SRINAGAR — The Kashmir Retailer’s Association (KRA), which is affiliated with Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT)’s Kashmir chapter has appealed to the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to allow markets be be open this Sunday for Eid-Ul-Azha shopping. KRA president Farhan Kitab, in a statement said that as there are only few days left before […]
DODA — Two Over Ground Workers (OGWs) have been booked under Public Safety Act (PSA) for their subversive activities in Doda district, police said here on Saturday. According to a statement, on the basis of Police investigation two OGWs namely Saqib Hussain Mir son of Mohabat Hussain Mir of tehsil Chiralla and Adil Iqbal Batt […]
NEW DELHI — Kashmiri journalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo who recently made it to the prestigious Pulitzer Prize award, on Saturday said that authorities at the Delhi airport have denied her permission to travel internationally as she was scheduled to attend a photography event in Paris. In a tweet, Mattoo, said, “I was scheduled to travel […]
SRINAGAR — The High Court of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh has quashed the detention of a man from South Kashmir’s Shopian under the Public Safety Act. The detenue Muhammad Maqbool Ganaie son of Muhammad Abdullah, a resident of Chitragam Shopian through his Counsel Advocate Bashir Ahmed Tak had challenged his detention under the Public Safety […]
SRINAGAR — The Crime Branch Kashmir on Saturday filed a final charge sheet against two accused persons before the court of 13th Finance Commission Mobile magistrate Srinagar for providing a fake appointment order to a complainant. According to a statement, a spokesperson said that the Crime Branch Kashmir produced final charge sheet in case FIR […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Saturday the Schools, Colleges, bridges and other buildings will be named after the “great heroes and sons of the soil”, laid their lives for the protection of country’s integrity, peace and prosperity in J&K. “We can’t forget the contribution of bravehearts who sacrificed their lives for […]
SRINAGAR — Fruit growers and dealers of north Kashmir on Saturday held a peaceful protest at Fruit Mandi Sopore over stoppage of fruit-laden trucks along Srinagar-Jammu National Highway in view of the Amarnath Yatra. Reports said that the fruit growers and dealers held a peaceful protest and urged the LG administration to allow smooth passage […]
SRINAGAR — The government of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday terminated an assistant executive engineer (Civil) of Jal Shakti Department from her services for remaining unauthorisedly absent from duties. According to an order, government has ordered removal of Nuzhat Shanoo D/o M.S. Salmani of Rawalpora, Srinagar from her services for remaining unauthorisedly absent from duties. […]
SRINAGAR — The weather remained mainly hot in Jammu and Kashmir in the last 24 hours and the Met Department forecast on Saturday that hot and mainly dry weather is likely to continue in the next 24 hours. “Current heatwave is expected to break on July 4 as light to moderate rain is likely to […]
NEW DELHI — The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Chief Secretary to take a humanitarian approach for resolving the grievance of the complainant in renowned slain Kashmiri poet Sarvanand Koul Premi’s case and implement the recommendation made by State Human Rights Commission (SHRC). “The Commission directs Chief Secretary, […]