SRINAGAR — A student from Jammu and Kashmir who is currently studying in Madhya Pradesh (MP) under Prime Minister’s Scholarship Package, has been arrested by police for posting objectionable posts on social media on eve of third anniversary of Lethpora attack. A boy from Hardushiva Sopore hamlet of Baramulla district pursuing B.Com at SV PG […]
BUDGAM — At least seven people including a girl were injured in clashes that erupted in Magam area of Budgam district where some army personnel allegedly burnt the picture of Qasim Solemani, a former Iranian army commander. Solemani was an Iranian military officer who was killed in a drone attack at Baghdad International Airport some […]
SRINAGAR — At least 11,000 pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh have registered for the Hajj in the ensuing year scheduled to begin from May month while the registration for the last date was today. Given the 1st and 2nd wave of the deadly COVID-19 infection across the globe, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia […]
SRINAGAR — After a gap of nearly two months, the colleges in winter zones of Jammu and Kashmir divisions reopened today for physical academic activities. The officials of Higher Education Department said that there was a good footfall of students in almost all colleges of the valley and winter zones of Jammu division. Jubilant scenes […]
SRINAGAR — A policeman was suspended on Monday following a complaint by the Jammu and Kashmir Prisons’ Department that claimed he was smuggling a phone inside the high-security Srinagar Central Jail, officials said. The suspended policeman, selection grade Constable Mutazir Abbass of 6th battalion of the J&K Armed Police (JKAP), was caught in the act […]
GANDERBAL — A 54-year-old woman was injured after she was attacked by a leopard in Wakura area of Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Tuesday evening. Locals said that a leopard attacked an elderly women Asha, wife of Bashir Ahmad of Wakura village, resulting in injuries to her. Soon after the incident he was soon rushed […]
SRINAGAR — Anees-ul-Islam, the grandson of senior separatist leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, has disowned his grandfather to save his Government job in Jammu and Kashmir. On 17 October, last year, the J-K government terminated the services of Anees-ul-Islam, in the interest of the security of the state. He was terminated under the Article 311(2) […]
SRINAGAR — After the eruption of protests in Magam and adjacent areas of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district, the Army officer allegedly responsible for removing and setting the photograph of slain Iranian military commander Qasim Sulumani on fire apologized on behalf of his subordinate to people and appealed them to maintain calm. Earlier, people staged a […]
SRINAGAR — Protests erupted in Kashmir on Tuesday after Indian Army soldiers entered a house and allegedly burnt a photo of Iran’s slain Major General Qasem Soleimani. As part of ongoing Army census in Kashmir, the soldiers of Army’s 2 Rashtriya Rifles on Tuesday entered a residential house of Ghulam Rasool Banka at Malbuchan village […]
BENGALURU — Apparently after the ‘hijab row’, the Internal Security Division of Karnataka police have started profiling Kashmiri students studying in different colleges in India’s Southern State. Reports said that the police in Karnataka have directed all the colleges to profile Kashmiri students. They have been asked to collect the personal details of Kashmiri students […]