Srinagar: Class 4th aspirants who had applied for the posts in various departments in 2006 on Thursday held a protest demonstration in Baramulla. The aspirants said that they had applied in different departments in 2006 and till date the government has failed to publish the selection list of the candidates. The protesting aspirants marched through […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday claimed to have busted an OGW module of Hizbul Mujahideen northern Kashmir’s Lolab area of Kupwara district. Acting on specific input, a police statement said, Kupwara police detained two persons namely Shakir Ahmad Wani son of Mohammad Ramzan Wani and Ghulam Mustafa Sheikh son of Abdul Ahad Sheikh, […]
Srinagar: More than a dozen Bharatiya Janata Party Casndidates from Dooru area of Anantnag district have withdrawn their nomination papers for ULB elections and given up the basic party membership. Reports said that 13 BJP candidates who had filed nomination papers from Dooru area of Anantnag district withdrew their nominations. According to reports, the Dooru […]
Srinagar: The civil secretariat, the seat of Jammu and Kashmir government, will close in Srinagar by month end to reopen in winter capital Jammu on November 5 as part of the bi-annual ‘Darbar Move’, a practice started by Maharaja Gulab Singh in 1872. “The offices observing five-day week shall close at Srinagar on 26th October, […]
Srinagar: Tral township of southern Kashmir’s Pulwama district is observing a complete shutdown in protest against the slapping of Public Safety Act (PSA) on a local shopkeeper. Reports said that a shopkeeper Hilal Ahmad Dhobi son of Ghulam Mohudin Dhobi, a resident of Hamdania Bazar Tral was slapped with PSA on Monday and was sent […]
Srinagar: The candidates in fray for the urban local body elections in Jammu and Kashmir have been moved to “secure places” after the names of some went viral on the social media, reports said on Thursday. Twenty municipalities will go to polls on October 13. But the strength of candidates being insufficient, voters in only […]
Srinagar: The Airport authorities in Srinagar have said that the airport is all set to start the night flights at the Srinagar International Airport and that the authorities are waiting for airlines to submit a flying schedule to begin the process. Airports Authority of India was interested in starting the night flight operations as soon […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police have arrested over a dozen youth from different areas of Pulwama area in southern Kashmir. The arrests come ahead of the municipal and local body polls scheduled to begin from October 8. Sources said that the Jammu and Kashmir police have during the past few days conducted nocturnal raids […]
Srinagar: Prominent Kashmir businessman and former chairman Houseboat Owners Association Muhammad Azim Tuman passed away Thursday morning. Family sources said that Tuman breathed his last at around 4:30 am at his residence in Srinagar. The funeral prayers of Tuman will be held at 2:30 pm at Khan Bagh ground in Lalbazar. Tuman was the owner […]
Srinagar: A leading Canadian Muslim charity has been suspended and fined for sending USD 136,000 to a group allegedly linked to armed militants in Kashmir. “The Canada Revenue Agency said it had suspended the Islamic Society of North America-Canada (ISNA-Canada) for a year effective Sept. 12 and ordered the Mississauga-based charity to pay a $550,000 penalty,” Canada’s Global […]
