BANDIPORA — Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang Kundbarao Pole said that the government is going to construct a non-motorable walkway around the Asia’s famed Wular lake in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of Wular festival organised by Wular Battalion, 26-Asam Rifles and district administration Bandipora on Tuesday evening, Pole said that […]
SRINAGAR — To cut down the time in getting security clearance, the Regional Passport Office (RPO) in summer capital Srinagar is connecting the passport office with all the police stations across Kashmir through an online system. A top official of the Ministry of External Affairs told Srinagar based news agency Kashmir Dot Com that on […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological (MeT) department on Wednesday forecast mainly clear to partly cloudy weather in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours. The weather was mainly clear in the union territory on Tuesday. “Mainly clear to partly cloudy weather is likely in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT […]
GANDERBAL — A 22-year-old youth, who was injured due to an electric shock in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Tuesday evening, succumbed to his injuries at SKIMS Soura An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the youth namely Danish Nisar (22) son of Nisar Ah Rather of Gangarhama was injured due to […]
NEW DELHI — Expressing dissatisfaction over the Centre’s delay in responding to a plea challenging the Jammu and Kashmir delimitation exercise, the Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned as to why the government did not file the counter affidavit even after being granted six weeks’ time. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and A.S. Oka […]
GANDERBAL — A youth was injured after due to an electric shock in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Tuesday. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the youth namely Danish Nisar (22) son of Nisar Ah Rather of Gangarhama got injured due to electric shock, while unloading a truck at Bamloora. He […]
SRINAGAR — The Government of India on Tuesday appointed Dr. Shah Faesal as deputy secretary in the Union Ministry of Culture. The Department of Personnel and Training has ordered the posting of Shah Faesal (AGMUT-2010) as deputy secretary in the Ministry of Culture under the central staffing scheme for a period of four years from […]
SRINAGAR — Executive Chairman J&K Legal Services Authority, Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey today chaired a high level meeting to discuss ensuring that the undertrials/convicts are not denied the basic fundamental rights, while they are in custody. The meeting was attended by Additional Chief Secretary Home, R. K. Goyal; DG Prisons, H. K. Lohia; Principal Secretary […]
SHOPIAN — Three local militants, affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant outfit were killed in an encounter that broke out between government forces and militants at Nagbal village in Shopian district of South Kashmir on Tuesday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at […]
SHOPIAN — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Nagbal village in Shopian district of South Kashmir on Tuesday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Nagbal village in Shopian district following the inputs about presence of militants in […]