NEW DELHI — Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held once the delimitation exercise is over and after consultation with political parties. “We have no interest in keeping Jammu and Kashmir under President’s Rule,” Shah said in Lok Sabha while responding to concerns raised by members […]
BUDGAM — A 17-year-old girl committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday. Sources said that a 17 years old girl (name withheld) from Tilsara consumed some poisonous substance at her home following which she was rushed to the hospital where doctors declared her dead. After medico-legal formalities, the […]
SRINAGAR — An ancient sculpture dating back to 9th Century was recovered from river Jehlum in Kakapora area of Pulwama district on Wednesday. An official said that some labourers were extracting sand in river Jehleum in Lelhara Kakapora area of Pulwama district and they found an ancient sculpture from the river. He said that after […]
BUDGAM — Police in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district booked a teacher of a private school on Wednesday on charges of corporal punishment. Police initiated action against the teacher following a complaint lodged by the child’s father at Police Station Beerwah. A police official told news agency Kashmir News Trust that the parents of Class 4 […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported 30 fresh Covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday. They said two of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 28 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 453720. Giving district wise details, […]
SRINAGAR — A residential house was damaged in a fire incident at Rajouri kadal area of Srinagar on Wednesday evening. Official sources said that the fire broke out in a residential house was at Rajouri Kadal opposite Islamia Higher Secondary School. They said that the fire tenders have reached the spot and are dousing the […]
ANANTNAG — The government forces on Wednesday claimed to have busted a militant hideout and recovered utensils and other eatable items in Bijbehera area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag. “We had received inputs about the hideout of militants in Loktipora area of Bijbehera, however, it was located and busted later on,” the official said. He said […]
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 […]