Srinagar: A youth drowned to death while taking a bath in a nallah in Goshbugh village of Pattan in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday. Reports said that Riyaz Ahmad Yatoo (20) of Goshbugh Pattan was taking a bath in a local nallah when he drowned. Locals retrieved his body from the nallah, said an […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday ordered transfers in the administration . In the interest of administration, the following transfers and postings are hereby ordered with immediate effect. According to a Government Order NO.1084- GAD of 2018 Babeeta Kumari, Private Secretary, under orders of transfer to Higher Education Department, is posted as Private Secretary […]
Srinagar: Three pilgrims, including two from Andhra Pradesh, died today en route to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas due to various causes, taking the death toll in this year’s yatra to six. Thota Radhnam, a 75-year-old woman from Fiwalayam in Andhra Pradesh, died of suspected cardiac arrest in a community […]
As many as 11,855 candidates are in the fray for 849 general seats of Pakistan’s national and provincial assemblies in the 25 July elections after the completion of scrutiny process, the election commission has said. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued the final list of candidates, according to which, 3,459 candidates will contest […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday sought help of general public in tracing a girl from Punjab missing since July 2. A police spokesperson said Rajeev Kumar, a resident of Gurdaspur Punjab reported in police station Rajbagh that his 17-year-old daughter Muskan @Gudiya went out of the hotel and didn’t return. Kumar said that […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga here. Mr Odinga is also the Leader of Opposition in Kenya. “Prime Minister Modi fondly recalled their long association, going back over a decade when he had visited Kenya as the Chief Minister of Gujarat. Mr Odinga also warmly recalled […]
Delhi: Union home minister Rajnath Singh will start his two-day visit to Jammu & Kashmir on Wednesday, during which he will hold a high-level security review in Srinagar and also tour the Amarnath shrine. Sources in the home ministry said Singh, who will be accompanied by national security adviser Ajit Doval, will arrive in Srinagar on Wednesday […]
Srinagar: The army has asked media to use correct ‘military terms’ while writing about their articles on the army. “It has been observed that articles pertaining to the Army published in your newspaper are using the term Trooper for the Army personnel which is incorrect,” the Srinagar based 15 corps military headquarters stated in a […]
Srinagar: Unidentified persons on Tuesday tried to snatch a weapon of a constable of B/35Bn Central Reserve Police force (CRPF) at Humhama chowk of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district after throwing chilli powder at him. However, the CRPF personnel resisted and foiled the “weapon snatching bid”. Reports said that the attackers who were 3 in number […]
Srinagar: The annual pilgrimage was going on smoothly on Tuesday as fresh batches of yatris, chanting ‘Har Har Mahadev’ and ‘Bam Bam Bholay’ left Baltal and Nunwan Pahalgam base camps for holy Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, where so far 36,366 yatris had paid obeisance so far. A fresh batch of 3,489 yatris, […]
