SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education on Tuesday declared result of Class 10th (Summer Zone-2021). Meanwhile, girls have outnumbered annual 10th class results declared today by JKBOSE of Summer Zone, Jammu Province. The pass percentage of the boys remained 75% whereas 81.02% of girl students qualified the exam this year. The […]
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Top Lashkar commander, foreign militant killed in Srinagar gunfight: IGP Kashmir
SRINAGAR — Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Vijay Kumar Tuesday said that a top Lashkar-e-Toiba commander and a foreign militant were killed in an overnight gunfight at Maloora area of Parimpora on Srinagar outskirts. He said the Lashkar commander Abrar Nadeem was first arrested at Parimpora by the joint security teams yesterday afternoon. “He […]
Two Jaish militants involved in attack on SPO, his family in Awantipore identified: IGP Kashmir
SRINAGAR — Kashmir police chief Vijay Kumar Tuesday said that the two attackers who killed a special police officer (SPO), his wife and daughter at Hariparigam, Awantipore on June 27 night, have been identified as two Jaish-e-Muhammad militants one of whom is a foreigner. “Two Jaish militants carried out the attack on SPO Fayaz Ahmed […]
Female health worker commits suicide in Budgam
BUDGAM — A female health worker has allegedly committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance at her home in Dalipora area of Nagam in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Monday late evening. Sources told that a woman (name withheld), a health worker at PHC Hufroo Chadoora, consumed some poisonous substance at her home last night. […]
Twitter head India booked for showing Ladakh in China, J&K seperate country in new map
NEW DELHI — In a late night development, Bulandshahr police booked Twitter India managing director Manish Maheshwari under Section 505 (2) of IPC and Section 74 of the IT (Amendment) Act 2008 for showing a wrong map of India on its website. The FIR was lodged on the complaint of a local lawyer, Bulandshahr SP […]
Two shops gutted in Srinagar nocturnal blaze
SRINAGAR — Two shops were gutted in nocturnal blaze in Barbarshah area of Kashmir capital Srinagar. Local sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that an interior designing shop ‘Nazakat Interiors’ caught fire that engulfed a spare parts shop. Both shops were gutted in the blaze. They said that ‘Nazakat Interiors’ is owned by one […]
Kupwara youth’s body retrieved 4 days after jumping in Jhelum
SRINAGAR — Body of a teenager from Kupwara, who had jumped in Jhelum near Noorbagh area of Srinagar on June 25 evening, was retrieved from the water body on Tuesday. The 17-year old youth from Kupwara district had shot a video before jumping into the river. A police officer told that body was retrieved by […]
School Education Department to commence community schools for unreached students, issues SOPs
SRINAGAR — With the decline in COVID-19 cases, the School Education Department on Monday said that it will start community schooling for the students who couldn’t reach via online and other modes during the lockdown. The government also issued guidelines to hold the community schooling. Director of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) Tassaduq Hussain Mir said […]
Payloads dropped by drones at Air Force station Jammu, say officials
JAMMU — Top security officials Monday confirmed that drones dropped payloads at the Jammu Air Force Station on Sunday—a first kind of its incident in the country so far. The investigations have been handed to the country’s primer agency—National Investigating Agency (NIA). Though the security agencies are tight-lipped over the incident, top security officials, on […]
Private schools collecting undue, miscellaneous charges: Parents petition SED
SRINAGAR — The government on Monday said that the complaints in bulk against various private schools of Kashmir were pouring-in the School Education Department (SED) regarding collection of undue and miscellaneous charges from the parents. It also said that despite the government directives for not charging any sort of fee from the students during the […]








