Srinagar, Feb 12: Jammu and Kashmir High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a councillor of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC)-Kargil Zakir Hussian who was arrested last year and charged with sedition and other offences for his audio clip mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Army in the wake of the face-off between […]
Srinagar, Feb 12: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Friday said most of the doctors, nurses and paramedical staff in Kashmir are opting out of Covid-19 vaccine. “More than 80 percent of the healthcare workers have turned down the vaccine,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan in a statement. “Out of 7,000 […]
Chadura, Feb 12: A CRPF officer was wounded after the service rifle he was fiddling with went off inside the camp in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. The incident took place at Nagam Chadura Camp belonging to C-Company 117 Battalion CRPF during the intervening night of February 11 and 12. Official sources told KNT that the […]
Srinagar, Feb 11: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national General Secretary Tarun Chug Thursday said that Assembly polls will soon be held in the J&K UT and the dates will be decided by the Election Commission of India (ECI). Talking on the sideline of a function at BJP’s Srinagar headquarters, Chug said that he is of the […]
Srinagar, Feb 10: The fatal circle of deaths and injuries through accidents continues unabated on the Srinagar-Jammu Highway, as is revealed by the official figures. The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway has seen over 8,128 road accidents and 1,750 resultant fatalities in the last decade. A lifeline to the Kashmir valley, the highway (NH 44) with a […]
Srinagar, Feb 10: The Government of India on Wednesday responded in negative to a query “whether it is a fact that civilians not the employee of the Central Government including a journalist were privy to knowledge about the abrogation of Article 370 prior to this information being shared with Parliament on August 5, 2019.” “No […]
Srinagar: The United states has welcomed the restoration of 4g internet restoration in Jammu and Kashmir and said it looks forward for “restoring normalcy in Kashmir”. “We welcome the resumption of 4G mobile internet in India’s Jammu & Kashmir,” the US state department bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs wrote in a tweet. “This […]
Srinagar, Feb 10: The government on Wednesday ordered the constitution of District Level Single Window Committee(s) for each district of Jammu and Kashmir for facilitating the execution of mining leases of e-auction for project proponents where clearance/NOC applications have not been received or are under process. The ten-member committee is headed by the respective Deputy […]
Srinagar, Feb 9: Accusing senior officers of police and civil administration of violating the mandate of the people, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and PDP President Mehbooba Mufti Tuesday said that two months were given to buy and intimidate the DDC members. Pertinently, in various districts, PDP and National Conference despite having majority of […]
Srinagar, Feb 09: A shut down was observed in Summer Capital Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir to observe the eighth death anniversary of parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. Shops and businesses remained shut while public traffic also remained off the roads. Many of the roads in Srinagar wore a deserted look except […]
