By Press Desk on January 21, 2019
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Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah Monday said that late Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party chief and former CM would use state transport and police vehicles to bring his supporters to Republic day functions to show how much the situation was improving. Omar was responding to a tweet by journalist who […]
By Press Desk on January 21, 2019
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Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Monday said that the Gawkadal massacre anniversary is the painful reminder of the “huge human cost we pay living under forcible control”. He also denounced the arrest of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairperson Yasin Malik, and other activists for protesting against the massacre. Mirwaiz Tweeted: […]
By Press Desk on January 21, 2019
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Pampore: Amid heavy rains clashes erupted in many places in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday afternoon after rumours about the killing of three Pulwama militants in a gunfight with government forces in Hapatnar Budgam spread. Reports said that soon after news spread, shopkeepers drowned their shutters while transport went of the roads. Local sources said […]
By Press Desk on January 21, 2019
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Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Police has launched a special drive against child labour in the state’s Katra city and rescued seven children, an official said Monday. A police team and the Child Welfare Committee (care and protection of child team) conducted special drive against child labour, begging and other crimes related to juveniles in Katra Sunday, […]
By Press Desk on January 21, 2019
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Srinagar: A coordinated Taliban assault on a military base and police training center in eastern Afghanistan on Monday morning killed at least 12 and wounded over 30 people, provincial officials said. Salem Asgherkhail, head of the area’s public health department, said that most of those killed in the attack in Maidan Wardak province were military […]
By Press Desk on January 21, 2019
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Srinagar: The commercial hub of Srinagar’s Lal Chowk and adjoining areas Monday observed a complete shutdown on a call given by Joint Resistance Leadership to mark the anniversary Gaw Kadal massacre. Shops, business establishments and offices in Gaw Kadal, Basant Bagh, Lal Chowk, Maisuma, Residency Road and Maulana Azad Road remained closed due to the […]
By Press Desk on January 21, 2019
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Srinagar: Deputy Mayor of Srinagar Municipal Corporation Sheikh Imran was injured when a councilor threw some object at him during councilor session of SMC on Monday, official sources told GNS. They said Sheikh Imran got injured and was shifted to police hospital where he got one stitch also. A senior police official confirmed the incident and […]
By Press Desk on January 21, 2019
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Srinagar: The enquiry committee formed to probe the recent delivery and subsequent demise of a new born baby outside Lal ded hospital has found that the doctor on duty did not follow the Standard Operating Procedure by not admitting the patient. “.. unfortunately the doctor on duty went against the SOP for referrals by not […]
By Press Desk on January 21, 2019
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Srinagar: Had it not been for the 9/11 WTC attacks, the Indian Army may have carried out its largest operation to end cross-LoC infiltration by capturing at least 25 selected Pakistani posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in September 2001, two former senior army commanders have revealed in a new book. The operation, dubbed ‘Operation […]
By Press Desk on January 21, 2019
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Srinagar: A Power Development Department employee was Monday morning electrocuted in north Kashmir’s Barmaulla district. Identified as Mohammad Sultan, a resident of Sheeri in Baramulla, reports said, Sultan was electrocuted while repairing an electric line at Sheeri. Sultan worked as power inspector in PDD.