Srinagar: Government has announced to confer meritorious public service award to controversial Principal SKIMS Medical College Bemina Dr Reyaz Untoom, who had allegedly violated the official rules, and gave 10 year age relaxation so as to make way for his wife to get appointed as a lecturer in the SKIMS College Bemina. An official handout […]
Srinagar: Belying government claims, the Jammu and Kashmir Bank has made it clear that the bank does not come under the ambit of Right to Information Act (RTI). The statement of the bank has deflated the Governor SP Malik led State Administrative Council (SAC) claims/orders wherein it had stated that the government has turned the […]
Srinagar: Thousands of people attended the funeral procession and subsequent prayers for the slain Al-badar commander, Zeenat-ul-Islam at his native village, Sugam, Shopian. Zeenat was killed with his associate Shakeel Ahmad in a gunfight with the government forces in Kathora area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday evening. Locals said the government forces including […]
The Sopore Massacre On January 6, 1993, at least 43 persons were killed, and a one-and-a-half kilometer-long block in central Sopore burned to the ground in the largest reprisal attack by the security forces in the history of the conflict. The incident marked a watershed, forcing state and central government forces to acknowledge for the […]
Srinagar: Government forces achieved major success in Jammu and Kashmir in 2018 as they eliminated top militant commanders including Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Naveed Jatt and also 260 ultras but nearly 100 soldiers had to lay down their lives in the line of duty. The number of militants killed in 2018 was around 260 which is higher than […]
Srinagar: Thousands of people participated in the last rites of a wealthy militant here in Koil village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Ishfaq Yousuf Wani, a resident of Koil Pulwama who joined militant ranks in July this was killed at Bandarpora gunfight on Friday morning. Government Forces including 55 Rashtriya Rifles of Indian Army had […]
Sirnoo (Pulwama): It just took army and police 15 minutes to finish the gun battle in apple orchards. Then started started the bloodbath in Kharpura locale of Sirnoo village located in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. One after the another teenagers and men fell like helpless birds shot by a hunter in a flight. The first […]
The Express Tribune Karachi: Faiz Ahmed Faiz continues to engage audiences in life and death. The recently held Faiz Festival was just a small testimony to the late poet’s genius and relevance to contemporary South Asian society. His distinctive take on romantic-revolutionary writing speaks of a lover who is a victim to her times but never […]
JAMMU:: The SP Malik led Governor’s administration today made it clear that the Government has no intention of interfering in the day-to-day affairs of the J&K Bank. The administration stated that the Bank’s functional autonomy with its Board of Directors as supreme decision-making body remains unquestioned and the Bank will continue to be regulated by […]
Srinagar:Urging pregnant women to get vaccinated against flu, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Sunday said flu vaccine protects expectant mothers and their babies from flu. “Pregnant women are more vulnerable when it comes to flu due to the way their immune system, heart and lungs change during pregnancy,” said DAK president and flu expert Dr […]
