Srinagar: Government forces burst teargas shells and resorted to lathi charge to disperse the demonstrators trying to disrupt Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) launched in south Kashmir district of Pulwama on Monday, official sources said. They said immediately after security forces launched CASO in over a dozen villages in Pulwama, people at Muran hit the […]
Srinagar: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Sunday met Governor Satya Pal Malik and discussed overall internal and external security situation in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of increasing attempts of infiltration from across the Line of Control (LoC) and the ongoing anti-militant operations. A public relation officer of […]
Srinagar: Three militants and an army soldier were killed in a week-long operation at Danna forest area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Official sources said that a joint team of army’s 31 RR and 27 RR had launched a cordon-and-search operation at in the woods of Chaan Daji and Dani Behak area since last one week. […]
Jammu: A youth on Saturday morning died after consuming poisonous substance in Mahore area of Reasi district in Jammu and Kashmir. Police said that one Gurdev Singh (20), resident of Shajroo, Mahore, allegedly consumed some poisonous substance at home and was referred to SDH Mahore. “From Mahore, he was shifted to the District Hospital Reasi, […]
Srinagar: Asserting that no people should not resort to self-medication, the health experts said patients should not take azithromycin on their own for respiratory ailments as it could have negative fall outs on health in the longer run. “Have some mercy on Azithromycin,” Dr Masood Rashid, executive member of the Doctors Association of Kashmir (DAK) […]
Beijing: China has decided to roll out a raft of measures to bolster its economy, with the goal of reducing the tax burden on businesses by more than 45 billion yuan (6.61 billion US dollars) this year. The new policy support will include tax reductions for factories affected by capacity cuts and money-hungry small and […]
Srinagar: No Friday prayers were allowed in the historic Jamia Masjid in downtown Srinagar, where curfew-like restrictions remained imposed for the second day in view of strike called by separatists against alleged attempts being made to abrogate Article 35-A. Official sources told UNI that restrictions under Section 144 of CrPc has been imposed within the […]
Srinagar: In a major decision, the State Administrative Council (SAC) has approved sanction to the implementation of the Group Mediclaim Insurance Policy for all state government employees from October 1, 2018, for a period of one year and extendable annually for three years, based on claim settlement ratio and satisfactory performance of the Insurer. The SAC, […]
Srinagar: Ashok Pandit, known for harboring anti-Kashmir views, was sad after learning that SC deferred the hearing of article 35 A case. In response to an update about defferment of article 35 A, Pandit, who is a film-maker, wrote, “Sad”. https://twitter.com/ashokepandit/status/1035411123858595840 He did not stop there. Apparently trying to calm himself, he wrote another tweet […]
Srinagar: Strike and curfew-like restrictions brought life to a grinding halt in Kashmir for the second successive day. In downtown and parts of civil lines in the summer capital, Srinagar the authorities imposed restrictions as a “precautionary measure” to prevent any untoward incident following a strike called by resistance leadership against any move to […]
