SRINAGAR — Thousands of members of the Shia community in Kashmir took out a Muharram procession on Wednesday here to mark the eighth day of mourning amidst tight security arrangements, officials said. The procession was taken out in a peaceful manner as authorities had made adequate security and other arrangements. However, commuters faced difficulties due […]
SRINAGAR — Heavy rain lashed large parts of Kashmir on Monday, while some areas also witnessed hailstorm, leading to waterlogging in parts of Srinagar, officials said. Several parts of the valley, including Srinagar city, received heavy rainfall during the afternoon, bringing down the daytime temperature by several degrees, they said. Officials said hailstorms were also […]
NEW DELHI — The Union government is set to deploy CISF security personnel to secure five more prisons of Jammu and Kashmir after the two central jails in Jammu and Srinagar. A force spokesperson said on Sunday that “plans are under consideration” for extending the security cover of the paramilitary to the high security prison […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha on Saturday ordered the reopening of the Naranag tourist destination in Ganderbal district almost 14 months after it was closed following last year’s Pahalgam terror attack. The popular tourist destination in the central Kashmir district also houses the Naranag Temple, an eighth-century temple dedicated to […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district have ordered an inquiry to examine the circumstances leading to an alleged roadside delivery of a patient after being discharged from a hospital, officials said on Saturday. The family of Hafeeza Begum, a resident of north Kashmir’s Chechinar Aloosa area, have alleged that she delivered a […]
SRINAGAR — A doctor was suspended on Saturday after an inquiry into alleged large-scale procedural irregularities at the Anantnag Government Medical College revealed that nearly 50 per cent of his evaluated patients who underwent advanced cardiac surgical procedures did not even require them. The Jammu and Kashmir Health and Medical Education Department revealed fraudulent insurance […]
SRINAGAR — An undertrial prisoner, lodged in the district Jail in Anantnag, died at a hospital after complaining of illness, officials said on Saturday. He was identified as Suneel Kumar, a resident of Jalandhar’ Gandhi Camp, who was an accused in an NDPS case. He complained of illness during the night, officials said. They said […]
SRINAGAR — The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has taken over the assets of the Sirajul Uloom Welfare Foundation, an educational institution in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, after it was declared an illegal entity by the authorities earlier this year, officials said on Friday. In an order, the provisional liquidator said all properties and […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities in Kashmir have suspended classes on Saturday in 60 schools designated as centres for the NEET examination scheduled on June 21, officials said. The 60 schools span six districts of the valley. Of the 60 schools, 21 are in Srinagar and Anantnag districts each, five each in Baramulla and Kupwara, and four […]
PULWAMA, Mudasir Maqbool (KIMS) — MLA Rajpora Ghulam Mohiuddin Mir on Friday chaired a review meeting at the Community Health Centre (CHC) Rajpora to assess healthcare services and take stock of the facilities being provided to the people of the area. During the meeting, the Block Medical Officer (BMO) Rajpora briefed the MLA about the […]