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Woman among 2 civilians shot dead in Safa kadal Srinagar

Woman among 2 civilians shot dead in Safa kadal Srinagar

Srinagar, Oct 6: Unknown gunmen on Thursday shot dead principal of a school and a woman teacher in Safa Kadal area of Srinagar, official sources said. They said the gunmen, suspected to be militants, fired upon the duo—Satinder Kour and Deepak Kour , both residents of Alochibagh here— at Safa Kadal, leaving them critically injured. […]

23 political workers, civilians killed this year in Kashmir

23 political workers, civilians killed this year in Kashmir

Srinagar, Oct 06: Around 23 political workers and civilians were killed so far in Kashmir division by the gunmen in target killing. Top official sources said that Srinagar district witnessed eight killings followed by five from Kulgam, four from Tral area of Awantipora police district, two each from Baramulla and Anantnag and one each from […]

J&K reports two deaths, 127 fresh covid cases overnight

J&K reports two deaths, 127 fresh covid cases overnight

Srinagar, Oct 06: Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday witnessed two deaths and 127 fresh positive cases taking the number of total active cases in the Union Territory to 1,065. With two more deaths, the death toll in the UT has reached 4,426 and 127 fresh positive cases reported on Wednesday have pushed the tally of positive […]

Persons with past record of human rights violations not eligible for appointment as chairperson or member of child rights panel: J&K Govt

Persons with past record of human rights violations not eligible for appointment as chairperson or member of child rights panel: J&K Govt

Srinagar, Oct 06: The administration of Jammu & Kashmir has unveiled the draft rules for establishing child rights panel in the Union Territory. The draft rules define the procedure for appointment of chairperson and members of the statutory body to be constituted under the Commission for Protection of Child Rights Act-2005. The Jammu & Kashmir […]

GoI’s ruthless policies have devalued human lives in Kashmir: Mehbooba on recent civilian killings 

GoI’s ruthless policies have devalued human lives in Kashmir: Mehbooba on recent civilian killings 

Srinagar, Oct, 06: Former Chief Minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said the GoI’s ruthless policies have ‘devalued the human lives’ in Kashmir. Three civilians, including Kashmiri pandit Makhan Lal Bindroo, owner of Srinagar’s prominent pharmacy, were shot dead by suspected militants on Tuesday in separate incidents in Srinagar and Bandipora districts of […]

APHC condemns killing of Bindroo, two others

APHC condemns killing of Bindroo, two others

Srinagar, Oct 06: All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has expressed shock and grief and strongly condemned the killing of M L Bindroo, a leading pharmacist of the valley, and two other civilians last evening. APHC in a statement condemned all killings and said that these are acts of pure violence […]

Srinagar fails to attract investors in industrial sector due to uncertainty, reveals official report

Srinagar fails to attract investors in industrial sector due to uncertainty, reveals official report

Srinagar, Oct 05: The erstwhile capital of Jammu and Kashmir—Srinagar— has failed to attract the investors in the industrial sector due to prevailing uncertainty, insufficient capital, lack of technology and infrastructure, reveals an official report. Besides, it also states that the poor connectivity and frequent power cuts were some other major reasons to attract them. […]

Govt Relieves Baseer Khan As Advisor To LG

Govt Relieves Baseer Khan As Advisor To LG

Srinagar, Oct 5: The Government on Tuesday relieved Baseer Ahmad Khan from the post of Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir with immediate effect. “Pursuant to communication No. 15030/40/2019-J&K dated 4th October, 2021, of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, Baseer Ahmad Khan (Retired IAS:2000) is hereby relieved from the […]