SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) President and Member of Parliament from Srinagar Dr. Farooq Abdullah Monday underlined the urgency of better road connectivity in J&K, saying better surface connectivity facilities in a mosaic of geographical diversity, hilly and inaccessible terrains, remoteness of areas and weather vagaries should be accorded precedency. This, he said, while interacting […]
JAMMU — The locals as well as the Civil Society of Purmandal area of Samba observed a complete shutdown on Monday and staged a protest against authorities, alleging shifting of Government Degree College (GDC) that was sanctioned for Purmandal. Locals and Civil Society members told that Government Degree College was sanctioned for Purmandal and should […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities are working hard to find out the reasons behind the fire incident at Bone and Joints Hospital Barzulla, Srinagar in which emergency Operation Theatre (OT), faculty rooms and 12-bed spinal ward were reduced to heaps of rubble. Top officials of health and medical education department told that the department is deeply concerned […]
JAMMU — Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) national president J P Nadda Monday asked party men to get ready for assembly elections in J&K stating that present was theirs and efforts should be made to “grab future too.” Nadda arrived in Jammu on a two-day visit. He chaired a high level meeting of party leaders at […]
SRINAGAR — An Army man has allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in Awantipora area in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday evening, official sources said. Official sources said that an Army man identified as Mohit belt number 21012196W shot himself dead at 34 RR D-Coy presently attached with victor force […]
SRINAGAR — Parents and students Monday staged a protest against the merging of a private school against their will in Srinagar. The school in question is ‘Orbit Girls School’ located in Peerbagh Srinagar that according to parents has been merged with ‘World Foundation School’ without taking them into confidence. The protesters raised slogans against the […]
SRINAGAR — Government on Monday constituted a Search Committee for suggesting panels for appointment of Chairman, JKBOSE and Director, JKSCERT. Headed by Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary), Health & Medical Education Department, the committee comprises of Principal Secretary to the Government, Higher Education Department; Principal Secretary to the Government, School Education Department, Vice- Chancellor, University […]
SRINAGAR — Heart-wrenching wails filled the air as hundreds of mourners gathered on Monday for the last rites of 19-year-old Rafiya Nazir who succumbed to injuries received in a grenade attack by militants a day earlier in Chakanbagh locality here. Inconsolable relatives and friends recalled how the young girl, who had recently passed class 12 […]
HANDWARA — A woman died due to an alleged overdose of anesthesia at a private nursing home in North Kashmir’s Handwara town. Shameema Akhter, wife of Nazir Ahmed Mir, a resident of Sopernaghama Kralgund was admitted to “North Kashmir Nursing Home” (NKNH) on Monday and was scheduled for surgical removal of gallbladder stone in the […]
UNITED NATIONS — The UN Security Council has condemned a suicide bombing that killed 62 people inside a Shia mosque in Peshawar for which the Islamic State Khorasan (IS-K) terror group has claimed responsibility. “The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the heinous and cowardly terrorist attack that took place at […]