SRINAGAR — After a gap of nearly two months, the colleges in winter zones of Jammu and Kashmir divisions reopened today for physical academic activities. The officials of Higher Education Department said that there was a good footfall of students in almost all colleges of the valley and winter zones of Jammu division. Jubilant scenes […]
SRINAGAR — A policeman was suspended on Monday following a complaint by the Jammu and Kashmir Prisons’ Department that claimed he was smuggling a phone inside the high-security Srinagar Central Jail, officials said. The suspended policeman, selection grade Constable Mutazir Abbass of 6th battalion of the J&K Armed Police (JKAP), was caught in the act […]
GANDERBAL — A 54-year-old woman was injured after she was attacked by a leopard in Wakura area of Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Tuesday evening. Locals said that a leopard attacked an elderly women Asha, wife of Bashir Ahmad of Wakura village, resulting in injuries to her. Soon after the incident he was soon rushed […]
JAMMU — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinah today inaugurated 20 Power distribution projects costing Rs 41 Cr at Bajalta, Jammu. The Lt Governor said that these projects will address peak season shortage and ensure sustained economic activities. Additional capacity augmentation will bridge the major gap in the electricity requirements of Jammu, Udhampur, Reasi, Poonch, Rajouri and […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported 314 fresh covid-19 cases even as there was no death for the second consecutive day due to the virus, officials said on Monday. They said, 188 of the cases were reported from Jammu Division and 126 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 451330. Giving district wise details, […]
KARNATAKA — Two students in Karnataka’s Shivamogga – one in Class 6 and the other in Class 9 – boycotted preparatory exams on Monday after being denied permission to write them while wearing a hijab. One of them was allegedly threatened with police action for not following the ban on hijabs. A parent of the […]
SRINAGAR — Anees-ul-Islam, the grandson of senior separatist leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, has disowned his grandfather to save his Government job in Jammu and Kashmir. On 17 October, last year, the J-K government terminated the services of Anees-ul-Islam, in the interest of the security of the state. He was terminated under the Article 311(2) […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Tuesday said that Delimitation Commission was constituted under a law passed in the parliament and those having reservations with its proposals should lodge the same in written form. “Election Commission is an independent authority and Delimitation Commission is working under it. If somebody has any reservations […]
SRINAGAR — After the eruption of protests in Magam and adjacent areas of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district, the Army officer allegedly responsible for removing and setting the photograph of slain Iranian military commander Qasim Sulumani on fire apologized on behalf of his subordinate to people and appealed them to maintain calm. Earlier, people staged a […]
SRINAGAR — Protests erupted in Kashmir on Tuesday after Indian Army soldiers entered a house and allegedly burnt a photo of Iran’s slain Major General Qasem Soleimani. As part of ongoing Army census in Kashmir, the soldiers of Army’s 2 Rashtriya Rifles on Tuesday entered a residential house of Ghulam Rasool Banka at Malbuchan village […]
