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Militant killed in Anantnag gunfight in South Kashmir

Militant killed in Anantnag gunfight in South Kashmir

Srinagar, December 24: A militant has been killed in an ongoing gunfight with goverenment forces in Arwani area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Friday. Official sources said  that one militant has been killed so far in the gunfight. However the identity of slain militant is yet to be ascertained. Earlier a joint team of […]

‘Measures of coercion can buy you some time but will not bring peace’: Mehbooba Mufti

‘Measures of coercion can buy you some time but will not bring peace’: Mehbooba Mufti

Jammu, Dec 23: Asserting that theatrics of peace being played by the central government in Jammu and Kashmir was proving counterproductive, former Chief Minister and President Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti Thursday said that the administration after hurting dignity and special identity of the erstwhile state was now eyeing on land and properties of […]

J&K Reports 3 Covid-19 Deaths, 132 Fresh Cases

J&K Reports 3 Covid-19 Deaths, 132 Fresh Cases

Srinagar, Dec 23: Jammu and Kashmir reported three deaths due to covid-19 while 132 fresh cases were reported in the last 24 hours, officials said on Thursday. 27 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 105 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 340293. There were three deaths reported from Kashmir division […]

Ailing Education Sector: Non-performing teachers to be shown door in coming days

Ailing Education Sector: Non-performing teachers to be shown door in coming days

Srinagar, Dec 23: Government of Jammu and Kashmir is mulling to show the door to ‘non-performing’ teaching and non-teaching staff in coming days, sources privy to the development in Education Department said. Sources informed that after getting orders from the top especially from Principal Secretary to Government School Education Department Jammu & Kashmir Biswajit Kumar […]

Three women from North Kashmir seek whereabouts of their husbands, stage protest in Srinagar

Three women from North Kashmir seek whereabouts of their husbands, stage protest in Srinagar

Srinagar, Dec 23: Three females from North Kashmir’s Bandipora district Thursday made a fervent appeal to police to release their incarcerated husbands. These females from Gujjar Community emerged in Press Enclave Srinagar to narrate their story. They hail from Dardpora village of Bandipora. “Our husbands were called to police chowki in Sumlar some two and […]

Delimitation commission’s orders cannot be questioned in any court

Delimitation commission’s orders cannot be questioned in any court

Srinagar, Dec 22: The orders of the delimitation commission constituted by the Government of India to redraw J&K’s electoral map cannot be challenged in any court. A cursory look at the constitutional provisions and statutes governing the delimitation process reveals that the commission’s orders cannot be questioned in any court. “The validity of any law […]

Police officer, Civilian killed in two separate militant attacks in Kashmir

Police officer, Civilian killed in two separate militant attacks in Kashmir

Srinagar, Dec 22: A civilian and a police officer of Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) rank were killed in two separate attacks at Srinagar and Bijbehera area of Anantnag district on Wednesday, police said. A police official said  that a civilian was shot dead outside his residential house at Merjanpora area of Nawakadal, Srinagar. “The civilian identified […]

BJP says delimitation panel worked with dedication, transparency

BJP says delimitation panel worked with dedication, transparency

Srinagar, Dec 22:  BJP unit of J&K Wednesday said that the delimitation commission worked with “dedication and transparency” and that it was for the first time that Scheduled Tribe and Scheduled Caste categories have got their due rights. Addressing a press conference in Jammu party headquarters, BJP J&K President Ravinder Raina said that delimitation commission […]

7 districts where delimitation commission proposes to increase seats

7 districts where delimitation commission proposes to increase seats

Srinagar, Dec 21: The delimitation commission constituted by the Government of India to redraw J&K’s electoral map has proposed to increase one seat each in Kathua, Samba, Udhampur, Doda, Kishtwar and Rajouri districts in the Jammu region and Kupwara in the Kashmir Valley. Sources said that the draft proposal shared by the panel with J&K’s Lok […]