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Protests erupt over Art 35 A in Anantnag, police uses tear gas

Protests erupt over Art 35 A in Anantnag, police uses tear gas

Anantnag: Clashes between protesting youth and government forces broke out in Lal Chowk area of Anantnag town in South Kashmir on monday as hundreds of youth hit the streets over ‘attempts to scrap Article 35 A’. The Article 35 A defines  permanent resident of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, barring anyone non PR of […]

Hajj 2018: Advisor reviews arrangements for arrival of pilgrims

Hajj 2018: Advisor reviews arrangements for arrival of pilgrims

Srinagar:The Advisor to the Governor, Khurshid Ahmed Ganai on Sunday took stock of the arrangements put in place for the smooth arrival of Hajj pilgrims at the Srinagar International Airport. The first batch of Hajj pilgrims is scheduled to arrive at Srinagar Airport on August 28 (Tuesday). Reiterating the importance of clarity in work, the […]

Yatra 2018 concludes, 2.85 lakh pay obeisance

Srinagar: The annual pilgrimage to the Cave of Amarnath concluded today, on Shravan Purnima, amid chanting of religious hymns in the spiritual ambience of South Kashmir Himalayas. Additional Chief Executive Officer of  Amarnath Shrine Board along with Piyush Singla, Deputy Commissioner, Ganderbal, visited the Cave  early this morning and prayed for sustained peace, harmony, progress […]

Vigilance raids multiple houses of Chief Engineer

Vigilance raids multiple houses of Chief Engineer

Srinagar : A serving Chief Engineer of UEED has come into  Vigilance net for having amassed huge movable/immovable properties, thereby raising property highly disproportionate to his known source of income. According to sources Mohammad Haneef Lone who was I&FC Chief Engineer  before he was shifted to Chief Engineer J&K UEED was under Vigilance radar for […]

Afghanistan president rejects resignation of three top security officials

Afghanistan president rejects resignation of three top security officials

KABUL: Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani rejected on Sunday resignations tendered a day earlier by three senior security officials, the government said. The ministers of defence and interior, as well as a senior security chief, sent their resignations to the president’s palace on Saturday, soon after Afghanistan’s national security adviser also resigned. Government spokesman Haroon Chakansuri […]

Several unregistered clinics, labs sealed in Srinagar

Several unregistered clinics, labs sealed in Srinagar

  Srinagar: Several unregistered clinics and labs were sealed in the summer capital, Srinagar in order to check bad practices in health care, officials said here on Sunday. They said on the instructions of the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, a team of Health officers Saturday inspected various health clinics and labs […]

Three militant hideouts busted, four arrested in Pulwama

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police has busted three hideouts of militants, arrested accused and recovered incriminating material along with arms and ammunition in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, a police spokesman said on Saturday evening. He said Police along with security forces busted a hideout from a house in Rajpora Litter and arrested a key Over […]

Jammu-Srinagar highway still closed

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir highway continues to remain closed for the second day, traffic officials said. “Jammu-Srinagar national highway is still blocked because of landslides. Will be cleared by noon,” Inspector General Traffic police, Basanth wrote in facebook post. The road was closed after landlslides blocked the highway near Ramsoo area of Jammu.  

Government asks private coaching centres to register by Sept 10

Government asks private coaching centres to register by Sept 10

Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) today issued a notification asking for fresh registration/ renewal of private coaching centres operating in the Kashmir province. “Interested parties have to submit their applications either for fresh registration or renewal, as the case may be, up to September 10, 2018, on the given format available at the Directorate’s website www.dsek.nic.in,” […]