Train services resume in Kashmir

Train services resume in Kashmir

Srinagar: Train services resumed in Kashmir valley after remaining suspended on Saturday as a precautionary measure after four militants were killed in an encounter with government forces  in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Friday. The service was resumed  on Friday after remaining suspended on Thursday for security reasons in the valley. This was the seventh […]

Army arrests a person wearing T-shirt resembling army uniform

Army arrests a person wearing T-shirt resembling army uniform

Poonch: Army on Saturday detained a person from central Kashmir’s Budgam district, in Surankote area of Poonch district, after feeling suspicious about him for wearing a T-shirt resembling army uniform. Official sources told local news gathering agency Global News Service that on Saturday at about 11:20 am, a person namely Ajaz Ahmed Wani son of Jamal Ahmed Wani of Darwanh, Chararshrif, […]

Youth suffers bullet wounds, 12 wounded by pellets, teargas shelling in Shopian, Hajin

Youth suffers bullet wounds, 12 wounded by pellets, teargas shelling in Shopian, Hajin

Srinagar: At least thirteen persons were injured, one among them suffered bullet wound, in government forces action during separate clashes at Darumdore area of Shopian and Hajin area of Bandipora district on Saturday. Official sources told a local news gathering agency Global News Service on Saturday afternoon, a joint team of army, SOG and CRPF laid a […]

Tral grenade attack leaves five SOG and five CRPF men injured

Tral grenade attack leaves five SOG  and five CRPF men injured

Srinagar: Suspected militants lobbed a grenade near a fire station in south Kashmir’s Tral area during which five men of Special Operation Group (SOG) of police and equal number of CRPF men including an officer were injured, official sources said. Except one CRPF men, rest of the forces personnel were referred to Srinagar for epcialised […]

DGP says Islamic State (IS) almost ‘eliminated’ from Kashmir

  Srinagar: Director General of Police (DGP) S P Vaid on Friday said that government forces “have almost eliminated the cadres of IS in Jammu and Kashmir State’. Four militants including the IS cheif, Dawood Salfi, were killed during fierce encounter with forces in Srigufawara area of South Kashmir. In an  brief interview with local […]

Govt implements biometric attendance system’ with immediate effect

Govt implements biometric attendance system’ with immediate effect

Srinagar: In order to issue punctuality in government offices, the administration has ordered implementation of biometric attendance system in all the public offices and establishments. According to the order, no salary or wages would be drawn in favour of the government employees of any category for the month of June 2018 onwards unless they have […]

Lack of infrastructure in Baramulla district hospital hits patient care

Lack of infrastructure in Baramulla district hospital hits patient care

By Ubair Ul Hameed Baramulla: Lack of infrastructure, in decades old building and stinking bathrooms has severely hit the patient care at Baramulla district hospital. The locals said the authorities have failed to upgrade the age old building of the hospital while as the network of alleys surrounding the health care facility are so congested […]

Centre sanctions Rs 1.76 crore for Kashmiri Youth Exchange Programme

Centre sanctions Rs 1.76 crore for Kashmiri Youth Exchange Programme

Srinagar: Government of India on Friday  sanctioned Rs. 1,76,90,000 (Rupees One Crore Seventy Six Lacs Ninety Thousand) to Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan(NYKS) for conducting Kashmiri Youth exchange programme for 1200 Kashmiri youth from 6 districts of Kashmir valley in Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement here it stated that 200 participants will be selected from […]

Mehbooba meets governor urges completion of pending work

Mehbooba meets governor urges completion of pending work

Srinagar: Former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, on Friday urged the governor to complete the work that was left incomplete during her tenure in the wake of falling apart of the BJP-PDP government. Mufti  met Governor N.N. Vohra at the Raj Bhavan and  referred to certain important issues, relating to the growth and development of the […]