Srinagar: Terming the announced scale of relief under “state-specific special natural calamity” for orchards damaged due to recent heavy snowfall as quite inadequate, CPI (M) on Saturday demanded adequate compensation to the farmers, whose trees got damaged. CPI (M) held a protest rally at Press Enclave near here, demanding adequate compensation to the snow-affected growers. […]
Jammu: Over 27.85 lakh children were given the Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccine during an ongoing vaccination campaign across Jammu and Kashmir, an official spokesman said Saturday. The campaign was launched on September 24 to cover nearly 38 lakh children in the age group of nine months to 15 years to eliminate the congenital rubella syndrome, caused […]
Srinagar: The Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday filed a case against a consultancy for cheating students by promising admissions in various universities of China. Crime Branch registered a case against the owner of Kolkata based M/S AB Global Subashish Baumik for duping his Kashmiri business partner Mohammad Hussain by collecting Rs.14.0 lacs […]
Srinagar: A massive protest demonstration by Central University of Kashmir students on Bye-Pass against the nocturnal arrest of two varsity students has led to massive traffic jam on the highway. Witnesses told The Kashmir Press that hundreds of students of the varsity have come out on roads and blocked the highway. “The students are demanding the […]
Srinagar: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel has died of cardiac arrest in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district Saturday morning. Reports said that assistant sub-inspector, Sourabh (913275405G) posted with 118 Bn fell unconscious at his camp in Hariganiwan Kangan on Saturday morning. He was immediately shifted to SDH Kangan where doctors declared him brought dead.
Srinagar: Hundreds of thousands of people on Saturday attended the funeral prayers of two militants who were slain in a gunfight with government forces in Tikken village of southern Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Witnesses told The Kashmir Press that massive throng of people was witnessed in Bellow village of the district where one of the slain […]
Srinagar: Government forces have arrested two post-graduate students of Central University of Kashmir from their rented accommodation in Nowgam on city outskirts. The arrests have sparked off massive protests in the varsity campus at Nowgam. Witnesses said that scores of students assembled in the campus this morning and staged protest against the arrest of two political […]
Srinagar: A complete shutdown is being observed in Tral area of southern Kashmir’s Pulwama district to mourn the killing of Jaish-e Mohammad (JeM) militant yesterday. Witnesses said that all shops and business establishments are shut in the area whoile a very thin movement of traffic was visible on the roads. A Jaish militant identified as […]
Srinagar: The Deputy Commissioner Pulwama has ordered the suspension of classwork at Government Degree College Pulwama on Saturday. Sources said that the decision has been taken as a precautionary measure. However, they said that the examinations scheduled for today will be held as per the already issued notifications. Two militants were killed in Tikken village […]
Srinagar: Intense clashes erupted in Pulwama town in southern Kashmir on Saturday following the killings of two militants in a neighbouring village earlier today. Witnesses said that youth took to streets and hurled rocks and stones on government forces who retaliated by lobbing tear smoke shells triggering intense clashes in the area. The Pulwama town and […]
