Srinagar: Senior Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (NC) leader and MLA Habba Kadal Shameema Firdous has alleged Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and RSS for killing of her two party workers. Firdous addressed a press conference, a day after two of her workers were shot dead and third injured by suspected militants in Habba Kadal locality. […]
Srinagar: An 8-year-old student was on Saturday allegedly beaten by his teacher in Bandipora district of northern Kashmir. The incident happened at Government middle school at Qazi Pora in northern Kashmir’s Bandipora district. “I was pulled up by my ears for 15 minutes by a teacher Shugufta for whistling in the classroom,” the student, Momin […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar association has extended its support to the shutdown call of Joint Resistance Leadership for October 8, Monday. A spokesperson of the Bar on Saturday said that the decision was taken today. On October 8, the four phased Urban Local Body elections will begin in Jammu and Kashmir. […]
Srinagar: An army personnel was injured in a road accident in Kupwara on Saturday afternoon. Reports said that a speeding vehicle hit him while he was performing duty in Rawatpora area of northern Kashmir’s Kupwara district. One of the passengers travelling in the passenger vehicle was also injured. “A passenger cab (JK09-8620) on way to […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday extended time till December 15 for submitting of report by district-Level Official Committees constituted for screening of the Special Police Officers of Jammu and Kashmir police engaged in the last six years. The J&K government in July this year had ordered forming the district-Level Official Committees, each […]
Srinagar: The elections to 2 municipal corporations, 3 municipal councils and 72 municipal committees in the state shall be held from 8 to 16 October. The polling will be held on 08, 10, 13 and 16 October respectively, while as the date of counting will be October 20. The polling hours will be from 7:00 […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to order official holiday in the areas going for municipal polls on October 8, Monday. Although the official order to thjis effect will be issued later in the day, however, sources in the government confirmed the development. The Joint Resistance Leadership of Jammu and Kashmir has already […]
Srinagar: Twenty people have died while 17 injured suffered injuries after an overcrowded mini bus it plunged into a 200-feet deep gorge on the Jammu-Srinagar highway on Saturday, police said. The accident took place at Kela Mod in Ramban. “Of the 17 injured passengers, 10 in critical condition have been airlifted to Jammu city for treatment […]
Srinagar: Twenty alleged drug peddlers were taken into preventive custody in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, police said Saturday. They were detained on the directions of the deputy commissioner of Doda. Most of them are residents of Doda, Thathri, Bhalla and Bhadarwah, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Doda, Shabir Ahmad Malik, said. He said they […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday suspended Chief Engineer J&K UEED presently attached to Public Health Engineering department (IFC). “Pending enquiry into his conduct, Mr. Muhammad Haneef Lone, incharge chief engineer, presently attached with PHE, I&FC Department is hereby placed under suspension with immediate effect, in terms of rule 31 of Jammu and […]
