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Our aggressive marketing campaign is bearing fruit: Dir Tourism

Srinagar: Continuing with its promotional campaign, the department of tourism Kashmir organized FAM tours for both domestic and foreign travel agents. The domestic travel agents...

NC lashes out at Govt over braid chopping  

  National Conference General Secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar Wednesday condemned the continuous spate of braid chopping incidents happening throughout the valley.    In a statement issued form...

Revenue Deptt sets up complaint redressal helpline

Minister for Revenue, Relief, Rehabilitation, Reconstruction, Abdul Rehman Veeri today directed the Divisional Commissioners to setup toll free numbers for the disposal of grievances...

Govt working out modalities for regularisation of persons engaged on casual, adhoc basis: FM

Minister of Finance, Dr Haseeb Drabu today chaired a meeting to review the modalities for regularisation of casual labourers, adhoc employees and others. During the...

In supreme court, Bar association challenges JK accession

Srinagar: The Kashmir Bar Association Wednesday left the Supreme Court (SC) of India ‘shocked’ after they questioned J&K’s accession to India. The J&K High...

Army Major killed, three officers injured in accident in Jammu

Srinagar: An Army Major was killed and three other officers, including a colonel, were injured when their car skidded off the Jammu-Poonch highway here...

Non-availability of swine flu medicines risking lives: DAK

Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Wednesday expressed pressing concern over non-availability of swine flu medicines at chemist shops and hospitals in Kashmir. President DAK and...

Two braid chopping suspects caught at Bemina

Situation deteriorated in Bemina area of Srinagar today after two braid chopping suspects were nabbed by people, eyewitnesses and police told a local news...

Protests erupt in old city after braid-chopping incident

Protests erupted outside Dastgeer Sahab Shrine in Old city of Srinagar following a hair chopping incident on Wednesday. Reports said that people, mostly ladies took...

Protests erupt in Nowgam after fresh braid-chopping

Protests erupted in outskirts of Srinagar following a fresh chopping incident on Wednesday. Reports said that the braid of a woman was chopped off...

Police foil Batamaloo traders, transporters protest in Srinagar

Srinagar Police Wednesday foiled a protest march of Batamaloo traders and transporters who were trying to move towards the Civil Secretariat. The protest march was...

Schools closed along LoC in Poonch

Authorities on Wednesday ordered the closure of schools near the Line of Control (LoC) in Degwar area of Poonch district following the heavy exchange...

India, Pak armies exchange fire along LoC in Poonch

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Government forces launch massive crackdown in Hajin village of Bandipora district 

  Government forces on Wednesday launched a massive crackdown in north kashmir's Hajin village of Bandipora district. Internet services, according to reports were also snapped before the crackdown....

Former Sarpanch shot dead in Mattan

Suspected militants on Tuesday shot dead a former Sarpanch in Mattan area of south Kashmir's Anantnag district. The 60-year-old former Sarpanch was identified as Ghulam...

Editorial: Establishing Juvenile homes

The government is contemplating to establish juvenile homes in each district of the State to effectively rehabilitate the children detained for anti-social activities and...

Fidayeen storm BSF camp at Humhama; Three militants, BSF personnel killed

  Three militants and an ASI of the Border Security Force (BSF), were killed when armed militants attacked their camp in Humhama near the outskirts...

Rajnath compliments troops

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh complimented the government forces for retaliating the fidayeen attack and killing the three militants involved in storming a BSF...

BSF postpones at All India Level examination

  In the wake of attack on BSF camp in Humhama, Srinagar, authorities on Tuesday postponed Limited Departmental Competitive Examination (LDCE), of troopers for their...

Suspected braid chopper is innocent, says police

Police on Tuesday said that they have rescued a local youth from the clutches of a group of people whom they alleged was a...

Braid chopping incidents continue: 55-year-old woman targeted in Srinagar

Despite assurances by the Chief Minister that the braid chopping incidents will be stopped and the case cracked, the incidents of chopping the hair...

Mobile Internet services snapped

Authorities on Tuesday snapped mobile internet services across South Kashmir in the wake of series of incidents of braid chopping, sources said. They that police...

Attack affects operations at Srinagar Airport

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Media should be more responsible, says IGP

Inspector general of Police Kashmir Range Munir Khan today said that the media should be reasonable while reporting the initial reports from the encounter...

Eerie calm prevailed outside BSF camp at Humhama

An uncanny calm prevailed in the wee hours on Tuesday morning outside the Border Security Force (BSF), camp here at Humhama where three Jasih-e-Muhammad...

Come up with quantifiable data on IWT losses, CM to officers

Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today asked the State Power Development Cooperation to come up with a quantifiable data of the losses suffered by the...

Cabinet gives nod to creation of posts in various departments

The Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today accorded sanction to the creation of 167 posts in various categories in the Police Department...

Shetty Commission recommendations to be implemented

  The Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today accorded sanction to the implementation of recommendation of the Shetty Commission for the Ministerial Staff...

Shetty Commission recommendations to be implemented

  The Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today accorded sanction to the implementation of recommendation of the Shetty Commission for the Ministerial Staff...

Govt’s divisive agenda a challenge for the state: Omar 

Former Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said the PDP-BJP government’s divisive agenda was the biggest challenge confronting the State and its people. Addressing a...

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