SRINAGAR – Men allegedly employed by Hyderabad based infrastructure firm ‘Megha Engineering Infrastructure’ which is the executive agency for the construction of Zojila Tunnel were caught by a team of Irrigation and Flood Control Department when they were busy in extracting sand and boulders from Nallah Sindh near Nilgrath area of Sonmarg here in Central […]
SRINAGAR – The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Monday decided to release jail inmates in the union territory on 90 days interim bail in view of the Supreme Court directions. A high-powered committee, headed by High Court Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey, took the decision to release all the jail inmates as per the directions […]
BUDGAM – Police have arrested four family members in connection with the death of a woman in Central Kashmir’s Charar-e-Sharif area of Budgam. Pertinently, during the sacred night of ‘Qadar’, a woman was found hanging in the premises of her husband’s home at Darwan Nowgam area of Charar-e-Sharif. Prima facie it seemed a case of […]
Palestinian-origin academic Edward Said is believed to have once said: ‘Kashmiris had land. Palestinians did not.’ While a young man from Jammu and Kashmir was in the US for higher studies some decades ago, he went to meet the world-renowned scholar of Palestinian origin, Edward Said. The latter asked him about the Kashmiri movement. When […]
BUDGAM – 3-year-old boy among two minors, who suddenly fell unconscious on Monday afternoon at a marriage ceremony in Brenjan area of Chadoora in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district, succumbed at SKIMS Soura, officials said here. Sources told that two minor boys earlier suddenly fell unconscious and the duo was immediately rushed to sub-district hospital Chadoora, […]
SRINAGAR – The Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory administration on Monday ordered the transfers and postings of 33 KAS officers in the interest of administration. 1. Mr. Narinder Singh Bali, KAS, Special Secretary to the Government, Youth Services and Sports Department is transferred and posted as Additional District Development Commissioner, Pulwama, against an available vacancy. […]
SRINAGAR – The health department has managed to vaccinate only 120 persons against Covid-19 in Srinagar, which is one of the worst-hit districts in Jammu and Kashmir in the last eight days. The summer capital has reported 5900 cases and 69 deaths due to Covid in the same period. According to official data, no jabs […]
SRINAGAR – Two local militants from Al-Badr outfit were slain in an anti-militancy operation in Khonmoh area of Srinagar outskirts on Monday. Reports said the anti-militancy operation was launched by the joint team of government forces including Indian Army’s 50 RR, CRPF and J&K Police in Khonmoh area on Monday morning following the inputs about […]
Says, journalists working in tough conditions KUPWARA – Journalist fraternity Kupwara on Monday said that journalists are working in tough conditions amid the COVID19 pandemic and any kind of inconvenience to them is unacceptable and against the ethos and principles of a promising society. The statement came days after Suhail Yousuf Shah, a member of […]
BUDGAM – Two minor children, who were sleeping in two separate rooms at a marriage ceremony in Brenjan area of Chadoora in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district, suddenly fell unconscious on Monday afternoon. Sources told that two minor boys were sleeping and didn’t wakeup for a long time. “When the family members tried to woke them […]