SRINAGAR — The Meteorological Department on Friday forecast light rain and snow in Jammu and Kashmir for next 24 hours. The weather remained inclement in the Union Territory yesterday. An official of the Meteorological Department said, light rain/snow is likely to occur in J&K during the next 24 hours. He said, Srinagar recorded 6.5 degrees […]
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Dr Masood Tanvir Bhat appointed as Principal, GMC Srinagar
SRINAGAR — The Health and Medical Education Department, Government of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday appointed Dr Masood Tanvir Bhat as Principal, Government Medical College, Srinagar. According to an order by Bhupinder Kumar (IAS), Secretary to the Government, Dr Masood Tanvir Bhat, Professor & HoD Medicine, Government Medical College, Srinagar has been appointed as Principal, […]
Hi-tech gadgets help CRPF in precision-based operations in Kashmir: IG CRPF
SRINAGAR — Bullet-proof vehicles, wall-through radars and drones are some of the new gadgets inducted by CRPF into its counter-insurgency operations in Kashmir, leading to precision-based actions against militants. Several of these high-tech equipment were used in Tuesday’s operation in Pulwama against two ultras of the TRF allegedly involved in killing of Kashmiri Pandit Sanjay […]
Rain, snow likely in Jammu and Kashmir for next 24 hours: MeT
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological Department on Thursday forecast rain and snow in Jammu and Kashmir for next 24 hours. The weather remained inclement during the last 24 hours in the Union Territory as rain lashed plains while higher reaches received snowfall. An official of the Meteorological Department said, light to moderate rain/snow is expected in […]
Al Umar Mujahideen Chief Mushtaq Zargar’s property attached in Srinagar
SRINAGAR — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday attached the property of Mushtaq Ahmad Zargar alias Latram, Chief of Al Umar Mujahideen (AUM) militant group in Nowhatta area of Srinagar. National Investigation Agency (NIA) action comes after Ministry of Home Affairs declared Latram as designated terrorist. Mushtaq Ahmad Zargar alias Latram, a resident of […]
Missing Kupwara youth’s body recovered, handed over to family
KUPWARA — The body of a youth, Abdul Rashid Dar, who had gone missing from the army’s custody in December last year in the Kunan Poshpora area of Kupwara was recovered on Wednesday and handed over to his family. “After recovering the body from Zurhama forest area, in the morning, the family was called by […]
JKPSC cancels paper-II of Prosecuting Officer preliminary exams
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC) has cancelled the Paper-II (Qualifying) of J&K Prosecuting officer (Preliminary) Examination held on 29 January, 2023 and announced that fresh examination to be held on 16th March, 2023. According to an order, the JKPSC said that examination held earlier was cancelled after the complaints were […]
LeT shadow group, TRF, in crosshairs of security agencies
NEW DELHI — Security forces have pumped up their efforts to dismantle the network of LeT’s shadow group The Resistance Front (TRF) which had issued a poster glorifying the militants who had killed a Kashmiri Pandit Sanjay Kumar in Pulwama, officials said Wednesday. The agencies are choking its fund flow and acting against its members […]
20,000 vacant posts in administration to be filled soon: Manoj Sinha
JAMMU — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha addressed the foundation day celebration of Cluster University, Jammu at Padma Shri Padma Sachdev Government PG College for Women, Gandhi Nagar. Congratulating the Cluster University for achieving excellence in quality education, the Lt Governor said that the University, established on 1st March 2017 with five Constituent Colleges, is playing […]
Gas emissions from tube well creates scare in Sopore village
SOPORE — Sudden emissions of gas from a tube well in Bomai village of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district has created scare among locals even as they accused the concerned department of carelessness. Quoting locals news agency KNO reported that the well was dug to meet up water scarcity in Logripora village of Bomai, […]








