KOKERNAG — A 33-year-old man was electrocuted to death while repairing a wire at his home in Nowbugh Larnoo area of Kokernag on Tuesday morning. An official told that a man identified as Subzar Ahmad Wani, son of Mohammad Shabaan Wani of Nowbugh Larnoo, was repairing a wire at his home when he came in […]
SRINAGAR — GOC Victor Force Major General Rashim Bali greets people of valley on the auspicious day of Eid-e-Milad-Nabi. May the divine blessing take us out of the troubled times and bring about peace and brotherhood to our beloved Kashmir. GOC pray for the return of happy, peaceful and prosperous times and May this day […]
JAMMU — Division Bench of High Court comprising Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Rajnesh Oswal has held that higher qualification may not be suitable qualification for every post and, if candidates with higher qualifications are excluded, the action on the part of the employer cannot be faulted with and said to be unfair or […]
SRINAGAR — Chief of Army Staff General MM Naravane, on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir Union territory, reviewed the security situation and operational preparedness. The visit of the Army Chief comes in the backdrop of the Poonch gunfight that has entered in the ninth day. Sources told news agency KINS that the Chief […]
SRINAGAR — Night temperature fell across Kashmir Valley with the world famous skiing resort of Gulmarg recording below normal, officials said on Tuesday. Srinagar, witnessing rainfall of 3.6mm in 24 hours till 0830 hours, recorded minimum temperature of 7.7°C against 11.0°C on previous night, an official of the local MeT office here told GNS. Qazigund […]
SHEIKH NADEEM ANANTNAG — DDC Block Achabal Sameena Hussain greeted people on the eve of Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi (SAW). In her message on the occasion, Sameena said the Prophet (SAW) taught lessons of compassion, mercy, tolerance and brotherhood to humanity-all of which need to be vigorously inculcated in today’s strife infested world. She added that amongst all […]
JAMMU — IkkJutt Jammu has reiterated that separate Jammu state is the only panacea available to meet the national requirement, empower people of the province to manage their own affairs, defeat enemies working day and night to change Jammu’s demography and create Kashmir-like situation in this strategic region. “The otherwise historic reforms of August 5, […]
PATNA — Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday condemned the targeted killing of Bihari migrant workers in Jammu and Kashmir, saying the incidents have created an “environment of fear”. Kumar said he has spoken to Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and senior Bihar officials are in touch with their counterparts in the […]
JAMMU — Two Rohingya Muslims were detained for questioning after they were found moving in a suspicious manner near an Army camp in the outskirts of Jammu, officials said on Monday. Abdul Amin (43) and Abdul Salam (34), putting up in Teli Basti area of Bari Brahmana, were picked up outside the Army installation at […]
SRINAGAR — In the wake of fresh killings of non-locals in Kashmir, hundreds of non-J&K residents who were working in the Valley, Monday decided to flee on the pretext that their families were worried about them. Those who left Kashmir out of fear, however, recalled the hospitality Kashmiri people showed to them during their stay […]