Srinagar: All educational institutions in district Bandipora remain closed on Saturday in the wake of the killing of five militants in a gunfight with government forces in the district. The orders to this regard have been issued by the District Development Commissioner Bandipora. Five militants were killed during an encounter in the forest area of […]
Shopian: At least six civilians have suffered in clashes with government forces during a cordon and search operation in Shirmal village of southern Kashmir’s Shopian on Saturday. Sources said that the government forces cordoned off the village in the wee hours of Saturday and started door-to-door searches. They said that the searches were underway in […]
Srinagar: Octogenarian Hurriyat Patriarch Syed Ali Geelani on Friday paid tributes to Hazrat Imam-e-Hussain (RA) saying that Karballa was was not just a battle between two forces, but it was a fight between two ideologies. Geelani said that Imam Hussain (RA) honestly and courageously offended the forces which were trying to convert “Khilafat into Malookiyat” […]
Srinagar: A day after three Jammu and Kashmir policemen were abducted and killed in southern Kashmir’s Shopian district, the government forces including the Army, the Special Operations Group of Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Central reserve Police Force on Saturday morning launched a massive cordon and search operation in Pulwama district. Reports said that […]
SRINAGAR: Secretary Social Welfare, Dr Farooq Ahmad Lone today reviewed the progress on implementation of the State Marriage Assistance Scheme (SMAS). Under this welfare initiative state government provides financial assistance of Rs 25000 and cost of 5 gm Gold to those marriageable girls whose families are facing dire financial constraints. The meeting was informed that the […]
SRINAGAR: The Government has ordered constitution of District-level official panels for rationalization of the Anganwadi Centres across the State. According to an order issued by Secretary to the Government, Social Welfare Department, each district-level committee will be headed by the District Programme Officer ICDS of the concerned district. The Members of the Committee include concerned […]
Srinagar: The Home Ministry of India on Friday said no policeman has resigned in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of the killing of three police personnel by militant group Hizbul Mujahideen. Reports have appeared in a section of media that some special police officers (SPOs) in Jammu and Kashmir have resigned, but the state […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission on Friday issued a notice to the deputy commisoner Baramulla and Superintendent of Police Sopore asking them to file a compliance report into the killing of Hurriyat (G) activist Hakeem-ur-Rahman Sultani who was killed on September 9 by “unidentified gunmen”. The SHRC notice comes in response to […]
Kolkata: After Imran Khan took the charge as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, here in Kolkata the Consulate General of People’s Republic of China Ma Zhanwu expressed his concern saying, “I hope Indo-Pak bilateral relationship will turn better through dialogue and they will settle all their conflicts.” Zhanwu, in a sideline of a chat also […]
Srinagar: Describing the killing of three policemen in Shopian on Friday as ‘unfortunate and tragic’, Communist lawmaker M Y Tarigami said the slain policemen were unarmed. In a statement, Targami said the abduction and subsequent killing of three policemen in Batagund and Kapren villages of Shopian is ‘unfortunate and tragic’. The slain policemen were not […]
