JAMMU — Congress leader and Parliamentarian, Rahul Gandhi Friday alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led government and allied parties were operating like a “group of pickpockets” who are looting the nation by diverting people’s attention from the core issues including unemployment. “I have travelled from Kanyakumari towards Kashmir. I interacted with thousands of youth […]
SRINAGAR — The Government on Thursday revoked restrictions imposed on the District Magistrates in J&K more than 54 months ago for issuing fresh individual Arms Licenses in Jammu and Kashmir. “In supersession of Government Order No. 922 – Home of 2018 dated 12.07.2018, it is hereby ordered that the restriction imposed on the District Magistrates […]
SOPORE — Locals on Thursday prevented a woman from committing suicide in Sopore area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Quoting an official news agency KNO reported that the woman was spotted by locals attempting to jump into the river Jhelum at Jamai bridge in Sopore. After noticing her doubtful movement, locals rushed towards her and […]
POONCH — Security forces on Thursday detected and defused a 120-mm mortar shell in a field in Kalsian village near the LoC in Poonch district. Villagers informed the security forces about the shell lying in a field in Kalsian village near the LoC on Wednesday evening. Officials said it is a Pakistani shell that was […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological Department office on Thursday forecast light rain and snow in Kashmir valley and cloudy sky in Jammu division during the next 24 hours. The weather was dry and cold during the last 24 hours in the Union Territory. However Srinagar and few other places in Kashmir received little snowfall. “Partly cloudy […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said that reconciliation and dialogue with Pakistan and the settlement of Kashmir issue in the preview of Article 370 is the need of the hour. Talking to media persons in Srinagar after PDP workers took out a protest procession in Srinagar on Wednesday against […]
RAJOURI — A suspected improvised explosive device (IED), planted in a tiffin box, was seized in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Wednesday, a senior police official said. Senior Superintendent of Police, Rajouri, Mohammad Aslam said the object was found from an open field in the town’s Kheora locality in the afternoon. The area was […]
KULGAM — An assistant executive engineer of Power Development Department (PDD) died of a cardiac arrest in Kulgam district of South Kashmir on Wednesday Quoting an official news agency KNO reported that AEE Mohammad Ayoub of Bon Dailgam Anantnag posted as AEE at sub division Yaripora in Kulgam district died when he was on way […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir State Council of Educational Research and Training (JK-SCERT) Wednesday ordered for completion of registration and issuance of admit cards of 8th standard students to conduct term-end examination. The official orders of SCERT issued by the Joint Director of Kashmir Division said that this in a backdrop of conducting of […]
SOPORE — A new born baby was found abandoned in sub district hospital Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday even as police have registered a case in this regard. Quoting an official news agency KNO reported that an unidentified woman delivered a female baby and left it abandoned in the washroom of the […]