Er Rasheed asks security agencies to reveal the truth about missing youth  

Kupwara: Awami Itehhad Party (AIP) president and MLA Langate, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Saturday expressed his deep displeasure over failure of the government to trace out the whereabouts of Manzoor Ahmad Khan, allegedly summoned to Army camp in Lolab and never returned till date. Addressing a function at Kupwara today, Er Rasheed asked security […]

‘Open Secrets’ by Dr Ashraf Qazi released

Srinagar: Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment, Chowdhary Lal Singh Saturday released a book titled ‘Open Secrets’ by Dr Ashraf Qazi at Sheri Kashmir International Convention Center (SKICC). Vice Chancellor Kashmir University, Prof. Khursheed Indrabi, H.O.D Political Sciences Department Kashmir University, Prof. Gul Mohammad, Former Vice-Chancellor of Islamic University of Science & Technology, Dr. Sidiq […]

Prohibitory restrictions around examination centres

ANANTNAG : District Magistrate Anantnag, Mohammad Younis Malik has issued prohibitory restrictions under Sec 144 of Cr.PC around a radius of 200 metres around the examination centres. These restrictions have been imposed in light of commencement of Secondary and Higher Secondary School examinations w. e. f 1st of November, 2017 . The SSP Anantnag and […]

Altaf Bukhari stresses on smooth conduct of upcoming board exams

SRINAGAR: The Minister for Education, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari today convened a meeting to discuss the modalities for hassle-free conduct of upcoming board examinations for the students of Kashmir and winter zone of Jammu Division. Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmed Khan, Secretary School Education, Farooq Ahmad Shah, DC Srinagar Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, Director School […]

Ola, Uber taxi services soon to hit Srinagar roads

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir residents will soon be provided with hi-tech and just-a-click-away private taxi services provided by Ola and Uber. According to official sources, the facility will be first available in Srinagar and Jammu cities. At the launching ceremony of e-challans today at Traffic control room here, MoS Transport, Sunil Sharma said that the […]

Chanapora braid chopping case solved : Police

Srinagar: Police on Saturday claimed to have solved an alleged braid chopping case. According to a police spokesman, yesterday police station Sadder received an information that a braid chopping incident has occurred in Chanapora area and one Wasim Yousuf Bhat resident of Roselane Colony alledged that braid of his wife namely Aasia has been chopped […]

Omar takes jibe at Pak for claiming shooting down Indian quadcopter

Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today took a jibe at Pakistan after the army claimed to have shot down an Indian quadcopter. Omar said he has one of these toys as well.“I have one of these toys as well if you’d like to shoot it down to cement your next promotion […]

Fire in Kupwara woods, hundreds of trees gutted

Srinagar: A massive fire which broke out in the woods in the frontier district of Kupwara in north Kashmir reduced hundreds of trees to ashes, reports said on Saturday. A large number of forest officials besides locals are struggling to douse the fire which has spread to several compartments, including in Lolab, for the past […]

Bangladesh mulling sterilization of Rohingya refugees

After failing in its efforts to encourage birth control among Rohingyas, Bangladesh is mulling to introduce voluntary sterilisation in its overcrowded Rohingya camps, reports said. Quoting Pintu Kanti Bhattacharjee, head of the family planning service in the district of Cox’s Bazar, AFP said that large families were the norm in the camps, where some parents […]

Army man injured in accidental fire in Poonch

Srinagar: An Indian army man got injured due to accidental fire in Balakote area of Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir last night, said an official. The army man, identified as Naik Abdul Haq of 15 JAKLI, was deployed at Indian Post 497A in Tarkundi area of Balakote when the incident happened. The official said […]

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