SRINAGAR — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) was conducting fresh raids in Kashmir on Thursday morning in connection with a terror-funding case that the federal agency is probing, people aware of the matter said. The people said the raids were being conducted with the help of Jammu and Kashmir Police and paramilitary Central Reserve Police […]
JAMMU — WiFi services will be installed at 20 more locations in the Jammu city under the Union government’s Smart City Mission for the benefit of students and the business community, officials said on Wednesday. Jammu Smart City Limited (JSCL) has signed an agreement with service provider LMES to install WiFi hotspots at 20 locations. […]
SRINAGAR — The night temperature at most places in Kashmir stayed above the freezing point on Thursday as the residents in the valley experienced slight relief from cold conditions which had set in earlier than usual this year, officials said. Pahalgam and Gulmarg were the only two places in the valley which experienced sub-zero night […]
SRINAGAR — Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said the Centre had only three ways to keep Kashmir — “return Article 370 along with interest, talk to Pakistan and address the Kashmir issue”. “Anger and guns are no way to address a problem. Americans tried it […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday said three militants, including a top commander of TRF, were killed in a brief encounter in Srinagar. However, the eyewitnesses said the trio was unarmed and killed by policemen when there was no retaliation from the former’s side, the New Indian Express reported. A police spokesman […]
SRINAGAR — Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar on Wednesday said that 144 militants were killed in gunfight while two civilians died in cross firing in the valley this year. He told news agency GNS that 207 militants were killed last year while one civilian died in cross firing. ”So far 144 militants were […]
SRINAGAR — Deputy Inspector General, National Investigation Agency, Amit Kumar has been conferred with the prestigious Shaurya Chakra award by President Ram Nath Kovind. Kumar was conferred with Shaurya Chakra, the third in order of precedence of peacetime gallantry awards and comes after the Ashoka Chakra and the Kirti Chakra. It precedes the Yudh Seva […]
SRINAGAR — A driver died in a road accident at Shaitani Nallah near Jawahar tunnel, officials said on Wednesday. Officials told that a tanker bearing registration number JK14A/9786 was on way to Srinagar from Jammu in the intervening night of Tuesday-Wednesday when it fell down into a deep gorge at Shatani Nallah. The driver of […]
SRINAGAR — A day after Srinagar recorded the season’s coldest night so far, the minimum temperature rose in the summer capital and elsewhere in Kashmir Valley on Wednesday. A meteorological department official said that mercury settled at 0.3°C against the previous night’s minus 1.7°C which happened to be the coldest low temperature recorded so far […]
SRINAGAR — The administration in Kashmir University has failed to provide electricity to the hostel boarders of Quratul Ain Hyder hostel by not repairing a faulty generator. Students told that from the last one month the electricity generator is not working in the hostel, which is compelling them to spend nights in the dark. “Whenever […]