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 […]
As I write this letter to you, hoping that it will bring about a change that will prevent fathers from shoulder the coffins of their children because of criminal negligence of some doctors, I’m filled with sorrow, grief, rage and above all a feeling that I have failed as a father and as […]
Anantnag: Sub-divisional magistrate (SDM), Bijbehara has placed at least twelve employees of Public health engineering (PHE) under suspension for remaining absent from their duties. The suspension of employees came after the SDM Abdul Rashid Daas on Wednesday visited the PHE division Bijbehara to pacify the protesters who had assembled there to protest the water crisis in […]
Baramulla: A militant of Lashkar-e-Toiba outfit was killed in an encounter with government forces at Gund Brath area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday. Reports said that a joint team of army, SOG and CRPF launched a cordon-and-search operation today morning. A police spokesman in a statement issued here said that the […]
Srinagar: Former People’s Democratic Party (PDP) lawmaker and senior leader Mohammad Khalil Bandh has resigned from the basic membership of the party. In a letter, Khalil Bandh outlined how the party compromised on its basic principles after demise of late Mufti Mohammad Syed and how veteran faces were sidelined in decision making process and the manner […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference has opposed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Amendment bill 2019 in the Parliament, saying the Proposed Amendment bill infringes upon the people’s right to liberty and life. Participating in the debate Member of Parliament from Anantnag Hasnain Masoodi said the Parent Act of 2008 was not in tune with […]
Srinagar: Torrential rains coupled with windstorm wreaked havoc to many houses including agricultural land across Sopore villages on Monday evening. Life in Zaingeer belt of Sopore came to a standstill after hit by strong winds followed by heavy rains and hailstorm. Many houses have been damaged at several places including Dooru, Botengoo, Watlab and other […]
