Mobile internet not suspended in unusual decision by administration Shopian: Three militants, including Arif Hajam, the Lashkar-e-Toiba’s district commander, were killed in a gunfight with government forces in Kwarigam Ranipora in Achbal area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday afternoon, police sources said. The gunfight in the area broke out at around 3:30 in […]
Shopian: Continuing their anti-militancy offensive in Kashmir, government forces on Saturday carried out four more cordon and search operations (CASOs) in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. The search operations, according to police sources, were carried out at Braripora, Heff Shirmal, Manloo and Gadpora villages in the district. They said that these military operations were carried out […]
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has now sacked eleven of its employees, including two sons of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Syed Salahuddin, for their involvement in anti-national activities. According to reports, 11 government employees (including Salahuddin’s sons Syed Ahmad Shakeel and Shahid Yousuf) were terminated from services “in the interest of the nation as per […]
Two more deaths, though, one in Kashmir, one in Jammu Srinagar: Two Covid patients, one from Kulgam and the other from Jammu, lost their life while 185 fresh Covid cases were detected in the last 24 hours in J&K, the official daily bulletin reported on Saturday. It was the lowest single-day count of fresh Covid […]
Car parking at Residency Road, ‘mySrinagar’ app highlights SRINAGAR: In yet another move to transform the cities of J&K to make them more vibrant, citizen-friendly, and modern, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday e-inaugurated multiple projects of Srinagar Smart City including Variable Message Displays (VMDs) installed across the city, besides dedicating a new Surface Car […]
Srinagar: After missing many deadlines, the Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) has successfully upgraded Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) technology in Srinagar. Lack of funds was holding up for 9 years the much-needed upgrading of technology that the STPs around Dal Lake were using. It took Rs 9 crore to upgrade the technology used in […]
Srinagar:Eid-ul-Adha will be celebrated on July 21 after the crescent of Dhul Hijjah was not sighted on Saturday evening, Kashmir’s Grand cleric Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam said. Grand Mufti said that the crescent of holy Dhul Hijjah month has not been sighted and as such Eid-ul-Adha will be celebrated on July 21, 2021. The month of Dhul […]
Srinagar: The government has nominated Nodal Officers with the Delimitation Commission at district level for providing timely information as may be sought by the panel. One officer each has been nominated in all the districts and they have been tasked, besides providing the information, to receive representations from stakeholders for submission to the Commission and […]
Srinagar: Police on Saturday said that they arrested a woman with two grenades in Kreeri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Official sorces said that during Cordon and search operation in Bangdara Kreeri a woman was arrested (name withheld) resident of Hajin along with two grenades and an amount of Rs 47000. She has been […]
Power theft to be strictly proceeded against, staff to be accountable JAMMU: Principal Secretary, Power Development Department, Rohit Kansal directed the officers of the Power Department to ensure that problems of tripping at 33 and 11 KV level and issues of low voltage were expeditiously addressed. He was on an extensive tour of the various […]