Srinagar: Army soldiers resorted to aerial firing in south Kashmir’s Pulwama on Saturday after people pelted stones on them when they tried to cordon off a hamlet. Reports said when soldiers of 55 Rashtriya Rifles were busy in sealing Masjid Mohalla in Naira village, scores of people staged a massive protest against them and pelted […]
SRINAGAR: “Our efforts should be to persuade the world community including the United States to urge both India and Pakistan to include the leadership of the people of Jammu & Kashmir in the negotiations to peacefully resolve the dispute over Kashmir. When we talk of Kashmir, we talk of the sentiments and enormous sacrifices made […]
SRINAGAR: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Saturday announced it will launch a foundation in the name of Dr Fayaz Khan who passed away after prolonged illness on Friday. Dr Fayaz had graduated from Government Medical College Srinagar and completed his MD at SKIMS. He pursued his DM Neurology from PGI Chandigarh and was presently working […]
Anantnag: Directorate of Horticulture in collaboration with chief horticulture officer Anantnag Saturday conducted one day awareness camp for fruit growers of the district here. The camp was chaired by Deputy Director Horticulture Planning. The experts from Krishi Vigyan Kendra Dooru, SKUAST and Horticulture department made the growers aware about the pre and post harvest management […]
Srinagar: Axis Bank on Saturday organized a blood bank here in which more 35 staff members and some customers donated their blood. The blood donation camp was organized in collaboration with Red Cross Society, Kashmir, a statement from the bank said. District Development Commissioner, Srinagar, Farooq Ahmad Shad, who was present at the occasion hailed […]
Srinagar: A division bench of Jammu and Kashmir High Court has ordered status quo on a top CRPF officer’s demotion, three weeks after its single bench upheld an order by Indian Ministry of Home Affairs, demoting Shamsher Singh Sandhu from the rank of Inspector General to Deputy Inspector General of the paramilitary force on grounds […]
Srinagar: Ahead of the 23rd anniversary of the infamous Kunan-Poshpora mass rape, the J&K Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS), which is support group for ‘Justice for Kunan-Poshpora Survivors’, has decided to observe February 23 every year as ‘Kashmiri Women’s Resistance Day’. In a statement here Friday, a JKCCS spokesperson said, “On the occasion of the […]
ANANTNAG: District Development Commissioner, Anantnag Friday stressed upon the concerned authorities to work for the quick disposal of the cases of unemployed youth for establishment of income generating units. District Development Commissioner, according to an official statement, was addressing the local advisory committee meeting of Rural Self Employment Training Institute (RSETI), here. The meeting was […]
Srinagar: The government has “agreed to enhance the retirement age of employees from 58 to 60 years,” a local news agency reported on Friday. The increase in retirement age has been a long-pending demand of the Joint Coordination Committee (JCC), an amalgam of several employees unions, which recently deferred protests in Jammu as a ‘goodwill […]
ANANTNAG: The Fisheries Department provided one lakh quality brown trout fingerling stocking to be carried in trout stream of the district during the current year in phase second in the streams of Lidder, Kokernag, Brenghi, Verinag, Chatapal and Panzath. The department of Fisheries is performing various activities for conservation of natural water resources and to […]