Councilor Held Along With 1300 Bottles Of COCAS-DX In Bandipora

Bandipora: Police in this north Kashmir’s district on Wednesday arrested Councilor and former Vice President of Municipal Council Bandipora and recovered 1300 Bottles of contraband substance COCAS-DX. “Today police station Bandipora received a specific information that one person namely Maqsood Ahmad Rather S/o Mohmad Maqbool Rather R/o Nathpora Kaloosa Bandipora has concealed huge consignment of […]

Civilian shot at, injured in Shopian

Pulwama: Suspected militants on Wednesday evening shot at and injured a civilian in Rakh-e-Chidren area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district. An official said that the militants fired upon a civilian at Rakh-e-Chidren area, leaving him seriously wounded. He added that the civilian identified as Farooq Ahmad Sheikh, son of Ghulam Nabi Sheikh of Rakh-e-Children, was […]

All PM Package employees to be posted at secured locations by June 6, says Top Official

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government Wednesday said that all the Kashmiri Pandit employees working under Prime Minister’s Rehabilitation Package (PMRP) will be posted at secured locations by June 6. A top official in the divisional administration Kashmir said that all the PM Package employees and others from minority communities posted in Kashmir division will […]

ED summons Sonia, Rahul in National Herald money laundering case

ED summons Sonia, Rahul in National Herald money laundering case

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday summoned Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her MP son Rahul Gandhi for questioning in a money laundering case linked to the National Herald newspaper, officials said. While Sonia Gandhi, 75, has been asked to depose before the federal agency at its headquarters in central Delhi on June 8, […]

KU’s law student injured in scuffle

Srinagar: A law student of University of Kashmir (KU) was injured in a scuffle on Wednesday. One of the BA LLB 7th semester students said that the department’s outgoing students of 10th semester allegedly entered the classroom and dragged one of the 7th semester students out of the class. “Our classes were going on and […]

Apni Party leader from Jammu quits outfit

Jammu:In a major setback to the Apni Party, one of its co-founders and general secretary from Jammu, Vikram Malhotra on Wednesday resigned from the party, citing “lack of any coherent policy or programme for the future”. Malhotra also claimed that the Apni Party has become a “reflection of the National Conference and PDP , particularly […]

DPS Srinagar student earns USD 70k scholarship at Georgetown University Qatar

DPS Srinagar student earns full scholarship at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, Qatar Srinagar,: Tashafee Masoodi – a Grade 12 student from Delhi Public School Srinagar, has earned an admission and full scholarship worth 70,000 dollars (About 51 lakh rupees) at the prestigious Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar. The 18-year-old Tashafee, […]

Conductor Charred To Death, Driver Injured As Truck Catches Fire On Sgr-B’pora highway

Srinagar: A conductor was burnt to death while driver sustained injuries after a cement laden truck skidded off the the road and caught fire on Srinagar-Bandipora highway near Shilvat village on Wednesday. official told Kashmir Reader that a cement laden truck bearing registration number (JK19 0375) skidded off the road during last midnight near Shilvat […]

Boy electrocuted to death in Budgam

Budgam: A 12-year-old boy died after receiving a electric shock at his home in Mamat area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday morning. An Official said that boy identified as Riyaan Ajaz son of Ajaz Ahmad Mir, a resident of Mamat Budgam received electric shock at his home. The boy was soon rushed to […]

All India level Disaster Risk Mitigation Workshop held at IEI Srinagar

All India level Disaster Risk Mitigation Workshop held at IEI Srinagar

Srinagar: Institution of Engineers (India), J&K State Centre Srinagar in collaboration with Disaster Awareness and Management Forum (DAMF), Safety & Quality Forum (SQF) of The Institution of Engineers (India), organized one day All India level Workshop on Disaster Risk Awareness and Mitigation at IEI J&K State Centre, Srinagar. Er. Narendra Singh, Immediate Past President, Institution […]