SRINAGAR — A 36-year-old of man from Sirajpur area of Handwara was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Firozpur area of Punjab on Thursday, a day after the went missing, even as family members alleged he was murdered. Reports said that Mushtaq Ahmad Mir son of Habibullah Mir, who was selling shawls in Firozpur was […]
SRINAGAR — A burglary attempt was made at the Jammu and Kashmir Branch Chittergull in Anantnag district on Thursday night, said a police official. Reports said that Employees of J&K branch Chittergull on reaching the branch for daily duties spotted that the rear wall of the building had been broken. Meanwhile police officials on reaching […]
SRINAGAR — A labourer from south Kashmir’s Shopian district slipped to death in Himachal Pradesh, official sources said. The labourer identified as Gulzar Ahmed Khan, a resident of Shadab Karewa was doing labour work in Himachal Pradesh for quite some time. Khan slipped from the slope of a hillock while doing the job. He suffered […]
SRINAGAR — High Court of J&K and Ladakh has held “legally valid” the nomination of Prof Irshad A Nawchoo as Dean Research by the Vice-Chancellor of Kashmir University. In a plea before the Court, Prof Khurshid A Butt from the Department of Commerce was aggrieved of the order dated 29.9.2021 issued by the concerned authority […]
NEW DELHI — As many as 150 personnel will be recruited by the government for the Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS) Group ‘A’ through the Civil Services Examination, 2022. The Indian Railways recently notified the creation of the IRMS by merging eight existing services of the national transporter. According to an official addendum, the Department […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained dry in J&K and Ladakh on Friday as the Meteorological (MeT) department forecast mainly clear to partly cloudy weather during the next 24 hours in the two union territories. An official of the MeT department told IANS, “Weather is likely to remain mainly clear to partly cloudy in J&K and Ladakh […]
NEW DELHI — India reported 25,920 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, 4,837 lesser cases than yesterday, with a daily positivity rate of 2.07 per cent, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday. With this, the active caseload in the country stands at 2,92,092. As many as 66,254 […]
SRINAGAR — At least seven specially-abled students of Zaiba Apa Institute of Inclusive Education Bijbehara in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district have crossed 10th class with remarkable success. Javed Ahmad Tak, who himself is wheel-chair bound for decades now and running this School said that seven students from the School appeared in 10th class examination this […]
SRINAGAR — Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) Jammu and Kashmir headed by incarcerated Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq and comprising leaders of all religious, milli, educational and social associations and institutions of J&K, in a statement said that it strongly resents and condemns the repeated assault and targeting of Muslim women in India . In a statement, […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday reported 232 new covid-19 cases even as there was no death due to the pathogen for the fourth consecutive day, officials said. They said 162 of the cases were from Jammu Division and 70 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 451792. Giving district wise details, the […]