Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Home department on Tuesday said that it has received the inquiry report on the Hyderpora encounter and the same has been sent to the concerned judicial magistrate. In a statement, the department said that the district magistrate has been advised to send the report to judicial magistrate under section 190 […]
Srinagar: Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) said that police’s statement about the Hyderpora shootout is a repetition of an old story and iterated its demand for judicial probe. “It does not even slightly give any objective picture of this shocking incident. There is a strong public perception that the civilians killed in the incident […]
Leh: Several new demands including full statehood was added in 2021 to an already sustained campaign for constitutional safeguards under the Sixth Schedule for Ladakh as people of both Leh and Kargil threatened to intensify their agitation after the ‘harsh winter’ — an indication of a likely showdown between the government and the residents in […]
Srinagar: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Tuesday held that if an application of revision has been made by any person, either to the High Court or to the Sessions Judge, no further application by the same person shall be entertained by either of them. “This means that if a person […]
Srinagar: After three days of wet and cloudy weather, it was a bright day in Kashmir with mercury showing improvement in daytime on Tuesday. But night temperature continued to show dip with Gulmarg meadow freezing at minus 9.4 degrees Celsius. Gulmarg, the famous tourist destination in north Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 9.4 degrees […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference on Tuesday appealed to the international community to take cognisance of the “systemic demographic” change being foisted upon Muslim majority Jammu and Kashmir by “settling outsiders here including through a new policy of sale of land and natural resources to them”. In a statement, the Hurriyat led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said […]
Srinagar: One Covid was reported in Kashmir while 91 cases of the infection were recorded in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, an official bulletin said. It said that 59 cases of the infection were recorded in Kashmir and 32 in Jammu division. Moreover, 127 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals […]
BERLIN: The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Tuesday that the Omicron coronavirus variant could lead to overwhelmed healthcare systems even though early studies suggest it leads to milder disease, as China and Germany brought back tough restrictions to stamp out new infection surges. China put hundreds of thousands more people under lockdown, while infections […]
J&K will grow from strength to strength, says LG JAMMU: The J&K government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Apollo Hospitals for the establishment of a multi-specialty hospital in Jammu. In presence of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, the MoU was signed between Ranjan Prakash Thakur, Principal Secretary to J&K Government, Industries & Commerce Department […]
Edu official assures action against any violation Shopian: Though there is a blanket ban on government teachers running or teaching at private coaching centres, the rules are being openly flouted in south Kashmir’s Shopian. The education department has clearly directed heads of institutions and the concerned education officers that none of their teaching staff […]