PULWAMA: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) constable was injured on Tuesday evening after suspected militants lobbed a grenade towards a police station at Kakapora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Militants hurled the grenade on police station Kakapora, however the grenade exploded outside the wall of police station. Police at the station fired a […]
Shopian: The snow clearance on Mughal Road, which connects Kashmir via Shopian with Poonch and Rajori districts in Jammu region, is likely to be started by the 25th of this month. Officials told Kashmir Reader that several feet of snow had accumulated on this road as the region last year received the heaviest snowfall in […]
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah turned 50 on Tuesday and spent the day at Hari Nivas here where he has been under detention for the last seven months. Detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA), Omar had a quiet day in the sub-jail not far from his residence on Gupkar […]
KALEEM GEELANI SRINAGAR: Jahangir chowk-Rambagh flyover has developed potholes within nine months of being made functional due to lack of drainage system. Due to absence of drainage system, rain water gets accumulated on its surface that creates potholes. The officials said that the flyover was thrown open to public due to heavy traffic on the […]
SRINAGAR: A law professional from north Kashmir’s Bandipora district has been selected as a member of the London based International Council of Jurists (ICJ). Irshad Ahmad Dar, 27, a law graduate hailing from Saderkoot Bala area of Bandipora district had applied for the membership of the ICJ, which claims to promote legal professionalism and work […]
Shopian: In a brief encounter at Khojpora village of Shopian, government forces kill two LeT militants, both identified as locals. The gunfight raged when a joint team of government forces including 1 Rashtriya Rifles of army, Jammu and police and 178 battalion central reserve police force launched a cordon and search operation in Khojpora village […]
Anantnag: Two laborers were killed and two of them were injured in an explosion at army’s ammunition depot in Khundroo area of anantnag district, late Monday afternoon, as the explosion took place amid a group of laborers working inside the depot. The slain have been identified as Gulzar Ahmad Khan and Fayaz Ahmad Bhat, both […]
‘No restrictions on outsiders purchasing land’
Ahmedabad: The Jammu and Kashmir administration will ensure that jobs, lands and assets are protected for the people of the Union Territory as it invites investments after abrogation of the special status, its Lieutenant Governor GC Murmu said here on Monday. The LG was addressing businessmen at a roadshow organised for the upcoming Jammu and […]
SRINAGAR: Mohammad Shafi Dar, chairman of the J&K State Co-operative Bank, has been booked on charges of corruption along with other bank officials by the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) of J&K. A press release issued by the ACB on Monday said that a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) conducted by the ACB found that the chairman of […]
Srinagar: The J&K High Court calls for immediate formulation of a policy by Government with respect to plantation of poplar trees while recording that the health of the general public is of paramount importance than the interests of individuals who plant Poplar trees of Russian species. The Court while dismissing a plea of trade union […]