NEW DELHI – India on Friday hit out at President of the UN General Assembly Volkan Bozkir for his comments on Jammu and Kashmir, saying his “misleading and prejudiced” remarks does “great disservice to the office he occupies”. Bozkir, at a press conference in Islamabad along with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday, […]
BUDGAM – An aged man is battling for life at Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura, after he was hit by a sharp object on his head by some of his relatives during a scuffle over a land dispute on Friday in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. The Victims have been identified as 55 […]
Measure to boost morale of Health Employees working on COVID control: FC H&ME, Shri Atal Dulloo JAMMU – In a major decision, Government has accorded approval for substantial hike in salary of employees who are working under NHM in the Union Territory of J&K. The decision in this regard has been conveyed to the Union […]
SRINAGAR – All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday expressed serious concern over media reports about former Tehreek-e-Hurriyat chairman Late Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai’s sons having tested positive for Covid-19 in jail. APHC in a statement demanded their immediate release so that they would receive proper medical treatment. “Both sons of late […]
KULGAM – Government Forces Friday arrested four youth including a missing youth from Shopian in Kujjar village of Yaripora in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district, an official said. An official told that the police along with army’s 1 RR raided Kujjar village of Kulgam and arrested four people including the missing man in Shopian district. “The […]
ANANTNAG – Doctors in a hospital here in South Kashmir have decided to send DNA samples of two newborn female babies for paternity tests after a mother alleged that after the delivery her baby was replaced. The strange incident occurred on Thursday late night at Sub-District Hospital Kokarnag area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Hospital […]
ISLAMABAD – The UN General Assembly (UNGA) president on Thursday called on the parties involved in the Kashmir dispute to refrain from changing the status of the disputed territory. Addressing a news conference along with Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the capital Islamabad, UNGA President Volkan Bozkir said he encouraged Pakistan and India […]
SRINAGAR – The government on Thursday approved the appointment of Financial Commissioner, Finance, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta as J&K’s new chief secretary. The Union Home Ministry has approved the appointment of Mehta, an IAS officer of 1988 batch, as J&K’s new chief secretary after BVR Subrahmanyam was moved to New Delhi and posted as officer […]
SRINAGAR – The construction of the much ambitious All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) Thursday hit a major roadblock after army stated that the construction of the institute building compromises the military garrison and the boundary wall of the building touches the common boundary wall of garrison. The army stated this in a review […]
SRINAGAR – Fire broke out at SK Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura here while officials said that no damage has occurred during the incident. Director SKIMS, Dr. A G Ahangar confirmed the fire incident at the institute and said “The fire broke out at ward 3P store at the institute.” He further said that […]