Srinagar: Three soldiers were killed and another was injured after an army post came under an avalanche at Machil sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday afternoon. A senior army officer told Srinagar-based news agency GNS that an army post of 21 Rajput came under an avalanche today at around 4:30 pm at Sona […]
Jammu: The winter capital of Jammu has 21 unauthorised colonies and the high court has stayed their regularisation, the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly was told today. Replying to a question by BJP MLA Sat Paul Sharma, Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Asiea Naqash informed the House that there were 31 authorised […]
New Delhi: A special court here today took cognizance of the NIA charge sheet against LeT chief Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Mujahideen head Syed Salahuddin and others in the ‘terror’ funding case. They have been accused by the NIA of “conspiring to wage war against the government” and fomenting trouble in the Kashmir Valley. […]
JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) Friday handed over an impersonator to police who was trying to appear in the type test for the post of Junior Assistant at the NIELIT test Centre in Rangreth in Srinagar. According to a JKSSB spokesman, the impersonator namely Lukman Fayaz S/O Fayaz Ahmed Khan R/O […]
JAMMU: Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (FCS&CA) Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali informed the House that 3 persons died and 14 were injured when a Mini Bus they were travelling in, met with an accident at Budhal, Nowshera today. He said out of the injured, four critically injured persons were airlifted […]
Sopore: A 4-year old minor died on Friday afternoon after he drowned into a Nallah in Arampora Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. According to reports the 4 year old drowned in a stream ( nallah) when he was playing near it. The deceased has been identified as Hazik Nabi Ganie 4 year old […]
Srinagar: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said the situation is not conducive to revoke the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). “The situation on ground does not allow revoking AFSPA,” Mehbooba said in the assembly. She said in past, when there was any encounter in any part of the valley, people were fleeing […]
New Delhi: Over 40,000 personnel of the central paramilitary forces will be deployed to provide security for the upcoming panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. They said the Union Home Ministry, on the request of the state government, has decided to deploy 300 companies of various Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) for […]
JAMMU: Minister for Health and Medical Education, Mr Bali Bhagat today informed the Legislative Assembly that the Government has established the Regional Institute of Health and Family Welfare (RIHFW) at Dhobiwan Tangmarg to provide in-house training to doctors, paramedical staff and other personnel working in all National Health Programmes like National Vector Borne Disease Control […]
JAMMU: Minister for Education Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari today informed the House that Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir has issued instructions to the Deputy Commissioners of the division to exempt teaching staff from performing election related duties in the interest of the student community. Replying to a question of legislator Zaffar Iqbal Manhas, the Minister said the […]