SRINAGAR — Parents along with the students staged a protest in Batamaloo area of Srinagar city against the closure of the school where their wards are admitted. The school namely ‘Islamia Model High School’ has been shut down by the management on the directions of the government without informing the parents. The decision of the […]
JAMMU — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday morning flagged off the first batch of pilgrims for the annual Amarnath Yatra from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in the Jammu city for their onward journey to the Pahalgam and Baltal base camps in Kashmir. The 43-day pilgrimage to the cave shrine will begin from twin […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu & Kashmir’s mainstream leadership has been invited to Raj Bhavan this evening by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, sources disclosed. Sources said that LG’s secretariat has invited heads of National Conference, Peoples Conference, Peoples Democratic Party, Congress and other parties to Raj Bhavan at 6:00 PM. “The agenda of the event is not […]
SRINAGAR — A woman was electrocuted to death in Balpora area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Wednesday morning. An official said that the woman received electric shock when she was cooking food on an electric heater and she died on the spot. He identified the deceased as Tasneema Jan wife of Fayaz Ahmad Thoker […]
SRINAGAR — A policeman died of a cardiac arrest in Maisuma area of Srinagar on Wednesday morning, official sources said here. Official sources said that a 33-year-old cop identified as Altaf Hussain son of Nazir Ahmad of Tehsil Mohar of Reasi suffered a massive cardiac arrest and fell unconscious at Maisuma. They said that he […]
SRINAGAR — Weather in Jammu and Kashmir is expected to remain hot and dry on Wednesday, a day after Srinagar recorded 33.2 degree Celsius, the season’s highest maximum temperature, as per the Met department. “At 33.2 degrees Celsius, Srinagar recorded this season’s highest maximum temperature yesterday. “Weather is likely to remain hot and dry in […]
UNITED NATIONS — Journalists should not be jailed for what they write, tweet and say, a spokesperson for UN chief Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday in response to the arrest of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in India, asserting that it is important that people be allowed to express themselves freely without the threat of […]
JAIPUR — Two people have been detained for allegedly killing a tailor in Udaipur, a murder that has triggered communal tension in the district, police said on Tuesday. At 8 pm, curfew was declared till further orders in seven police station areas in the city as Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot appealed for calm. The accused […]
BANDIPORA — A motorcyclist has lost his life when he met with an accident in Rakhi Asham area of Sumbal Tehsil in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Tuesday, an official said here. The official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the motorcyclist had lost control over it and died on the spot at […]
NEW DELHI — State-owned Jammu and Kashmir Bank (J&K Bank) on Tuesday said it will raise up to Rs 2,000 crore, through a mix of debt and equity, in the current fiscal year 2022-23. The board of directors of the bank, in its meeting held on June 28, approved the capital raise plan, J&K Bank […]