Waris Shah SRINAGAR — A man was killed in scuffle, which broke out over a land dispute, in Muchawa village of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district this afternoon, officials said. Identifying the deceased as Zahoor Ahmad Wani son of Ghulam Mohammad Wani, the officials said that as per initial reports a scuffle broke out at the […]
SRINAGAR — Government on Wednesday transferred two JKAS officers and assigned additional charge of a post to another in the interest of administration. According to an order by the government, Aijaz Ahmad Shigon, JKAS, Private Secretary in the office of Inspector General of Registration, J&K, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Secretary to the […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir government Wednesday terminated five Government employees for allegedly having militant links. An official told said that five government employees from J&K have been terminated for having militant links. He said that the terminated employees include Police constable Tawseef Ahmed Mir from Pulwama, Computer operator Ghulam Hassan Parray from Srinagar, Arshid […]
SRINAGAR — The Allahbabad court Wednesday ordered the release of three Kashmiri students, studying engineering in an Agra college, who were arrested on sedition and cyber-terrorism charges. The three students Arsheed Yusuf, Inayat Altaf Sheikh and Showkat Ahmed Ganai – students of an engineering college in Agra were arrested on October 27 last year by […]
SRINAGAR — A person was killed and two others, which included a policeman, were injured in a road mishap in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district this afternoon, officials said. They told GNS that an army vehicle and a tiller (mini-tractor) collided with each other, resulting in injuries to three persons. “All of them […]
SRINAGAR — Five days after going missing, body of a 27-year-old man was recovered from Nowgam area of Srinagar on Wednesday, officials said. They said body of Umar Farooq Sheikh son of Farooq Ahmad Sheikh of Sector B, Gulshan Nagar here, was recovered from an area falling near Ahmed Hospital and SSB Camp Nowgam. A […]
Haroon Nabi SRINAGAR — Anti Corruption Bureau on Wednesday arrested an officer of Pahalgam Development Authority (PDA) for demanding and accepting bribe, sources said. Sources told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that Anti Corruption Bureau received a complaint, wherein the complainant had alleged that Muzaffar Ahmad Dada, Executive Engineer, Pahalgam Development Authority, was demanding bribe […]
BUDGAM — General officer Commanding (GoC) of Srinagar-based army’s 15 Corps, Lieutenant General D P Pandey Wednesday visited the house of slain SPO and his brother in Chadabugh area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district and offered condolences to the bereaved family. This is for the first time that a top army officer has visited the […]
SRINAGAR — A Class 11th student died during a half marathon race in Rajpora area of Pulwama district on Wednesday. An official of Youth Services and Sports said that on the directions of Directorate of Youth Services and Sports, the half marathon races are being conducted in different zones. He said on Wednesday, a half […]
SRINAGAR — Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Vijay Kumar the two slain militants killed in Rainawari, Srinagar encounter were tasked to carry out attacks on the soft targets in the city. He said that both slain belong to Anantnag district including one journalist turned militant Rayees Ahmed Bhat, who was involved in a series […]