Srinagar: Exactly 75 years ago, a fierce battle was fought in Kashmir’s Shalateng area that not only saved Srinagar from the onslaught of the Pakistani forces, but changed the face of the first Indo-Pak war of 1947-48. Scripted in military history books as the ‘Battle of Shalateng’, the most decisive battle of the war, Indian […]
Srinagar: Police on Monday filed a chargesheet against five persons, including four Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, in a case related to the murder of an army man in Budgam district earlier this year. “Police today produced a chargesheet against following five accused persons in a case of terror incident in which one army man on leave was […]
Srinagar: Two hybrid militants, who were involved in planting an improvised explosive device in Bandipora district last month, have been arrested from Baramulla, police said on Monday. The police have also recovered two remote-controlled improvised explosive devices (IEDs) from their possession. “Sopore Police has cracked the recent IED blast incident at Kenusa Bandipora. 02 hybrid […]
Ramban/Jammu: An operative of Al-Qaeda was arrested with a hand grenade in Ramban district, police said on Monday. Amiruddin Khan, a resident of Mashita Haora in West Bengal, was arrested by a police party from Ramban along Jammu-Srinagar national highway, an official said. He said a Chinese hand grenade was recovered from the possession of […]
RAMBAN: Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Electronics and IT, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar today said young Indians must equip themselves with skills in line with the evolving times—in order to stay relevant for employment or/and entrepreneurship opportunities. Skills are passport to prosperity and opportunities. Along with education, it is necessary to […]
PAMPORE: The male body of a 60 years old mentally unsound person was found in Saffron Town Pampore area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday morning. The body of mentally unsound person was recovered by police Pampore on the roadside on the old Srinagar-Jammu national highway at Kadlabal area of Saffron Town. SHO Pampore […]
Sumbal: Department of chemistry, Govt. Degree College Sumbal organized a one-day seminar for science students on the theme “Green Chemistry as Solution” on Monday.. The seminar was organized in view to provide the knowledge of recent developments in the newly emerged subject of Green Chemistry, which is providing the befitting solution to the eradication of […]
Srinagar: The Kashmir Traders Alliance (KTA) has expressed worry about the power outages in the valley. Aijaz Shahdhar, the president of KTA, said in a statement released here on Monday that “life in the Kashmir valley has further degraded” due to the exceedingly bad power supply. While low voltage sometimes plays hide and seek, the […]
‘Lot of scope for agriculture-allied sectors in J&K for projects under these schemes’ JAMMU: Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Agriculture Production Department (APD), Atal Dulloo today chaired a meeting of officers to review the status of several Centrally Sponsored Schemes. The ACs held a detailed review of district-wise and project-wise status of CSSs including Agriculture Infrastructure […]
Beijing: India has apprised China of the recent stringent regulations issued by the National Medical Commission (NMC) for Indian students studying in Chinese medical colleges to obtain permission to practice back home and asked authorities here to ensure that the students are qualified to comply with the new rules. In September last, the Indian Embassy […]