SRINAGAR — Prof Tabasum Firdous has taken charge as the first woman Director of the Centre of Central Asian Studies (CCAS), University of Kashmir, while Dr Shazia has taken over as Coordinator of the varsity’s Centre for Women’s Studies and Research (CWSR). Prior to becoming Director CCAS, Prof Tabasum held the charge of Director CWSR. […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported seven new covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Saturday. They said that six of the cases were reported from Jammu and one from Srinagar districts, taking the overall tally to 454234—166458 in Jammu and 287776 in […]
Peerzada Zubair KUPWARA — To fulfil its mandate i.e to instill confidence and create sense of security amongst population residing in forward areas (border & Line of Control), BSF used to undertake various activities on regular basis for the welfare of border population. Under the Govt. of India initiative to celebrate and commemorate 75th year […]
SRINAGAR — The Farmers in the Shopian participated in a live session of the inaugural ceremony of the world-first Nano Urea (Liquid) plant inaugurated by PM Narender made at Kalol Gujrat. The live session for the Farmers of Shopian was organised by IFFCO in collaboration with Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Balpora, Shopian (KVK). It is believed […]
JAMMU — Ten passengers including a child were rescued by a joint party of army and police along Mughal road in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesman said on Saturday. A landslide had resulted in trapping of six vehicles with 10 passengers in no network zone in an area prone to shooting […]
BANIHAL — Four special police officers were removed from service after a departmental inquiry found them having links with cattle smugglers in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. Ramban Senior Superintendent of Police Mohita Sharma ordered the disengagement of the SPOs — Fulail Singh, Ajeet Singh, Satish Singh and Mohd Ayoub […]
ANANTNAG — Two militants of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen outfit were killed in an encounter that broke out between government forces and militants at Sheetipora area of Bijbehara town in Anantnag district of South Kashmir on Saturday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Sheetipora […]
ANANTNAG — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Sheetipora area of Bijbehara town in Anantnag district of South Kashmir on Saturday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Sheetipora area of Bijbehara following the inputs about presence of […]
SRINAGAR — A pedestrian was killed while a motocyclist was critically injured in a road accodent at Nowgam area of Srinagar on Saturday. Official sources said that a pedestrian identified as Nisar Ahmad Sofi of Pahroo Nowgam and motorcyclist identified as Murtaza Sheikh resident of Shopian were seriously injured after they were hit by a […]
SRINAGAR — Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Shri Amarnath Shrine Board Nitishwar Kumar on Saturday said that no pilgrim and other persons involved in yatra would be allowed for the Amarnath yatra without the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags. Kumar, as per Srinagar based news agency Kashmir Dot Com, said that if pilgrims would come for […]