Srinagar: One militant was killed in a brief shootout in Baramulla district on Thursday, police said. A police spokesperson said militants fired upon an area domination patrol of the Army and police at Cherdari in Baramulla district. The security forces retaliated, resulting in the death of one ultra, the spokesperson said, adding that a pistol, […]
Srinagar: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Thursday held that the court’s jurisdiction cannot be invoked again and again on the same set of grounds. The court noted that it is always better that the recourse to the appropriate forum be allowed to be taken so that the parties may lead […]
SRINAGAR: The Directorate School Education Kashmir (DSEK) on Thursday changed school timings both in respect of government as well as recognized private schools across Kashmir Valley. The DSEK issued an order on Thursday which reads that schools falling within Srinagar municipal limits shall function from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. However, the schools outside the […]
New Delhi: The CBI on Thursday filed a charge sheet against an educational trust chairperson and a patwari in a case of alleged encroachment and illegal possession of government land, officials said. The charge sheet was filed in a special court in Jammu against Kanta Andotra, the then chairperson of Jammu-based RB Educational Trust, and […]
UNITED NATIONS: India is estimated to have suffered an average annual loss of about 87 billion dollars from extreme weather events such as tropical cyclones, floods and droughts, a report by the United Nations weather agency said. The State of the Climate in Asia 2020 report by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), released on Tuesday, […]
Srinagar: The Administrative Council (AC) which met here under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, approved the strengthening of Audit & Inspection Department by creating 54 posts at various levels to ensure establishment of District Audit Offices in each district. Farooq Khan and Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisors to the Lieutenant Governor, Dr. Arun […]
Srinagar: The Administrative Council approved the proposal of Revenue Department to transfer various parcels of land for public purposes. Farooq Khan and Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisors to the Lieutenant Governor, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary, J&K and Nitishwar Kumar, Principal Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor attended the meeting. The Administrative Council approved the transfer […]
Srinagar: The Administrative Council (AC) approved the transfer of state land measuring 2 kanal at Udhampur in favour of Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, Government of India to build the sub-regional office building of National Sample Survey Office (NSSO). The land will be transferred on payment of Rs. 13,20,000. Farooq Khan and Rajeev Rai […]
Pampore: An Assistant Store Keeper of Food Civil Supplies andConsumer Affairs holding charge of a sale centre in Meej area of Pampore has been suspended by officials after locals complained about him not distributing ration for the past two months . Assistant Director(AD) Food Pulwama , Sheikh Enayat told Kashmir Reader that they have put […]
BUDGAM: The Budgam police on Thursday have recovered unidentified deady of the 45 years old man near the forest area of the Yousmarg in the central Kashmir’s Budgam district. The police said that they have received information related to the dead body lying in the Yusmarg near the forest area. “The incharge of the Police […]