SRINAGAR — Parents on Friday urged the LG administration to reopen schools for primary and middle classes in Jammu and Kashmir as life has been back to normal and almost every sector is functioning normally. Parents while talking to Kashmir News Service, expressed their concern about the closure of primary and middle schools. They said […]
SRINAGAR — In a major setback to National Conference (NC) former finance minister Abdul Rahim Rather’s son is joining Peoples conference (PC) today in Srinagar. Sources in Peoples Conference confirmed that Hilal Ahmad Rather, son of senior National Conference leader and former Jammu and Kashmir Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather is joining Peoples Conference (PC) […]
SRINAGAR — Body of a 38-year-old man was found at a graveyard in Zaldagar area of Srinagar on Saturday morning. Official sources told that the body of 38-year-old man identified as Feroz Ahmad Tarray resident of Zaldagar was found at graveyard He said that a police party reached the spot and shifted the body to […]
SRINAGAR — A delegation of Jammu and Kashmir Journalists Association (JAKJA) called on the Press Council of India’s (PCI) Fact Finding Committee on Friday and apprised it of the problems the journalists in Kashmir are facing for the past two years. The Journalist Association presented a memorandum to the Press Council of India’s Fact Finding […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities on Friday disallowed the weekly congregational prayers at the grand mosque in downtown Srinagar, a spokesman of the Anjuman Auqaf said. In a statement, the spokesman said that the state authorities did not allow congregational Friday prayers to be held at Jama Masjid Srinagar today. “Heavy deployment of forces was carried out […]
SRINAGAR — A revenue officer in Pulwama district has shown landless inhabitants as landholders in the PM Kisan scheme in lieu of bribes and caused huge losses to the scheme and got away without any official accountability. Inhabitants told that Bashir Ahmad, Patwari, of Ratnipora halqa in Kakapora block in Pulwama district has included inhabitants […]
SRINAGAR — Weatherman on Friday forecast intermittent light to moderate rain at widespread places and light snowfall from night Saturday night till Sunday evening. Under the influence of the weather, an official of the local meteorological office here said that there could be landslides and shooting stones over vulnerable areas of Srinagar-Jammu and Srinagar-Leh Highways […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmiri Pandit Sangarsh Samiti (KPSS), a non-migrant Kashmiri Pandit organisation, Thursday said that despite the targeted killings in the Valley, they will not migrate and continue to live with their Muslim brethren the way they have been since 1990. “The level of fear was high in the past few weeks owing to the […]
SRINAGAR — A 27-year-old youth was killed after he was hit by a train at Nowgam Railway Station on Friday. Official sources told that Feroz Ahmad Malla, 27, son of Fayaz Ahmad Malla of New Colony Samarbugh Lasjan was hit by train at Nowgam railway station. He was taken to Srinagar’s SMHS hospital for treatment […]
KUPWARA — A soldier allegedly shot himself dead with his service rifle at a camp in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, official source said on Thursday. They said Sepoy Deeraj Kumar of Engineering Unit was posted in a camp at Kralpora when his shot himself. Soon, the sources said, he was shifted to military hospital […]