Srinagar: Army on Saturday recovered body of a soldier who was swept away by an avalanche that stuck its post in Machil sector along the Line of Control in Kashmir district on Thursday. The body of W Lampa Konyak (belt no. 4369289-W) was recovered with the help of sniffer dogs, a local news agency GNS […]
SRINAGAR: One-way traffic will continue to ply on the Srinagar-Jammu highway, the Valley’s link with outside world, and on Friday vehicles will be allowed to move from Jammu towards Srinagar, official said. “On Friday, the traffic will move from Jammu to Srinagar, and no vehicle will be allowed to move from Srinagar,” Deputy Inspector General […]
Srinagar: A soldier was killed after an Army post came under an avalanche in Machil sector of north Kashmir’s frontier Kupwara district on Thursday, reports said. “Two soldiers belonging to Army’s 5 ASSAM (D Company) were buried alive when a snow avalanche hit their post near Muthal top in Machil sector on Thursday afternoon,” a […]
Srinagar: The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) Thursday called for deporting foreign nationals who have served their term but are still incarcerated at jails in “gross violation of basic human rights.” A team of the rights panel led by Rafiq Fida, inspected “almost all jails including Central Jail Jammu, where it found several inmates who […]
Srinagar: The Srinagar-Jammu highway, which connects Kashmir with outside world, was closed for vehicular traffic as the Valley including Srinagar experienced fresh snowfall on Wednesday. “The highway was closed for traffic around 2 pm after heavy snowfall between Qazigund and Banihal rendered the arterial road unsafe,” a spokesman of the Traffic Department was quoted as […]
Srinagar: Supreme Court has stayed a J&K High Court order regarding sanction for prosecution against officers and officials found indulging in corruption by the State Vigilance Organization. “There shall be stay of the impugned order for a period of three months from (January 2),” said a division bench of Justices K.S. Radhakrishnan and A.K. Sikri. […]
Srinagar: The state government on Wednesday ordered transfer of two KAS officers and accorded extension in the deputation of Farooq Ahmad Peer as member J&K Service Selection Board for one year beyond January 13. According to a government order, Mohammad Tariq (KAS), Deputy Secretary to Government, ARI and Trainings Department, is transferred and posted as […]
Srinagar: Amid a spontaneous shutdown, hundreds of people Wednesday participated in the funeral prayers for a Hizbul Mujahideen militant who was slain in a gun-battle with Army in Awantipora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday night. All shops and commercial establishments in Beighpora, Malangpora, Digripora, Gulzarpora and other areas of Awantipora observed a […]
M Zulqernain Lahore/Islamabad: One of the alleged Lashker-e-Toiba trainers involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks used to frequently get money transfers into his account, two Pakistani bank executives told an anti-terrorism court on Wednesday. The two bankers of the Muslim Commercial Bank in Pakistan-administered Kashmir(PaK) recorded their statements during the hearing of the Mumbai attacks […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Wednesday expressed concern over “growing immorality in Muslim- majority Kashmir”. Addressing a conference on the life of Prophet Mohammad (SAW) at Mirwaiz Manzil here, the Hurriyat (M) chairman accused the state government particularly police of acting as “a mute spectator to the growing social evils in Valley.” […]