Budgam: The authorities on Tuesday suspended 31 employees who were found absent from their duties. According to the reports, on the directions of DDC Budgam Mohammad Harun Malik, a team of officials led by ADC Budgam Mohammad Farooq Dar conducted surprise visits of offices of various government departments and found 31 employees absent from their […]
Hajin (Bandipora): A complete shutdown is being observed in Hajin and adjoining areas of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Tuesday against the killing of a Lashkar-e-Toiba militant in a gun battle with forces. A witness said that all shops, business establishments and educational institutions are shut in Hajin to mourn the death of a militant who succumbed […]
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today met Home Minister Rajnath Singh and discussed the prevailing situation in the state, an official said. During the 20-minute meeting, the chief minister briefed the Union home minister on the security situation in the Valley as well as along the border with Pakistan, which has […]
Srinagar: Two BSF personnel were injured after armies of India and Pakistan exchanged fire along LoC in Mendhar sector of Poonch. According to the police sources, Pakistan violated ceasefire agreement in Balakote Sector of Mehdhar in the late hours of Tuesday morning. Police said that the BSF personnel were shifted to the hospital for treatment. […]
Srinagar: A day after ISIS claimed responsibility for the killing of a policeman in Jammu and Kashmir, the state police, in a first, admitted that it had a presence in the Valley, NDTV reported. A’maq, the propaganda publicity wing of ISIS claimed on Monday that the group carried out the attack and “a war has […]
Srinagar: Militant outfit Hizbul Mujhadeen today claimed that one of its militant Mushtaq Ahmed Chopan was killed by Government Forces in a fake encounter. Chopan according to police was killed when he tried to flee from the custody at police station Tral. Police added that as he tried to flee wearing a burqa, his associated […]
Jammu: A state of the art cancer institute is coming up in the summer capital Srinagar by the year end, an official spokesman said today. The modern cancer institute at the Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura, is expected to be operationalised by the year end, he said. He said this was informed in […]
Srinagar: JK Central Contractors Coordination Committee today held a protest demonstration here in Press Enclave Srinagar against the non-payment of bills by the state government. The contractors were demanding clearance of bills which they claimed were pending with the government. They alleged that Rs35 crore of estate Contractors is still pending with government for […]
Srinagar: A protest against the ongoing Syrian government offensive in the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta was held in Press Enclave Srinagar by the Global Islamic Research Forum- a body of Muslim Scholars- on Tuesday. Condemning the ongoing Syrian airstrikes in Ghouta, scores of protesters holding pictures of victims of the airstrikes, demanded an immediate […]
Mumbai: At least five people were killed and seven others injured when a speeding car rammed into a parked SUV in Solapur district of western Maharashtra early today, police said. The car hit the sport utility vehicle (SUV), which was parked after a tyre burst, on Tuljapur-Pandharpur road at Haglur village, around 4.30 am, an […]