Srinagar: Five candidates from J&K have qualified the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)-2018 examination, result of which was declared on Friday. All the qualifiers are from Jammu division. The list of qualified candidates has been issued on basis of their performance in written part of civil service exams held in September–October 2018 and interviews for […]
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Friday reiterated having shot down Pakistan Air Force’s (PAF) F-16 fighter aircraft on February 27 in Nowshera sector of Jammu and Kashmir. The IAF said that radio transmission intercepts and electronic signatures have exposed lies being told by Pakistan. Reassertion of shooting down the Pak F-16 fighter […]
Washington: United States officials did a count of Islamabad’s F-16 jets recently and found that none were missing, contradicting India’s claims that it shot down a Pakistani fighter jet amid heightened tensions between both countries after the Pulwama attack, according to a report published on the Foreign Policy magazine’s website on Thursday. Following the conflict […]
Srinagar: A top Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader has raised questions over the withdrawal of security to political leaders in election time, terming it unacceptable and an attempt to increase vulnerability of politicians to militant threats during elections and also promised withdrawal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from Jammu and Kashmir after normalcy […]
Srinagar: Former bureaucrat-turned-politician and president of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement (JKPM), Dr. Shah Faesal on Friday vowed to support Awami Itehaad Party (AIP) candidate from Lok Sabha Baramulla constituency, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh. Shah said that he will vote in favour of Er Rasheed, saying that the decision to support him was his own. […]
Srinagar: Government has withdrawn security cover from 919 undeserving persons, since Governor’s Rule (20th June, 2018) in the State, thereby freeing 2,768 police personnel and 389 vehicles, Ministry of Home Affairs in a statement issued by Press Information Bureau (PIB), government of India. “The move follows strict stance by Union Home Ministry on inappropriate usage […]
Srinagar:Mobile internet service of all Cellular companies, including Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), was suspended on Friday as a precautionary measure in Srinagar. The mobile internet was suspended in Srinagar following clashes and fire in central jail. Two inmates received pellet injuries in force’s action on detenues who were protesting against shifting of some of […]
Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) and Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) on Friday released a report for the first three months of 2019, revealing that for the first time in twenty-nine years, the killing figures (83) of armed forces personnel in Jammu and Kashmir is higher in ratio as compared to […]
Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA) Chairman Muhammad Yasin Khan on Friday said that the closure of the Kashmir highway twice a week will only alienate the people of Kashmiris further. Khan said that the government must look into the matter and reconsider its decision. “Such inhuman decisions can only alienate the people further. The government must […]
Pulwama: Government forces on Friday afternoon launched a Cordon and Search Operation in Lonepora area of Lajoora in South Kashmi’s Pulwama district. Official sources said government forces including army, Jammu and Kashmir police and paramilitary forces after specific inputs about presence of militants launched a search operation in the area. Locals said that huge contingents of […]
