SRINAGAR: According to Chief Engineer, EM&RE wing, Kashmir, the 33 KV Habak-Ganderbal line will remain shutdown on today 5th , 7th, and 9th January 2019 from 10 am to 2.30 pm to carry out necessary stabilization and branch cutting programme.
SRINAGAR: A market checking team of Legal Metrology Department (LMD) penalised LPG distributor for overcharging. The team, under the supervision of Deputy Controller (Consumer Protection), conducted surprise inspection of different localities and inspected several delivery vans carrying refilled-cylinders for distribution. In one instance, a home delivery van was found without a weighing scale and cash […]
JAMMU: Taking serious note of the reported violation of orders regarding transfer of government money into private/personal accounts of officers/officials, the Government today issued an advisory for its employees, calling them to strictly adhere to rules, regulations and orders governing the receipt of money, its custody and payment. “It is enjoined upon all the […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Saturday urged the world community to hold the promised referendum in Jammu and Kashmir. “Today on 5 Jan 1949, it is 70 years since UN Security Council passed the resolution to give the people of J&K the universally accepted right to decide their future through UN sponsored […]
Srinagar: A Central Reserve Police Force personnel was injured in a gunfight with the militants in Aripal village of Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama Saturday. Sources said that a CRPF man was hit by a bullet during the gunfight and was shifted to Army’s 92 Base Hospital in Srinagar for treatment. The gunfight broke out Saturday morning […]
Srinagar: A 56-year-old man died after he fell from the rooftop of his house in north Kashmir’s Bandipora. Sources said that Mumtaz Ahmad Tamboco son of Ghulam Rasool Tambaco, a resident of Ward no 3 at Plan in Bandipora fell down from the rooftop of his two-storey house while clearing snow. He was rushed to Bandipora […]
United Nations: The UN refugee agency has expressed regret over India’s decision to repatriate a group of Rohingya to Myanmar, saying it has sought clarification from India on the circumstances under which the asylum seekers were sent back, voicing concern over the unconducive conditions for such returns. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for […]
Srinagar: With pellet guns earning notoriety as a crowd control tool in Jammu and Kashmir, India’s top defence research agency has come out with plastic bullets as an alternative. “Plastic bullet’s lethality is 500 times less than pellets. It can be used for targeted shooting in a riot situation,” reports quoted Manjit Singh, director of […]
Srinagar: Train services were suspended in the Kashmir valley on Saturday due to heavy snowfall. Officials said that the train service has been suspended in the valley today as tracks are under one to two feet of snow and it was still snowing. Therefore, they said, no train will chug on Badgam-Srinagar-Anantnag-Qazigund in south Kashmir […]
Srinagar: An intense gunfight broke out between militants and government forces Saturday morning in Aripal village of Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The gunfight ensued after militants fired upon government forces who had laid a siege to the village. “Two militants are believed to be trapped,” reports said. Authorities have already snapped the mobile Internet […]
