Says NEP implementation, international tie-ups among priorities Srinagar: Professor Nilofar Khan took over as the first woman Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kashmir on Friday. A distinguished academician and administrator, Prof Nilofar has a teaching experience of more than 30 years and has served the Kashmir University’s corporate life in several important academic and administrative […]
Srinagar: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Vijay Kumar Friday visited South Kashmir and reviewed the forthcoming SANJY-2022 arrangements and other security measures. He was accompanied by DIG SKR Anantnag Abdul Jabbar. On the occasion, IGP Kashmir chaired a meeting to review the SANJY-2022 arrangements and other security measures put in place to ensure safe and […]
Srinagar: Days after traffic police headquarters suffered damages in a fire incident, Kothi Bagh Police Station lying backside of the headquarters was gutted in an overnight blaze in Kashmir capital Srinagar. Srinagar police tweeted that the damage due to the fire mishap took place to SP, SDPO chambers, allied offices and barracks on the first […]
Srinagar: In a significant development, the delimitation commission’s order on Jammu & Kashmir’s electoral segments has come into effect from Friday as the Government of India issued a notification in this regard. The Union Ministry of Law and Justice on Friday issued a notification declaring May 20 as the date on which the order of […]
Srinagar: An unidentified militant was killed by security forces during infiltration bid in Tangdhar sector of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday, officials said. Official sources said that an unidentified militant was killed during infiltration bid in Tangdhar area by Army’s 3/9 GR. As this report was being filed operation in the area was still […]
Uri: A village-level worker (VLW) of RDD was arrested with over 10 kilograms of heroin worth crores of rupees in Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, police said on Friday. A senior police officer said that during routine checking by a joint team of Police and army on Srinagar-Muzaffarabad highway, narcotics weighing 10.4 kilograms […]
Srinagar: Kothibagh police station was gutted in an overnight blaze while one fire fighter was injured in the incident. An official said that the fire broke out from the upper floor of the building and within no time fire engulfed the whole building. They said that firefighters from F&ES swung into action and soon brought […]
Ramban: An under construction tunnel coming up along Jammu—Srinagar national highway at Khoni Nallah Makerkote in Ramban district of Jammu region collapsed, official sources said. “Many workers are feared to be trapped under the debris as tunnel at Khoni Nallah Makerkote area of Ramban district has collapsed,” official sources said. “As many as two workers […]
Large cache of pistols, ammunition, grenades, IED recovered from them Srinagar: Four militants and one associate were arrested in Baramulla, making a breakthrough in a grenade attack on wine shop in Baramulla, police said on Thursday. One employee of the newly opened liquor shop at Dewan Bag in the north Kashmir district was killed and […]
Shopian only district to have toilet facility for 100 percent population Srinagar: Six percent of the population in Jammu and Kashmir has no access to toilet facility, the National Health and Family Survey (NHFS) has reported. Shopian is the only district with 100 percent access to toilet facility, while just 82 percent of the population […]