QAZIGUND — An employee of Jal Shakti Department was killed on Thursday after being hit by a speedy vehicle at Bonigam area of Qazigund in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, officials said. An official said that a man identified as Mehraj Ahmad Shah son of Ghulam Nabi Shah, a resident of Yarhole Babapora was injured after […]
SRINAGAR — The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed that the bail plea by former JNU student Umar Khalid in the UAPA case related to the alleged conspiracy behind the riots here in February 2020 be sent to another bench for hearing on May 20. A bench headed by Justice Mukta Gupta considered the previous […]
SRINAGAR — The High Court of J&K and Ladakh has ruled that a Sessions Judge can make reference to the High Court if the case before it involves validity of any provision of any Act, Ordinance or Regulation and if any question of law arises for consideration. The court made the ruling while disposing of […]
UNITED NATIONS — Pakistan’s new Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir in his meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres here on Wednesday and emphasised that Islamabad desires peace with all its neighbours, including India, which will continue to remain elusive unless the Jammu and Kashmir issue is resolved. Pakistan’s […]
BUDGAM — A live grenade was found on Thursday in Central Kashmir Budgam’s Budran Magam area while digging the surface for an electric pole’s installation. Sourced told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that a live grenade was spotted when a portion of land was being dug for the installation of an electric pole. A bomb […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court Thursday imposed a one-year sentence on cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu in a 1988 road rage case. A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and S K Kaul allowed the review plea filed by the victim’s family on the issue of the sentence awarded to Sidhu. Though the apex court […]
KUPWARA — Ten teachers were suspended in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district after failing to join their new place of postings that were assigned to them by the Education Department. An order copy lying with the news agency Kashmir Dot Com reads, “As reported by Zonal Education Officer Kralpora vide No. ZEO/K/489 Dated: 17.05.2022, the below […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir administration led by Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha on Thursday appointed Prof Neelofer Khan as the new Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kashmir. Professor Khan was working in the department of Home Science. Sinha in a communiqué has said that, “In exercise of the powers vested under him under Section […]
NEW DELHI — China has begun constructing a second bridge across the Pangong Lake that will be capable of accommodating heavy armoured vehicles, months after completing another bridge in the same region that is claimed by India, reported Hindustan Times. According to the HT report, second bridge is being constructed parallel to the first bridge, […]
JAMMU — Divisional Commissioner Jammu Ramesh Kumar on Wednesday handed over an ex-gratia amount of Rs 5 lakh and appointment letter to the Next of Kin of Rahul Bhat, a Kashmiri Pandit employee who was killed by militants in tehsil office in Chadoora on May 12. As per official statement, Divisional Commissioner, accompanied by the […]