Srinagar, Oct 29: Putting an end to the speculations of mass promotion, the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) on Thursday announced that it will conduct the face-to-face offline examination of 8th and 9th standard students. According to the SCERT order, the T2 examination of Class 8th and 9th shall be conducted at […]
Kabul, October 29: At least eight prisoners were killed and 12 more were wounded in Herat prison riot that started on Wednesday evening, health officials said on Thursday, Tolo news reported The riot started after police began clearing some partitions created by prisoners in Block 5 of Herat Prison, said Mohammad Rafiq Shirzai, spokesman for […]
Sopore, Oct 29: At least three families were rendered homeless after a devastating fire incident turned their residential houses into ashes last evening at Neharpora area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, officials said. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), a massive fire broke out in the double-story residential house of Ghulam […]
Srinagar, Oct 29: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has ordered promotion of two senior IPS officers of J&K cadre to DGP rank. MHA according to an order has promoted Laltendu Mohanty and Dr B.Srinivas to DGP rank with effect from 01.01.2019 and 01.01.2020 respectively.
Srinagar, Oct 28: Shiv Sena on Wednesday asked why some youth who had come to hoist tri-color in Lal Chowk on October 26 were stopped by Jammu and Kashmir Police and said the situation in valley has not improved despite abrogation of Article 370. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS) monitoring, a Hindu-nationalist political outfit […]
Srinagar, Oct 28: The J&K Government on Wednesday appointed Yatish Yadav as senior media consultant and Dr. Dushyant Kumar Rai as media consultant in the Information Department on nomination basis. The senior media consultant will be paid Rs 150000 salary per month while the media consultant will draw salary of Rs 80000 per months, according […]
Srinagar, Oct 28: The Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) expressed its concern over the pre-dawn NIA raids on Greater Kashmir premises in the Srinagar Press enclave. In a statement KEG said “though NIA after five-hour wait said that the raid was on GK trust, GK management said that the investigating agency checked the computers and took away […]
Srinagar, Oct 28: Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday recorded four Covid-19 related deaths taking the death toll to 1,455 in the Union Territory while as 536 positive cases were reported pushing the J&K tally to 93,213. Of the total 93,213 cases, 56,001 are from Kashmir and 37,212 from Jammu division. Officials said that among 536 new cases, […]
Srinagar, Oct 28: Sarjan Barkati, who is known as ‘Freedom Chacha’ and the pied piper of Kashmir, was on Wednesday released by the authorities after over four years of detention. Shabrooza Banoo, wife of Barkati confirmed that Barkati has been released from detention and he has reached home at around 7: 40 PM. Barkati, who hails […]
Poonch, Oct 28: Police and army recovered an AK-56 rifle, its three magazines and 793 rounds besides a pistol with a magazine at Kalaban area in Mendher area of the Poonch district, officials said on Wednesday. “Based on specific input by police a joint cordon and search operation was launched by police and army’s 37 […]
