An Army soldier was killed in a sniper fire allegedly by Pakistani troops in Balakote sector of Poonch district in Jammu region, police sources said. A senior police official said Naik Mehandir of 7/11 GR regiment was critically injured when Pakistani troops fired at a forward post in Balakote sector along the Line of Control […]
MLA Khanyar, Haji Ali Muhammad Sagar on Tuesday said BJP’s rabble-rousing and rhetoric on the State’s Special Status won’t change the constitutional facts that make Article 370 and Article 35-A irrevocable Articles of Faith between the people of J&K and the rest of the country. Addressing a public function at Dastageer Sahab (RA) in Shehar-e-Khaas, […]
Police on Tuesday said that a civilian was abducted and shot dead allegedly by militants in Qazigund area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. A police official said that bullet riddled body with mutilated face was recovered at Sesman village of Qazigund in Kulgam district. He said the body was later identified of Showkat Ahmad Dar […]
Suspected militants late Monday evening fired upon a police official in Padgampora village of Awantipora in Pulwama district of South Kashmir from close range leaving him dead. Police said that militants fired upon Head Constable Ashiq Hussain, posted at police station Awantipora, when he was on way to his home near Padgampora. Ashiq was critically […]
Police Monday arrested a three drug peddlers and recovered poppy straw from their possession, a police spokesman said. He said that acting on a specific information, a police party laid a naka at Padshahi Bagh Bijbehara. During naka checking, a silver color Santro car without number plate driven by Aaqib Ahmad Mantoo son of Moammad […]
A child died after he was hit by a tipper in Kupwara while five others were injured in separate road accidents in Kulgam and Srinagar, a police spokesman said. In Kupwara, a Tipper bearing registration number JK09-2973 hit and injured a child identified as Rizwan Shah son of Nazir Ahmad Shah resident of Gundi Syeda […]
The Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti Tuesday accorded sanction to the implementation of Energy Efficient LED Street Lights project in Srinagar Municipal Corporation and Jammu Municipal Corporation through M/s Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a joint Venture Company setup by the Ministry of Power, Government of India, subject to obtaining all necessary clearance […]
Gautam Chakraborty to train media students Srinagar: With an aim to introduce media students to the aesthetics of documentary making, Arasta Trust in collaboration with Department of Information and Public Relation, Jammu and Kashmir Government is organizing 15-Day workshop on documentary filmmaking which began here today. During the first day of workshop, noted filmmaker and […]
J&K Governor NN Vohra Tuesday asked the youth to take a proactive role in improving the political standards by taking responsibility of understanding the ongoing situation in the Valley. Speaking after the inaugural ceremony of Satya Devi Resource Centre (SDRC) started by Delhi Public School (DPS) Srinagar, Vohra said students as youth don’t have to […]
The Minister for Education, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari Tuesday said that the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has declared Jammu and Kashmir as the 2nd most proactive state after Himachal Pradesh in adopting new initiatives in education. He said the announcement was made at the Northern Zonal Conference of Education Department being held […]