PULWAMA — The administration of District Hospital in Pulwama has made a bizarre arrangement by posting volunteers and non technical staff in Operation Theatre while technical hands have been placed in casualties and other wards, risking patients. The hospital has six anaesthetist assistants who have qualification and training in their respective areas but the administration […]
Kashmir
Man running poultry farm found dead in Sopore
SRINAGAR — A man who was running a poultry farm was found dead in the Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, police said. A police official told that a 26-year-old man’s body was found near Akram School in Sopore area. He identified the deceased as Showkat Ahmad son of Abdul Gani, a resident of […]
School re-opening order evokes lukewarm response in Kashmir
SRINAGAR — J&K government directive allowing conditional reopening of schools for Class 10 and 12 students has evoked a lukewarm response among the students and their families in the Valley. This has found a reflection in the low turnout in the school campuses across Kashmir. On September 5, which is observed as the Teacher’s Day, […]
Police raid homes, question four journalists in Srinagar
SRINAGAR — Police in Kashmir raided the homes of four journalists on Wednesday, triggering concerns of a further crackdown on press freedom in the region. After the raids in Srinagar, the region’s main city, the four journalists were summoned to a local police station where they were briefly questioned but detained the whole day. Police […]
Two govt officials suspended in Samba for dereliction of duty
JAMMU — Authorities on Wednesday suspended two officials in Jammu and Kashmir”s Samba district for being absent from duty. Samba Deputy Commissioner Anuradha Gupta through an order suspended a senior stenographer and an assistant revenue attorney of the DC office, said officials. They face the action for unauthorised absence and dereliction of duty, they said. […]
Woman arrested with Grenade in Bandipora
BANDIPORA — Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested a woman Over Ground Worker in Aloosa area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. A senior Police officer told that based on specific information today a naka was established at Aloosa Bandipora regarding movement of a woman OGW. On being intercepted one grenade and huge numbers of […]
Erratic calling, internet services in Tral areas irk people
SRINAGAR — The subscribers of private telecommunication companies like Jio and Airtel have complained about erratic calling and internet services in several villages of Tral sub division of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Locals from Tral areas that include Bargam, Nagpathri and its adjacent villages of Tral said that the weak signal is giving a tough […]
Atal Dulloo appointed inquiry officer in construction of flats for Kashmiri migrants
SRINAGAR — The government on Tuesday appointed additional chief secretary Atal Dulloo as the enquiry officer into the change in scope of construction work of flats from 1 BHK to 2 BHK for transit accommodation of Kashmiri migrants. According to an order issued by Commissioner Secretary to the Government Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, Dulloo, who is […]
‘Taliban can set an example for the world if they follow real Sharia law’: Mehbooba Mufti
SRINAGAR — PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti today said that the Taliban can set an example in front of the world if they follow what Sharia or Quran Sharif really says. Talking to the reporters at Akhran village in Kulgam, Mufti said that if the Taliban continued to do what they did before, then it may […]
Government must ease process of issuing income certificates to students: Dr. Rizwan Rumi
SRINAGAR — The government of Jammu and Kashmir should ease the process of issuing income certificates to the students of Kashmir valley. Reports said that the process of issuing income certificates is too lengthy and time consuming and takes a lot of time to students. This lengthy process is creating lot of problem to the […]









