Srinagar, Aug 16: A fortnight before the marriage ceremony, the dreams of twin would-be brides got shattered after a massive blaze reduced their residential house at Basant Bagh area of Srinagar into ashes. The blaze broke out in the wee hours of Monday morning. In the blaze, one residential house belonging to Mushtaq Ahmad Sheikh […]
Srinagar, Aug 15: Authorities on Sunday decided to keep the schools and higher educational institutes including coaching centers closed in Jammu and Kashmir till further orders. The decision was taken at a review meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Arun Kumar, who is also Chairperson State Executive Committee. The meeting was attended by the additional Chief […]
Srinagar, Aug 14: J&K High Court has quashed detention of one Imtiyaz Rasool Najar of Brathkallan, Sopore who was booked under Public Safety Act after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. Najar as per news agency Kashmir News Trust had challenged his detention order passed by District Magistrate Baramulla on 30 October 2019. After […]
Srinagar, Aug 14: Jammu and Kashmir reported 135 fresh covid-19 cases even as there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Saturday. They said 37 of the cases were reported from Jammu Division and 98 from Kashmir Valley, taking the infection tally to 323325 in J&K. Providing […]
Srinagar, Aug 13: The government on Friday ordered the staff members and Head of the Institutions (HoIs) of School Education Department to sing the national anthem of India on its Independence Day. It has been leant that the administration has said that singing the ‘Rashtra-Gaan’ on Independence Day by the staff members and other faculty was […]
Srinagar, Aug 13: Police and army used rocket launcher during a gunfight with militants along Srinagar-Jammu highway near Malpora crossing Kulgam last night, officials said on Friday. Two drones also were destroyed by militants during the gunfight, they said. “Security forces were fully prepared. When BSF convoy passed (around 1430 hours), militants started indiscriminate firing […]
Kupwara, Aug 12: Joint Forces Thursday morning recovered pistols and grenades besides bullets near a government school in Karnah area of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district. The recovery was made near Government High School Hajitara Karnah. Sources told news agency that local police and soldiers during a search operation recovered 5 pistols, 150 pistol rounds, 15 […]
Srinagar, Aug 12: Police and paramilitary personnel have heightened security arrangements across Kashmir Valley, in particular the Srinagar, ahead of the August 15, marking the 75th anniversary of the India’s Independence from British. On Thursday, police and paramilitary men were seen stopping and searching vehicles at several places while people were queued up and subjected […]
Srinagar, Aug 11: A local court in Kupwara on Wednesday rejected bail application of two policemen who are accused of faking a militant attack in league with three BJP workers at Gulgam Kupwara on July 16 this year. “The accused persons are involved in serious, heinous and non-bailable offences & they do not deserve […]
Srinagar Aug 11: Senior vice president Peoples Conference and former minister Abdul Gani Vakil asked the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led administration to take necessary CBMs before holding assembly elections in J&K. The government of India should implement Confidence Building Measures (CBM), if they want larger participation including restoration of statehood to J&K, Vakil said […]
