JAMMU — An organisation here on Saturday held protest for relocation of displaced Kashmiri Pandit employees from valley in wake of “selective killings.” The protestors also demanded constitution of an apex committee headed by union home minister to formulate and implement the rehabilitation of KPs in the valley with “security, honour and dignity.” Youth All […]
SRINAGAR — A man has been arrested for firing from his licensed pistol during a marriage ceremony at Alochibagh area of Srinagar, police said on Saturday. Police said that the man identified as Moin Khan, son of Ghulam Mustafa Khan, a resident of Peerbagh Srinagar was arrested for firing and endangering lives of others during […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday said that it has registered a case against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) handlers and its offshoot TRF for issuing threats to journalist and reporters based in Kashmir. According to Srinagar Police, a case has been registered against handlers, active militants and Over Ground Workers (OGWs) of militant outfit LeT […]
SRINAGAR — The CBI on Saturday filed a chargesheet against 24 accused persons involved in police sub-inspector recruitment scam. In a statement, a spokesperson of the CBI said that the agency today filed chargesheet against 24 accused including then Commandant of BSF, then ASI, Constables of J&K Police, then officials of CRPF, Teacher & other […]
SRINAGAR — The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha on Saturday inaugurated guest house and sports facilities at National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar. He said that he had a wonderful interaction with the faculty members of National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar. He also talked about impact of technology on society and […]
SRINAGAR — The minimum temperatures dropped across Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Saturday with Drass town recording bone chilling minus 10.7 degrees Celsius. Weather remained dry in Jammu and Kashmir in the last 24 hours and the same condition will continue for the next 24 hours, the Met Office said in its Saturday forecast. […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Friday expressed its strong discontent over delay in appointment of judges, saying, “needless to say that unless the bench is adorned by competent lawyers, the very concept of rule of law and justice suffers”. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay S. Oka said: “If we […]
URI — A minor boy was injured after being attacked by a leopard in Zamboor Pattan village of Uri in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday evening. Quoting an official news agency KNO reported that the boy identified as Tawseef Ahmed son of Mohammad Sadiq Tass of Zamboor Pattan was attacked by the leopard when […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the release of all the six life-term convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case in view of the Tamil Nadu government’s recommendation. In May, the top court had ordered the release of A.G. Perarivalan, who was sentenced to life imprisonment over the 1991 assassination of the […]
GANDERBAL — A paramilitary trooper on Friday shot himself dead with his service rifle in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Quoting an official news agency Kashmir News Observer reported that a Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel shot himself with his service rifle in Dignibal area of Ganderbal today evening, resulting in his on spot death. He […]