SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Newly sworn-in Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, along with 85 others today took oath as members of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. Pro-tem Speaker, Mubarik Gul, administered oath to the elected members of the J&K Legislative Assembly. The Chief Minister was the first to take the oath followed by his council of […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha today visited the family of Sh Shashi Abrol, who was killed by militants at Gagangir in Ganderbal on Sunday. The Lieutenant Governor offered his condolences and assured the family members that the terrorists responsible for the Martyrdom of Sh Shashi Abrol will be neutralized soon. He also […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, today visited Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura, to inquire about the condition of civilians injured in the recent Gagangir attack. During the visit, the Chief Minister was briefed by Director SKIMS, Prof. M. Ashraf Ganie, along with a team of senior doctors, on […]
SRINAGAR — The J&K and Ladakh High Court on Monday admitted a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the powers of the UT’s Lt Governor to nominate 5 members to the Assembly. A special bench was constituted to hear the PIL by Chief Justice Tashi Rabstan. It comprises Justices Sanjeev Kumar and Rajesh Sekhri. The matter […]
BUDGAM (KIMS) — Minister for Education, Social Welfare, Health & Medical Education, Sakina Itoo and Minister for RDD and Agriculture, Javid Ahmad Dar today visited Naidgam Budgam to condole the demise of Dr Shahnawaz, who had been killed in a militant attack at Gagangir in Ganderbal on Sunday evening. They strongly condemned the killing of […]
JAMMU — A day after a deadly militant attack at a tunnel construction site in J&K’s Ganderbal left seven people dead, members of the Shiv Sena Dogra Front and Rashtriya Bajrang Dal on Monday burned Pakistani flags in Jammu in protest against the killings amid slogans against the neighbouring country. The protesters demanded that the […]
NEW DELHI — Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Monday ended his fast along with others, after the home ministry assured them that the talks on Ladakh’s demands will be resumed in December. Join Secretary, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, Prashant Lokhande met the activists, who have been sitting on an indefinite fast at Delhi’s Ladakh […]
RAWALPINDI — Pakistan’s cricket selectors, Aaqib Javed, Aleem Dar, Asad Shafiq and Azhar Ali, are camping here to oversee the preparation of a pitch that offers ample turn in the decisive third and final Test against England starting on Thursday. “The ground staff has been instructed to prepare a pitch that offers plenty of assistance […]
GANDERBAL — A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team arrived on Monday noon at a construction site in Ganderbal district’s Gagangir where militants gunned down a doctor and six labourers. The NIA team is being led by a Superintendent of Police rank officer from the agency’s regional branch in the Union Territory, said sources. A doctor […]
BUDGAM — The son of Dr Shahnawaz Dar, one of the seven people killed in the Gagangir militant attack, on Monday expressed sadness over his father’s death and said that his father had wanted him to become a doctor, but his death has shattered his dream. He added that after his father’s death, he had […]