Srinagar: Amid likelihood of rainfall on February 14-15, cold wave intensified across Kashmir Valley and Ladakh division as mercury plummeted several notches below freezing point in most places with Kargil town recording the coldest temperature at minus 21.8 degrees Celsius. Srinagar, the summer capital, witnessed a drop of 2.5 degrees as the minimum temperature fell […]
Peoples League worker Ghulam Muhammad Bulla, arrested from Sopore on February 11, was shifted to Srinagar, where he was reportedly tortured by the police. Even his close relatives were not allowed to meet him. Bulla subsequently succumbed to the inhuman torture on February 15. His death sparked off severe protests in Sopore. 1990: Lassa Koul […]
Srinagar: Police has ruled out any action against the security guards of former Minister of State for Health Shabir Ahmad Khan, who is on the run after a local court issued arrest warrant against him for allegedly trying to molest a lady doctor last week. “There has been no security lapse in this case. The […]
Srinagar: One of the accused in the 2012- Common Entrance Test (CET) scam not only bought question papers for his son but sold them to two more candidates for a “good profit”. This has been revealed by the Crime Branch of police, investigating the scam allegedly engineered by former chairman of Board of Professional Entrance […]
Srinagar: Curfew-like restrictions were imposed on Sunday in most parts of Kashmir Valley to prevent protests to mark the first death anniversary of Mohammad Afzal Guru who was hanged in New Delhi’s Tihar Jail on February 9 last year. Almost all major towns in the Valley were put under a siege with heavy deployment of […]
Jammu: The Cabinet which met here under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah approved promotion of K. Rajendara Kumar and P. L. Gupta, IPS officers of 1984 batch, to the grade of DGP in the pay scale of Rs 75500-80000 with effect from January 1. The Cabinet also approved promotion of IPS officer, Lalatendu […]
JAMMU: The Cabinet which met here Saturday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has ordered following transfers and postings in the administration. Baseer Ahmad Khan, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Kishtwar, has been transferred and posted as Secretary to the Government, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Department, against an available vacancy. Saleem Mohammad, IAS, awaiting […]
Srinagar: Two days ahead of the death anniversaries of JKLF founder Mohammad Maqbool Bhat and Mohammad Afzal Guru, police has launched a major crackdown against the JKLF, prompting the party chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik to go into hiding. According to a JKLF spokesman, police raided the houses of many JKLF leaders and activists including the […]
Srinagar: Authorities are likely to impose restrictions across Kashmir valley on February 9 and 11 in wake of strike call and protests called by pro- pro-freedom groups to commemorate the death anniversaries of Mohammad Maqbool Bhat and Mohammad Afzal Guru. The decision, according to a local news agency GNS, has been taken by the authorities […]
SRINAGAR: Terming ruling National Conference and opposition People’s Democratic Party as “silent dummies acting as pawns of New Delhi, “ the Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA) on Wednesday accused Congress party of bringing deliberate suffering to trade and commerce of Kashmir “due to its regional and political bias. “ Referring to recently held Cabinet meeting during […]