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 […]
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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, […]
Light to moderate rain, snow likely in J&K during next 24 hours: MeT
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological Department on Wednesday forecast widespread light to moderate rain and snow in Jammu and Kashmir for next 24 hours. The weather was inclement in the Union Territory during the last 24 hours. An official of the Meteorological Department said, widespread light to moderate rain/snow is likely in J&K during the next […]
Delhi HC adjourns hearing on Asiya Andrabi’s plea against property seizure
NEW DELHI — The Delhi High Court on Tuesday adjourned hearing on the pleas by two Kashmiri separatists Sofi Fehmeeda and Asiya Andrabi against National Investigation Agency (NIA) for seizure of their car and house in Jammu and Srinagar cities, respectively. On the request of the counsel for appellants, the court adjourned the matter for […]
LG Manoj Sinha launched Jio 5G services in Jammu and Kashmir
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today launched Jio 5G services in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. “The Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha launched Jio True 5G services today, at Raj Bhawan in Jammu,” Jio said in a statement. A Jio spokesperson said the telco has provided employment to […]
Exempt schools from Property Tax: PSAJK to J&K Govt
SRINAGAR — Private Schools Association of Jammu and Kashmir (PSAJK) has asked the Jammu and Kashmir Government to exempt educational institutes from the ambit of property tax. The Association said that the schools have suffered a lot during the last few years and this has plunged majority of educational institutes into a financially precarious situation. […]









