged instances of ‘gross misconduct and misbehaviour’. “Jammu and Kashmir IPS officer Basant Rath suspended for alleged instances of gross misconduct and misbehaviour,” the Home Ministry order reads. The order reads: “Whereas, a disciplinary proceeding against Shri Basant Rath (IPS: RR: […]
Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) on Wednesday issued an election notification for the post of Mayor and said the poll will take place on July 14, 2020 from 11:00 hours onwards. In this regard a notification issued by Secretary SMC reads, “In terms of Section 36 of the J&K Municipal Corporation Act, 2000 read with Rule […]
Srinagar, July 8: Hours after a 65-year-old man from Baramulla district died at a hospital here, his sample for covid-19 returned positive on Wednesday, taking the fatality count due to the virus to 146 in Jammu and Kashmir. A resident of Nadihal area of the north Kashmir district, the sexagenarian was admitted to SMHS hospital […]
