Anantnag: A 27-year-old woman, whose husband is in jail for alleged militant links for more than six months now, committed suicide by hanging herself Sunday morning here in Qazigund area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Afreen Jan, who has been working as a domestic help to meet ends, was found hanging at her residence in […]
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) on Sunday denounced the dismissal of 11 government employees by the Jammu and Kashmir administration, saying the move was “blind to justice” and “arbitrary” in nature. The employees, including sons of Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin were sacked by the union territory’s administration for allegedly working for various militant groups, officials […]
Srinagar: Amid criticism that National Conference’s proposal to the Delimitation Commission in Jammu echoed BJP’s demands, party president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday said the issues in the two regions were different from each other. Speaking to reporters after paying floral tributes to his mother Begam Akbar Jehan at her mausoleum on the occasion of her […]
Srinagar: A 3-year-old baby girl died as she was taken away by some ‘wild beast’ in Zazuna area in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Sunday evening. An official said that searches were launched after a baby girl was taken away by a ‘wild beast’ near Fruit Mandi Zazuna around 7:30 PM this evening. The searches […]
Jammu: Police on Sunday claimed to have foiled a bid of weapon smuggling and explosives in the district and recovered one pistol and two hand grenades from the possession of a truck driver. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Jammu, Chandan Kohli said that after specific inputs regarding the bid of smuggling weapons, a high alert […]
Srinagar: The government on Sunday ordered extension for closure of educational institutions across Jammu and Kashmir till July 31. According to the orders of the State Executive Committee said that all schools and higher educational institutes shall remain closed for in-person education till July 31. The government also said that the schools, colleges, universities, technical […]
Shopian: Sixteen years on, the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) in Shopian is still awaiting construction of an administrative-cum-workshop block building, due to a dispute over funds between the Technical Education department and the Jammu and Kashmir Projects Construction Corporation (JKPCC). The construction work on the building was started in the financial year 2006-07 to provide […]
NEW DELHI: India has pulled out around 50 diplomats and security personnel from its consulate in Kandahar in Afghanistan in view of the deteriorating security situation and the Taliban gaining control of new areas around the southern Afghan city, people familiar with the development said on Sunday. They said that special aircraft of the Indian […]
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency on Sunday carried out searches at seven places in Srinagar and Anantnag in south Kashmir in connection with a case related to circulation of propaganda by ISIS, the agency said The spokesperson of the NIA said a case was registered on June 29 in connection with the conspiracy of the […]
SRINAGAR: In order to ensure smooth vehicular movement and passage of pedestrians, a road length of 213 kms has been black topped/macadamized during the last 40 days by the R&B department in Srinagar district. In this regard, the Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Mohammad Aijaz Asad said that Lieutenant Governor Administration has given focused attention towards extensive […]