SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Monday ordered transfer and posting of seven JKAS officers in the interest of administration. According to an order, Mr. Pardeep Kumar, JKAS, Deputy Secretary to the Government, Information Department, is transferred and posted as Assistant Commissioner Panchayat, Reasi, against an available vacancy. Mr. Ishtaq Ahmad Bhat, JKAS, […]
BUDGAM — The Jammu and Kashmir Road Transport Corporation bus has gutted in a fire mishap in Khag area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Monday. Reports said one SRTC bus bearing registration number JK0IY-0848 parked at Shunglipora Khag area of Budgam district suddenly caught fire and the bus (made of fiber) gutted completely in […]
SRINAGAR — As the famous tourist destinations in Kashmir valley recorded coldest night of the season, the Meteorological Department office on Monday forecast generally cloudy weather in Kashmir valley while mainly clear sky in Jammu division during the next 24 hours. The weather was dry and cold during the last 24 hours in the Union […]
BHOPAL — Taking objection to director Rajkumar Santoshi’s upcoming Hindi cinema “Gandhi Godse – Ek Yudh”, the Madhya Pradesh unit of Congress has sought a ban on the movie, saying it “insults Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi”. Upset over the trailer of the film, senior Congress leader and former minister P.C. Sharma on Sunday […]
SRINAGAR — Militants managed to have fled from the encounter site at Radbugh village in Magam area of Budgam district in Central Kashmir on Sunday. Reports said an encounter had broken out between joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF and militants at Radbugh village in Budgam district this morning. […]
SRINAGAR — A 50-year-old man died after suffering a massive cardiac attack in Konan area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Minutes later, his 80-year-old mother died of shock when she came to know about his death. Locals of the area told news agency KDC that one Mohammad Shaban (50) son of Ghulam Qadir Bhat, a […]
KATHMANDU — At least 68 people were killed when a Nepalese passenger plane with 72 people onboard, including five Indians, crashed into a river gorge while landing at the newly-opened airport in central Nepal’s resort city of Pokhara on Sunday, a rescue official said. Yeti Airlines’ 9N-ANC ATR-72 aircraft took off from Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International […]
SRINAGAR — After conducting successful meeting in North Kashmir, the Congress party on Sunday conducted another preparatory meeting at Malpora village in Kulgam district of South Kashmir. The meeting was chaired by Manpreet Singh Mani, All India Youth Congress Joint Secretary, District Youth Congress President Pulwama, Shoaib Magray was also present in the meeting. The […]
JAMMU — Ruling out militant angle in the sensational murder of H K Lohia, a former director general of Jammu and Kashmir prisons, in October last year, the police investigation in the case has found accused Yassir Ahmad was driven by “deep grudges” against high-ranking officials. The Jammu and Kashmir crime branch Special Investigation Team […]
SHOPIAN — A government school teacher died of a massive cardiac arrest at his native village in Durpora area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Sunday. Quoting an official news agency KNO) reported that Fayaz Ahmad Sofi, son of Mohammad Shaban Sofi, a resident of Durpora Zainapora, posted at Primary School Mujmarg, suffered a massive […]