Srinagar: The government has sanctioned 2,000 vacancies of Special Police Officers (SPOs) in Jammu and Kashmir for the border areas. The government said the youths living in the areas of 0-10 km from IB/ LoC/LAC/AGPL in 10 border districts namely Jammu, Samba, Kathua, Poonch, Rajouri, Baramulla, Bandipora, Kupwara, Kargil & Leh were eligible for the […]
Srinagar: Mohammad Sideeq Ganai, 64 is frail and sports a white beard. His body bears witness to the torments he suffered in the Tihar Jail. “Those 8 years in Tihar jail felt like a hell,” Sideeq said while explaining his experiences as a prisoner. As the prisoner walked free in early June this year […]
Srinagar: Tens of thousands of people on Monday participated in the last rites of Lashkar-e-Toiba divisional commander Shakoor Ahmad Dar at his native Sopat-Tangpora village in Devsar area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Reports said that around six rounds of funeral prayers were held since early morning for the slain at a ground in the […]
Srinagar: Two militants, including a divisional commander of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) were killed in a gun battle with government forces while as a civilian was shot to death by the troopers in the ensuing clashes at the encounter site in Chidder village of Qaimoh located in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. The police claimed that the third […]
Srinagar: In a hard hitting statement, former Chief Minister and President of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mehbooba Mufti has said that the ruling coalition’s working document- the Agenda of Alliance (AoA)- was fully endorsed by the top leadership of Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) and as such there was no question of discrimination arising with Ladakh […]
Srinagar: After the fall of PDP-BJP coalition government and subsequent imposition of governor’s rule in the state, Army chief Bipin Rawat visited Kashmir and reviewed the overall security situation. “He reviewed the prevailing security situation along the Line of Control and also in the hinterland,” defence spokesperson said in a statement. Spokesperson said army […]
Srinagar: The government has requested the education department to implement the recommendations of 7th pay commission in favour of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) teachers. The government has directed secretary to government school education department, Farooq Ahmad Shah, to implement the recommendations of 7th pay commission in favour of SSA teachers of Jammu and Kashmir. […]
Srinagar: Eight years after Ghulam Jeelani of Sopore finally walked out of Tihar Jail a free man, an unusual scene greeted him at home. His 8-year-old son Jasarat refused to get into his lap and his 14-year-old daughter Masooma was finding it hard to recognize the man who had spent all that time away […]
Srinagar: Government forces have released a list of 21 most-wanted militants who will be on top of their target list in Jammu and Kashmir, media reports said. Besides the name of Chief IS J&K Dawood Salafi who was killed yesterday in a gunfight, the list has also the names of 11 Hizb ul Mujahideen militants, […]
Srinagar: Dawood Sofi, alias Burhan, was a 26 year old middle class boy who left his studies mid-way to work as a businessman, but ended becoming the chief of Islamic State (IS) of Jammu and Kashmir. Hailing from Mustafabad area of Srinagar, Dawood was raised in comfort by his parents and two elder brothers. “He […]
