GOOL — Immovable properties of three persons who were allegedly involved in the militant activity were attached by the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday. The accused were booked for allegedly hurling a grenade at the Police Post, Gool on August 2, 2022, officials said. The immovable properties include a […]
RAMBAN — Days after Chief Secretary warned employees against misuse of social media, a teacher in J&K’s Ramban district has been suspended for a Facebook post allegedly critical of the government. The suspension order to this effect has been issued by District Magistrate Ramban, Mussarat Islam. “Pending enquiry and for violations of directions passed by […]
JAMMU — Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik appeared via video-conferencing before a special court here on Friday and an eyewitness identified him in the 1989 kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed, the daughter of then Union home minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. The eyewitness corroborated that he had gone to Sopore in Baramulla district of […]
LUCKNOW — Twenty-three children from a government-run school in Srinagar, who are on an eight-day Bharat Darshan tour, visited the Bada Imambara and later went to the Lulu Mall in Lucknow. The tour organised by Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Frontier Unit reached the Uttar Pradesh state capital from Chandigarh. The children were amazed to see […]
JAMMU — In a meeting chaired by the Chief Secretary to deliberate upon misinformation created regarding property tax in Jammu and Kashmir, it was clarified that all the poor, marginalized having small houses having built-up area up to 1000 square feet have been exempted by the government from paying any property tax to be levied […]
SRINAGAR — A man from Pulwama was killed after being hit by moving train on Budgam-Srinagar section on Thursday. The man identified as Sanaullah Bhat, son of Abdul Ahad Bhat, a resident of Lajoora Pulwama was seriously injured after being hit by a train. He was immediately evacuated from the spot to the hospital, where […]
SOPORE — A man was injured in a mysterious blast in Warpora area of Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday. Quoting an official, news agency KNO reported that the man identified as Mohammad Jamal Dar, son of Ghulam Mohammad Dar of Warpora Sopore was digging earth at his orchard in Warpora when the […]
KULGAM — A residential house and some shops were damaged on Thursday after a landslide occurred in Noorabad area of Damhal Hanjipora in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. An official told news agency KNO that landslide took place at Shalmachi Yarikhah in Noorabad in which almost 3-5 shops belonging to Fayaz Ahmad Hajam and Abdul Majeed […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological Department on Thursday forecast mainly clear weather in Jammu and Kashmir for next 24 hours. The weather was dry and clear during last 24 hours in the Union Territory. An official of the Meteorological Department said, mainly clear weather is expected in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours. He […]
RAMALLAH — A total of 10 Palestinians were killed and 102 others injured in clashes with Israeli soldiers in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. In a statement on Wednesday, the Ministry published the names of 10 victims, which include an elderly man, a teenager and eight members […]