SRINAGAR — Hilal Ahmad Rather, a graduate of the prestigious Birla Institute of Technology & Science and prominent entrepreneur on Saturday joined the Peoples Conference (JKPC) in presence of PC President Sajad Gani Lone and other senior members of the party. Welcoming Rather into the fold, party President Sajad Gani Lone said that he is […]
PULWAMA — Unknown gunmen on Saturday “kidnapped” a person, said to be the brother of a militant who was recently “apprehended”, in Nikloora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, official source said. They said that some pistol borne persons barged inside the house of Shakeel Ahmad Sofi son of Ghulam Mohammad and took him along […]
SRINAGAR — Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar on Saturday said that providing security to all soft targets was not possible and asserted that police knows how to handle situation being a professional force. “Time and again I am saying there is no lapse on security front. Soft target was attacked who were not provided […]
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 […]