Srinagar: Defence Minister of India Rajnath Singh Saturday said that resolution of Kashmir issue is on the cards and that “no power on the earth can stop it”. “Resolution of Kashmir issue will take place soon,” he said before inaugurating a 1,000 meters long bridge over river Ujh in border Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir. […]
Srinagar: Four persons of a family died while four other passengers were injured after a cab they were traveling in met with an accident near Ukhriyal-Senbhatti link road in Banihal area of Ramban district. Reports said that the vehicle (sumo) skidded off the road and rolled down into a deep gorge resulting in injuries to […]
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti Saturday dissolved the party’s top decision-making Political Affairs Committee (PAC). The move comes less than a week ahead of the PDP’s 20th foundation day anniversary scheduled to be observed on July28. “Mehbooba Mufti has dissolved the PAC and a new body will be reconstituted in near future,” a […]
Pulwama: Days after locals held protests at Primary Health Center (PHC) Kakapora in southern Kashmir’s Pulwama district against non-availability of an ambulance driver in the hospital, the Chief Medical Officer Pulwama on Saturday ordered the transfer of six paramedics from the healthcare facility. Although the authorities maintain that transfers were made in the interest of administration but the […]
Srinagar: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday filed an case against Executive Engineer, Power Works Department Kargil and Zanskar Bodh Raj Bhagat and other officials for allegedly siphoning off more than Rs. 2 Crores of government money on account of various works. “On the outcome of preliminary enquiry conducted by this Bureau on the allegations […]
Srinagar: Chairman Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday said that Government of India (GoI) should shun the approach of force towards Kashmir instead deal with the dispute in a political manner to resolve it. Addressing the Friday congregational gathering at the historic Jamia Masjid, Mirwaiz said that Govt of India’s policies like the issue […]
Srinagar: Personal Security Officer (PSO) posted with PDP leader Sajad Mufti, cousin brother of former Chief Minister and PDP President Mehbooba Mufti, was shot dead by suspected militants after Friday prayers in Baba Mohalla area of Bijbehara in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Reports said that suspected militants fired upon the policeman namely Farooq Ahmad Mir […]
Anantnag: The authorities at maternity and child hospital (MCH) Anantnag have “illegally” allowed dozens of female nurses to work voluntarily in the hospital at the cost of pockets of the patients. The lone maternity hospital of southern Kashmir region is not only facing space cruncha but dearth of staff as well. To overcome the dearth of staff, […]
Srinagar: A woman died in flash floods triggered by multiple cloudbursts in Lolab area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday. According to locals and police, the woman identified as Shafiqa Bano (35) was washed away by the flash floods in Bera Rudi, Khordi, Bat Gagal, Surgam in Lolab at around 4:30 pm. The woman’s body […]
Srinagar: Weeks after cricketer Rasikh Salam Dar was banned by BCCI for fudging his Date of Birth, it has come to fore that Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association’s lethargic approach was responsible for humiliation to the cricket fraternity in the state. Documents accessed by The Kashmir Press state the Chief Executive Officer of The Jammu and Kashmir […]
