PM seeks details on Zewan attack

PM seeks details on Zewan attack

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought details on a militant attack in Kashmir on Monday and expressed condolences to the families of the security personnel killed. Two policemen were killed and 12 others suffered injuries as militants carried out a deadly attack on a bus carrying Jammu and Kashmir Armed Police personnel on the […]

Omar, Mehbooba, Tarigami condemn

Omar, Mehbooba, Tarigami condemn

Srinagar: Political parties on Monday condemned the attack on police bus at Zewam area of Srinagar in which two policemen were killed and 12 others wounded. NC Vice President and former chief minister Omar Abdullah in a tweet condemned the attack and conveyed condolences to the bereaved families. “Terrible news of a terror attack on […]

Two militants killed on Srinagar outskirts: Police

Two militants killed on Srinagar outskirts: Police

Srinagar: Two militants affiliated with Lashkar-e-Toiba were killed in a brief shootout in Rangreth area of Srinagar on Monday, police said. It identified one among the slain as Aadil Ahmad Wani son of Bashir Ahmad Wani resident of Daramdoora Shopian while the identity of the second which police said was foreign militant was not ascertained […]

Policeman flees with 2 rifles in Kupwara

Policeman flees with 2 rifles in Kupwara

Srinagar: A Personal Security Officer (PSO) of a BJP worker went missing on Monday along with two rifles from Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials here said. Saqib Tantray, a resident of Bohipora in Kupwara, was posted as a PSO to BJP worker Abdul Rashid Zargar, who is staying at Old MLA hostel in […]

Srinagar records low of minus 3 degrees with MeT predicting wet weather today

Srinagar records low of minus 3 degrees with MeT predicting wet weather today

Srinagar: Cold conditions intensified in Kashmir on Monday with meteorological centre Srinagar predicting chances of light rain and snow in higher reaches from today. MeT Deputy Director Mukhtar Ahmad told Kashmir Reader that there will be slight respite from cold on Tuesday and Wednesday. After that, the temperature will dip again. He said that there […]

J&K records 3 daily Covid deaths, 119 new cases

J&K records 3 daily Covid deaths, 119 new cases

Srinagar: Three Covid deaths were recorded in Jammu and Kashmir while 119 new cases of the infection were reported on Monday, an official bulletin said. Two deaths were reported in Kashmir and one in Jammu while 93 cases were detected in the Valley and 26 in Jammu division, it said. Moreover, 215 more COVID-19 patients […]

Ladakh reports another death due to Covid

Ladakh reports another death due to Covid

Leh: Ladakh recorded a fresh fatality due to COVID-19 and 18 new cases, taking the virus tally to 21,822 in the union territory, officials said. The COVID-19 death toll in Ladakh has climbed to 216 with 158 deaths in Leh and 58 in Kargil since the outbreak of the pandemic last year, they said The […]

HC grants ‘last chance’ to authorities for rehabilitation of Gulmarg shopkeepers

Srinagar: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Monday directed government authorities to inform the court what steps they have taken to rehabilitate the shopkeepers of Gulmarg who have been waiting for their rehabilitation since 1999. The Court of Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey and Justice Akram Chowdhary while expressing displeasure over the […]

CAT’s Jammu, Srinagar benches to provide speedy relief to govt employees: Jitendra Singh

New Delhi: Hailing the high disposal rate of the newly created Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) benches of Jammu and Srinagar, Union minister Jitendra Singh on Monday said they would provide speedy relief to central government employees on service matters. While reviewing the functioning of these two benches along with CAT Chairman Manjula Das, the minister […]

PAGD convener reaches out to people of Jammu, Ladakh for restoring J&K’s special status

PAGD convener reaches out to people of Jammu, Ladakh for restoring J&K’s special status

Jammu: Reaching out to the people of Jammu and Ladakh to join hands with them, senior CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami on Monday said People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) is not a monopoly of a selected few but a struggle to restore the rights of the citizens of the erstwhile state of Jammu and […]