SRINAGAR — The LG of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha on Saturday said that the administration was trying to vaccinate all students and staff of college to resume the academics at earliest. Sinha said, “We are trying to vaccinate the students above 18 years of age and the professors and the teacher in academic institutions […]
JAMMU — Four persons including a 2-month-old baby and her 2-year-old sister were among four persons killed while as many persons were rescued after a car they were travelling in fell into a canal in Jammu, officials said on Saturday. They said late last night, one Maruti car (JK02AC-7169) driven by one Ganesh Kumar of […]
JAMMU — Lt Governor Manoj Sinha would hand over the Forest Rights statutory documents to the beneficiaries from 10 districts of Kashmir at SKICC in Srinagar on September 13. “Lt Governor will hand over the Forest Rights statutory documents as approved by the competent authority in a ceremony scheduled to be held at SKICC on […]
SAIMA KHAN SHOPIAN — A teenager (name withheld) allegedly commits suicide by hanging himself at his residence in a village in South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday. Sources said the teenager was found hanging with a ceiling fan by his family members at his home in Heff Shirmal village on Saturday morning. The 14-year-old was […]
SRINAGAR — Human rights bodies including FIDH, FORUM-ASIA, and OMCT have condemned the “serious human rights violations committed by Indian government authorities” in Kashmir following the death of Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on 1 September 2021. The three organizations also condemn the imposition of restrictions that are inconsistent with the country’s international human […]
JAMMU — Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who is on a two-day visit to Jammu, addressed party workers at a programme on Friday. He described his visit to be like a homecoming as his family had a long relationship with the state. The former Congress president said that, the BJP-RSS combine were trying to break the […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi Police has launched a search operation to nab two suspects Harpreet and Harmeet in the murder case of former Jammu and Kashmir MLC Trilochan Singh Wazir. Delhi police local team and the crime branch special cell are investigating the case. Many teams have been formed to unravel it. While two […]
SRINAGAR — Police have arrested 16 gamblers during a raid in Parimpora area of Srinagar and recovered Rs 5.76 lakh stake money from them. A police official told that raid was carried based on specific information and besides stake money, gambling cards were also recovered. Those arrested include Ashiq Hussain Of Saida Kadal Srinagar, Ali […]
BUDGAM — Budgam Police on Friday arrested three timber smugglers and seized six logs of illicit timber alongwith three horses. A police spokesman in a statment said that acting upon a specific information, a naka was established at Chakarmarg Hardpanzoo. Police party of Police post Hardpanzoo intercepted three persons carrying illicit timber logs laden on […]
SRINAGAR — Five days after Ladakh administration ordered the issuing of Resident Certificates to residents of the Union Territory, the J&K Panchayat Conference—a body of elected panchayat members—has demanded the restoration of the Permanent Resident Certificate (PRC) system prevalent in Jammu and Kashmir before the Centre diluted Article 370 of the Constitution. “When the Resident […]