Northern Army commander reviews security situation in Kashmir

Srinagar: The chief of Army’s Northern Command, Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, reviewed the security situation in the Kashmir Valley on Sunday, a defence spokesman said. Accompanied by the Chinar Corps Commander Lt Gen K J S Dhillon, the Army Commander visited the forward areas in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district where he was briefed by commanders […]

BBA students call for change in 6th semester date sheet in view of CMAT exam

SRINAGAR: The undergrad students pursuing Bachelor’s in Business Administration at the SSM College of Engineering and Technology in north Kashmir have demanded an alteration of their upcoming 6th semester examination date sheet in view of the upcoming all-India level entrance examination, which they have to write outside the valley. The students’ demand comes a week […]

Man charged with murder of his daughter-in-law in Shopian

SHOPIAN: Shopian Court on Friday charged a man with murder of his daughter-in-law after 12 years and sentenced him with life imprisonment and Rs 10,000 penalty. The court found Ghulam Hassan Malik son of Fateh Mohammad Malik, resident of Chek-Saidpora guilty of murder of his daughter-in-law, Gulshana Banoo in 2008 case. Principal Sessions judge Shopian, […]

Dal freezes partially as Srinagar records coldest night

Dal freezes partially as Srinagar records coldest night

Srinagar: Kashmir continued to reel under intense cold with night temperature in Srinagar dipping to minus 5.6 degree Celsius. This resulted in partial freezing of Dal Lake and water supply lines. A meteorological department official said that night temperature dipped further last night and it will dip further in coming days. The sub-zero temperatures resulted […]

Official negligence deprives students of GoI scholarship

Will look into the matter: DESK

Srinagar: Barely two weeks after the J&K government announced to cover all students under scholarship schemes, around 40 percent students were deprived from a government of India scholarship allegedly due to negligence by officials in the School Education department. Official data accessed by Kashmir Reader revealed that 533 students belonging to economically weaker section in […]

J&K’s statehood will be restored in near future: Madhav

Jammu: BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav on Friday sought to assure the people of Jammu and Kashmir that the statehood of the new Union territory will be restored before soon. Maintaining that there were only 30 to 32 prominent political leaders and less than 100 people overall are under preventive detention now in the […]

Sheikh Abdullah’s birth anniv, Martyrs’ Day dropped from list of holidays

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has dropped ex-chief minister Sheikh Abdullah’s birth anniversary and Martyrs’ Day from its list of public holidays for 2020, but October 26 which is observed as ‘Accession Day’ figures in it. According to the list issued late on Friday night by G L Sharma, the deputy secretary of the […]

NC seeks review says, ‘it won’t change his towering stature’

Jammu: Expressing anguish over deletion of National Conference founder Sheikh Abdullah’s birth anniversary from Jammu and Kashmir’s official holiday calendar, the party Saturday sought a review of the decision and said his contribution in the democratic awakening of his people cannot be undermined. It also called for re-launching genuine political activity in the Union territory […]

Power Corporation launches monitoring system for electricity distribution in Srinagar

SRINAGAR: Power distribution network in future will remotely monitor and controlled after launching Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and Distribution Management System (DMS) under R-APDRP Scheme for Srinagar. The contract for implementation of SCADA/DMS project in Srinagar has been awarded to G.E T&D India Limited incurring a cost of Rs.79.26 crore which includes five […]

2019: A year that reshaped J&K

Srinagar: For Jammu and Kashmir, 2019 was a year of massive changes with defining firsts and lasts and unprecedented curbs. On October 31, Jammu and Kashmir transitioned from a state into two union territories — Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. This was the first time a state was downsized into union territories. The move was […]