SRINAGAR — Scores of women on Friday staged a protest in Gaw-Kadal area of summer capital Srinagar against Power Development Department (PDD) for frequent power cuts in the holy month of Ramadan. Reports reaching news agency Kashmir Dot Com said that groups of women assembled at Gaw Kadal area of Srinagar’s Maisuma and raised slogans […]
SRINAGAR — Education sector has been reeling in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district as nine educational zones are headless out of thirteen, with principals and staff not placed in several educational institutions, said official sources on Friday. They told news agency KDC that out of 13 educational zones in the district, posts of nine Zonal Educational […]
ANANTNAG — The residents of Sarimarg Gujjar-Basti in Tanjloo area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district had to carry a patient on a cot and walk few kilometers on foot to reach the nearest hospital due to lack of road connectivity. Reports revealed that an accident victim from Sarimarg Gujjar-Basti Panchayat halqa Tanjloo was suffering from […]
SRINAGAR — Army on Friday said to have rescued 16 people stranded in heavy snowfall at Sinthan Pass of Kishtwar district yesterday. A statement reads that on 21 Apr 2022, at around 3 PM, an information was received from Civil administration about 16 civilians having stranded on NH 244 somewhere near Sinthan Pass amidst heavy […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir’s Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh Frdiay said that two militants killed in Sunjwan, Jammu encounter were wearing fidayeen vests and were tasked to carry out major suicide strike to sabotage the upcoming visit of Prime Minister Narendera Modi. He said both the slain belong to Jaish-e-Muhammad outfit and […]
SRINAGAR — Widespread light to moderate rain occurred in J&K and Ladakh on Friday as the Meteorological (MeT) department forecast mainly cloudy weather in the two union territories during the next 24 hours. A statement issued by the MeT department said, “Today, weather is most likely to remain cloudy at most places of J&K and […]
JAMMU — Two militants and a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) officer were killed during a fierce gun battle near Sunjwan Military station in Jammu Friday. Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Jammu region, Mukesh Singh said that two militants have been killed while a security officer has lost his life and four others were […]
NEW DELHI — With 2,451 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,30,52,425, while the active cases increased to 14,241, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 5,22,116 with 54 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am […]
JAMMU — Mobile Internet services partially suspended in parts of Jammu while schools within 5-km radius of Sunjwan encounter site remain closed today as a precautionary measure in view of ongoing encounter in the city outskirts. Officials sources said that mobile internet was snapped around 5.00 am in the morning in South of Jammu including […]
SRINAGAR — Scores of apothecary owners on Thursday appealed to President Pharmacy Council J&K to extend the deadline for the revalidation of their documents and said most of them have missed the last date as they were not aware of it. President Pharmacy Council J&K issues licenses for sale of drugs to both retailers and […]