BOSE declares result of class 12 students withheld over complaint

SRINAGAR: Much to the relief of the aggrieved students, the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) has declared the withheld class 12 results of most of them. Of the remaining students, few of them have been found to have been resorted to unfair means while the rest failed to explain their position over […]

Wild bear caught in Shopian

SHOPIAN: A wild brown bear was caught at Pinjora village of Shopian after eleven days of tiresome efforts by the three control room wings of wildlife department and villagers. An official said that six teams comprising of 10-15 men were deployed on Saturday caught the animal by firing four darts, each 10 milliliters – which […]

2 detained youth trying to cross LoC handed over to families

BARAMULLA: Police on Saturday handed over two youth to their families who were arrested while trying to cross LoC. SSP Baramulla Abdul Qayoom on Saturday handed over both the youth to their families after all legal formalities. While talking to media, SSP Baramulla said that both the boys hailingfrom south Kashmir district were intercepted by […]

3 militants killed in Nagrota shootout

Trio were travelling in Kashmir-bound truck, interrogation of driver, helper underway

Bann Toll Plaza (Jammu): Three militants were killed in a gunbattle that broke out after a group of militants, travelling in a truck, opened fire at a police team at a toll plaza on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway here on Friday, officials said. Police said the militants are suspected to have infiltrated from along the […]

Blanket, shoes in truck alerted cop

Jammu: A major tragedy was averted when an alert policeman, who was injured in a gunbattle with a group of militants at a toll plaza here on Friday, uncovered a cavity inside the truck meant to ferry the militant to the Kashmir Valley. Three Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militants were killed in the gunbattle that broke out […]

Truck driver cousin of Pulwama suicide bomber: DGP

Two more arrested

Jammu: Director General of Police Dilbag Singh on Friday said the truck driver ferrying Jaish-e-Mohammed militants to Kashmir is the cousin of Pulwama suicide bomber Adil Dar who killed 40 CRPF personnel last year. Three JeM militants were killed on Friday in a fierce gunbattle with police at a toll plaza on the Jammu-Srinagar national […]

Abrogation of Article 370 hits J&K Bank

Q3 net dips 52pc to Rs 49cr, NPAs surge

New Delhi: Jammu & Kashmir Bank on Friday said its standalone net profit fell by 52 to Rs 49.64 crore in the third quarter of 2019-20 as the abrogation of Article 370 in J&K impacted business activities and cash flows. The state-owned lender had posted a net profit of Rs 103.75 crore in corresponding October-December […]

Development of J&K, Ladakh among priorities of govt: Prez

Says abrogation of special status historic

New Delhi: Invoking BJP’s idealogue Syama Prasad Mookerjee, President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday said rapid development of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh are among the priorities of the central government. He said the abrogation of Article 370 and Article 35A of the Constitution by two-thirds majority in both the houses of Parliament is not […]

Student from China walked out of Srinagar Airport without screening for virus

We have now tested him, he is clear: Director Health

Srinagar: The health department was left scrambling early this week after it came to know about a Kashmiri student from China who had walked out of the Srinagar Airport without screening for Coronavirus. According to official sources, there was no sense of alertness among the health department officials regarding the deadly Coronavirus till Monday, when […]

WHO declares global health emergency as death toll reaches 213

BEIJING: The World Health Organization declared a global emergency over the new coronavirus, as China reported Friday the death toll had climbed to 213 with nearly 10,000 infections. The UN health agency based in Geneva had initially downplayed the threat posed by the disease, but revised its risk assessment after crisis talks. “Our greatest concern […]