Kashmir Editors Guild regrets continued denial of govt ads to Kashmir Reader

Urges LG Sinha to look into the matter

Srinagar: Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) on Thursday regretted the continued denial of government advertisements to daily ‘Kashmir Reader’. A statement by the KEG said the newspaper has never been informed either verbally or in black and white about the reasons for a halt to the advertisements by the government. The issue was brought to the […]

617 new COVID-19 cases in J&K; active cases 5,578

617 new COVID-19 cases in J&K; active cases 5,578

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday reported 617 new COVID-19 cases taking the overall tally to 1,00,968. Out of the total cases, 93,824 have already recovered and 1,566 have died leaving a total of 5,578 active cases as on date, the government’s media bulletin reads. Of the cases reported today, 391 were reported in Kashmir […]

Class 12 annual board exams begin in Kashmir

Class 12 annual board exams begin in Kashmir

Srinagar: Amid the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic, around 58,000 students appeared in the the first paper class 12 annual regular examination-2020 in Kashmir on Thursday. An official statement issued by the J&K Board if School Education (JKBOSE), which conducts the annual examination, almost all of the 58,514 students who had registered for the exam wrote the […]

PAGD has approved candidates’ list for first phase of DDC polls: Sajad Lone clarifies

PAGD has approved candidates’ list for first phase of DDC polls: Sajad Lone clarifies

Srinagar: People’s Conference chief, Sajad Lone on Thursday clarified that the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), the amalgam of major political parties in Kashmir, had finalised the list for candidates for the upcoming maiden District Development Council (DDC) elections in J&K. Lone tweeted this afternoon that the PAGD had approved candidates for the first […]

House gutted, another damaged partially in Eidgah blaze

House gutted, another damaged partially in Eidgah blaze

  Srinagar: A residential house was on Wednesday gutted while another suffered partial damage in a massive blaze that broke out in New Colony Wanganpora area of Eidgah in Srinagar, officials said. They said the fire broke out in the residential house of Tariq Ahmad Dar, son of Muhammad Amin Dar in the afternoon and […]

492 more contract COVID-19 in J&K; active cases 5,415

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday reported 492 new COVID-19 cases taking the overall tally to 99,844. Out of the total cases, 92,880 have recovered and 1,549 have died leaving a total of 5,415 active cases as on date, the government’s media bulletin reads. Of the cases reported today, 286 were reported in Kashmir while […]

2 militants killed in Shopian gunfight: Police

2 militants killed in Shopian gunfight: Police

  Shopian: Two militants have been killed in an ongoing encounter that raged between government forces and militants in Kutpora area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday. A senior police officer told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that two unidentified militants have been killed so far while as the search operation is on […]

Gunfight underway in south Kashmir’s Shopian

Gunfight underway in south Kashmir’s Shopian

  Shopian: A gunfight broke out between militants and government forces in Kutpora area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district early Tuesday morning. It was triggered after a joint team of Police, Army’s 34 RR and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation on specific information about the presence of militants in the area. As per […]