SRINAGAR — The government on Tuesday set up a Working Committee headed by Financial Commissioner Home for facilitating 5G roll out in Jammu and Kashmir. According to an order, the 13-member committee will be headed by Financial Secretary Home department. The committee will be tasked for working out modalities for using government infrastructure and street […]
POONCH — The northern army commander Tuesday said that the total number of militants active in Jammu and Kashmir is 300 that includes 82 foreign militants and 53 locals while all efforts are afoot to foil all plans of targeting security forces in the UT. Addressing a press conference in Poonch on the occasion of […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir’s Director General of Police (DPG) Dilbagh Singh Tuesday said that the number of local militants active in Kashmir has been reduced to two digit while a “miniscule number of foreigners were active who are being tracked down.” “As far as the status of militancy is concerned, the number of active […]
SRINAGAR — Weather was dry in J&K and Ladakh during the last 24 hours as the night temperatures continued to drop further in the 2 Union Territories. “Weather is expected to remain dry in J&K and Ladakh during the next 24 hours. Night temperatures are likely to drop further during the coming days in the […]
NEW DELHI — A dozen human rights organisations including Amnesty International on Monday called for immediate release of Kashmiri activist Khurram Parvez who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a militant funding case last year. On May 13, NIA had filed a charge sheet against seven people, including Parvez and said the […]
KULGAM — A PDD daily wager died after he was electrocuted while repairing a live wire in Frisal area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam Kulgam on Monday. Quoting an official news agency Kashmir News Observer reported that the daily wager received an electric shock when he was repairing a transmission wire in Chanpora Chinigam area of […]
KULGAM — Deputy Superintendent of Police from south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, who had gone to Saudi Arabia for performing Umrah, died of a cardiac arrest on Monday afternoon. Quoting an official news agency Kashmir News Observer reported that Rukhsar Ahmad, a DySP rank officer from Chandian Pajan area of Kulgam died of cardiac arrest in […]
SRINAGAR — The School Education Department Kashmir Monday said some leading private schools were misleading the parents by issuing examination date sheet illegally and in violation of the government guidelines. According to a notice, Central Joint Director of DSEK said it has come to the notice of DSEK that some leading private schools in Srinagar […]
SRINAGAR — The authorities will exhume body of a baby to conduct DNA after a family from Budgam district alleged that they were given body of a female baby instead of male baby at JVC Bemina. Quoting an official news agency Kashmir News Observer reported that the body of the baby will be exhumed today […]
SRINAGAR — Weather was dry in J&K during the last 24 hours as the MeT officials said on Monday that dry weather with partly cloudy sky is expected during the next 24 hours. “Dry weather with partly cloudy sky is likely in J&K during the next 24 hours,” an official of the MeT department said. […]