SRINAGAR — Police have arrested an accused on charges of rape here in Kashmir capital Srinagar. The associate of the accused is still at large while a hunt has been launched to nab him. Sources said that a Bakarwal family from Chenab Valley registered a compliant at police station Saddar Srinagar that two youth one […]
BARAMULLA — Police seized two trucks loaded with rice meant for black marketing in North Kashmir’s Pattan area of district Baramulla. The loaded trucks were supposed to unload rice in Kupwara but the drivers were on way to Srinagar to get the rice sold in black. Both the truck drivers reside in North Kashmir’s Kupwara […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday filed a chargesheet against PDP leader Waheed Parra in a case related to the alleged nexus between politicians and militant groups in the union territory, officials said here. The chargesheet was filed under various sections of the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act before a designated court, […]
ANANTNAG — Lieutenant Governor Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha while on his maiden visit to Government Medical College Hospital Anantnag to take stock of the medicare facilities bring provided to the patients at the said hospital praised and admired the efforts of Consultant Radiologist, Dr Owais H Dar ‘for his working style’. Sinha congratulated Dr […]
Sahil Gulzar SRINAGAR — In this era, especially these days in Kashmir, we are witnessing a market rise in drug abuse and alcohol related incidents. Youth are inclined towards evil practices, bad habits. Not just substance abuse, unhealthy eating habits are leading youth towards more health problems. Amid all these uncertain times, Kashmir is seeing […]
PULWAMA — On the directions of Deputy Commissioner Baseer-Ul-Haq Choudhary, Revenue Department Pulwama has mobilized their teams to conduct the survey of COVID-19 victim families whose lost their loved ones due to deadly disease. In this regard concerned Tehsildars have constituted the teams to find out the families where senior citizens who have lost only […]
SRINAGAR — Valley’s premier health care institute Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) is in news these days for different reasons. There are narratives and counter narratives vis a vis extension of incumbent Director Dr. A G Ahanger whose term comes to an end on 25th June this month. Dr. A.G. Ahanger is completing 09 […]
SRINAGAR — United Nations human rights experts have asked the Indian government to provide details about the continuing the human rights violations against three Kashmiris. The report seeks information on continued detention of a politician, the alleged custodial killing of a shopkeeper and the two-year-old disappearance of a teenager in Kashmir. The communication from five […]
NEW DELHI — India on Tuesday recorded less than 3,000 new Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, the lowest single-day rise in 34 days. The daily case count also continued the downward trend to 1.27 lakh new cases in a day. With 2,795 Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, India’s death toll now […]
GENEVA — The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday announced news labels, using Greek alphabets, for various variants of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), also giving names to the two variants that have been found in India thus far. “Labelled using Greek alphabets, WHO announces new labels for Covid variants of concern (VOC) and interest (VOI),” […]