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Sharma to represent J&K in delimitation panel

Srinagar: Jammu & Kashmir State Election Commissioner, Kewal Kumar Sharma would replace Hirdesh Kumar as member of the delimitation commission constituted by the central...

Ministry of Hajj and Umrah ready to serve guests of Allah from across the world: Minister

Jeddah: Saudi Minister of Hajj and Umrah Dr. Mohammed Saleh bin Taher Benten affirmed that the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has raised its...

Registrar Judicial to inspect under-construction hotel in Rajbagh

Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Monday appointed the Registrar Judicial to inspect the construction of a multi-storey building in Srinagar’s Rajbagh neighbourhood. The court...

Three ‘militant associates’ security guards arrested for Oct 6 attack on BJP leader

All three worked as hospital security guards, including at SKIMS and SMHS: Police GANDERBAL: Nearly a month after the attack on BJP leader Ghulam Qadir...

Wildlife dept refuses to own shrinking forest area in Hirpora sanctuary

Shopian: Illegal encroachments continue unchecked in compartment number six of forest division Hirpora, inside the wildlife sanctuary, as the wildlife department refuses to take...

3 Markhors sighted in Hirpora

Shopian: The sighting of three Markhors in Hirpora wildlife sanctuary has raised hopes of the revival of the famed but endangered Himalayan goat (Markhor)...

Hizbul’s Kashmir commander ‘Dr Saifullah’ slain in Srinagar

Srinagar: Hizb-ul-Mujahideen’s operational commander in Kashmir, Saifullah Mir alias Dr Saifullah, was killed on Sunday in a brief gunfight with government forces here in...

North Kashmir will be free of militancy soon: DGP

Baramulla: J&K Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh on Sunday said that militancy was in its last stage in north Kashmir and there...

School children in J&K not helped by community during Covid-19: Survey

Srinagar: Amid the School Education Department’s trumpeting about “community classes” during the Covid-19 pandemic, Jammu and Kashmir has been found to be among the...

540 fresh Covid cases

Srinagar: The number of deaths of Covid-19 infected persons reached 1,482 in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday with four more fatalities reported in the...

Blue-eyed boys rule the roost at health department Kashmir

Seniors denied promotion, plum posts given to ones ‘close to the Director’ Srinagar: In blatant disregard of norms, the administration of the health department Kashmir...

New Shopian fruit mandi a wretched, ‘desert-like’ place

Anantnag: Fruit growers and traders here in Shopian district of south Kashmir have been forced to do business at a wholesale market which is...

Evaluation of evidence not necessary when deciding bail: HC

Srinagar: Dismissing a bail application in a murder case, the J&K High Court has held that whether the evidence presented by the prosecution is...

Grand Imam of Al-Azhar calls for global legislation criminalising anti-Muslim actions

Cairo: Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb called on the international community to criminalise anti-Muslim actions, following the crisis of the cartoons offending...

BOSE reschedules first paper of class 12 exam

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) on Sunday postponed the first paper of this year’s class 12 annual examination by...

Attempt to unilaterally change the status quo of the LAC unacceptable to India: Jaishankar

New Delhi: The ties between India and China have come under “severe stress” and the agreements inked by both sides over the last few...

Shutdown in Kashmir against land laws

Srinagar: A shutdown was observed across Kashmir valley on Saturday after the Mirwaiz Umar Farooq-led Hurriyat Conference called for it to protest against new...

Congress stages protest in Jammu against new land laws

Jammu: The local unit of the Congress staged a protest here on Saturday against the new land laws notified for Jammu and Kashmir and...

Unemployment will be over in J&K in 5 years: LG

Inaugurates youth engagement and outreach workshop SRINAGAR: The aim of the Jammu and Kashmir administration is to eradicate unemployment in the union territory in the...

Man crashes car into gates of Mecca’s Grand Mosque

DUBAI: A Saudi man in a speeding car crashed into the outer gates of Mecca’s Grand Mosque late Friday night, the country’s state-run news...

Candidates allege nepotism by HOD in PhD selection at BGSBU

Srinagar: Candidates left out of the selection list of PhD programmes in Zoology and Biotechnology at Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGSBU) Rajouri have...

7 more Covid fatalities

Srinagar: The number of deaths of Covid-19 infected persons reached 1,478 in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday with seven more fatalities reported in the...

Antibody therapy may lower hospitalisations, emergency visits, study finds

Los Angeles: When a virus or bacteria infects someone, the body fights back. The immune system produces antibodies that are critical to fighting and...

DGP urges militants to give up arms, promises support

Srinagar: Militants preferring to surrender during encounters with security forces is a welcome development, Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh said on Saturday,...

Sprinkle irrigation for saffron farmers in Pampore not ready even after 10 years

PAMPORE: For the past 10 years saffron growers in Pampore have been waiting for completion of the sprinkle irrigation facility, promised by the government...

Truth of Pulwama attack accepted in Pak Parliament: Modi

Kevadiya (Guj): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the truth of last year’s Pulwama attack, in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed, has...

Top leadership will decide on participating in Gupkar Alliance: Cong

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Congress on Saturday said it would take a call on participating in the Peoples’ Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD)...

Eid-e-Milaad (SAW) brings together thousands in shrines, mosques, processions

Srinagar: Eid-e-Milaad-un-Nabi (SAW) was celebrated with religious fervour and reverence across Kashmir valley on Friday, with the biggest gathering witnessed at Hazratbal shrine in...

Led by Omar, People’s Alliance visits Ladakh to promise re-unification

Srinagar: Led by Omar Abdullah, the People’s Alliance of Gupkar Declaration on Friday visited Drass and Kargil areas of Ladakh to extend support to...

Abdullah stopped from offering prayers at Hazratbal shrine: NC

Srinagar: The J&K administration prevented former chief minister and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah from leaving his residence to offer prayers at the Hazratbal...

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