SRINAGAR — Suspected militants on Wednesday shot dead a BJP leader and Municipal Councillor while a woman was injured in Tral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, official said. They said that gunmen fired upon the BJP councilor Rakesh Pandita son of Somnath Bala from Tral Bala-C in the area, leaving him dead on the […]
SRINAGAR — The Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Wednesday said people who are allergic to any ingredient of Covid-19 vaccine should not receive the jab. “If you are allergic to any component of the vaccine, you are advised not to take it,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. “However, if you […]
Rs 33 crore released for payment of salaries of 630 teachers SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday released salary of a teacher whose son committed suicide May 28. Official sources told that Director School Education Kashmir Tassaduq Hussain Mir today released Rs 33 crores to chief education officers of Kashmir for payment […]
BUDGAM — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested a militant associate and recovered incriminating material from his possession. Police in a statement said that “Acting on specific information, a special joint checkpoint was established by Police and 43Bn CRPF at Harren Saibug area of Budgam. During checking, officers apprehended a militant […]
TRAL — A man reportedly in police custody stole a rifle and fired upon a cop inside the SOG camp in Tral town of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Police sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that a man identified as Muhamamd Amin Malik, a resident of Nagabal Machama village of Tral surrendered before police […]
ANANTNAG — Two persons from South Kashmir’s Anantnag district who were allegedly involved in militant recruitment case were shifted to Srinagar Central Jail on Wednesday. The duo were arrested for their alleged involvement in militant recruitment case. They were booked under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) shortly after their arrest. The duo have been identified […]
SRINAGAR — Staffers at Jammu Kashmir Bank Safakadal Branch here in old city Srinagar are accusing Branch Manager of ‘mental harassment’. The employees posted in the said Branch alleged that they are going through mental agony as the behavior of the Branch Manger is too ‘rude’ and ‘horrible.’ A couple of Staffers who wished not […]
BUDGAM — Jammu and Kashmir Police Wednesday claimed to have solved a ‘hit and run’ case in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district by arresting the driver involved in the act. A police spokesman told that on May 30, a youth was killed after a vehicle hit him when he was riding his bike at Futlipora village […]
ANANTNAG — Amid ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, an outbreak of infectious disease, known as Foot-and-mouth Disease (FMD) has left a few cattle dead in Bijbehara area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Wednesday. The FMD erupted among the domestic cattle in Sirhama village of Bijbehara, an official said. An official told that two cows and a […]
SRINAGAR — Police have constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the claim made by a non-local woman that she was ‘gang raped’ by three persons in Ram Bagh area of Srinagar city. A non-local woman (name withheld) emerged in Press Enclave Srinagar claiming that she was sexually assaulted by three persons on the […]