Srinagar: Moulvi Yasin Shah, ‘Mu’azzin’ of Historic Jamia Masjid Srinagar passed away on Friday at the age of 80 after a brief illness. Reports said large number of people participated in his funeral. Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid spokesperson said that Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq could not lead the Namaaz-e-Janaazah as he continues to be under […]
Sopore: Police on Friday claimed to have busted a gang of militants who were posing as militants and were extorting money from locals and arrested four persons in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district Sopore police in a statement said, “A complainant namely Muhammad Ashraf Lone son of Noor Muhammad Lone resident of Highland […]
Srinagar: The Government has directed heads of all the Educational Institutions to ensure 100% attendance of the teaching and non-teaching staff in their respective institutions. Chief Education Officer Srinagar as per News Agency Kashmir News Trust has issued a formal order directing Principals, Headmasters and Zonal Education Officers to submit attendance of staff on daily […]
Srinagar: The ailing wife of Hurriyat (G) leader and spokesman Ayaz Akbar Bhat passed away in Kashmir capital Srinagar after a brief illness. While quoting family sources News Agency Kashmir Dot Com reported that Rafeeqa Begum, wife of Hurriyat leader, passed away on the intervening night of Thursday-Friday at Maloora Srinagar. Rafeeqa was diagnosed with […]
Srinagar: A traveller from Srinagar died of Covid-19 in a hospital in Banihal area of Ramban district in Jammu division on Thursday. News Agency Kashmir News Trust reported that Muhammad Ramzaan (55) a resident of Srinagar was travelling from Jammu to Srinagar and felt ill near Gund Adalkoot area in Banihal and was shifted to […]
Srinagar: The Kargil administration on Thursday announced that all schools for students up to Class 12th will remain closed for one month from April 26 in view of the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the union territory. Quoting an official News Agency Kashmir Dot Com reported that all government, private schools including residential hostels […]
Srinagar: Police on Thursday said four unidentified men decamped with cash and 12 bore rifle from a security guard at J&K Bank in Khore Pattan area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. News Agency Kashmir Dot Com quoting Senior Superintendent of Police Baramulla Rayees Ahmad reported that four unidentified men wearing PPE suits looted some cash […]
Srinagar: Baramulla police on Thursday claimed to have solved a blind murder case by arresting two accused including the wife of the deceased, saying that further investigation into the matter is going on. “On intervening night of 8-9th March 2021, Muhammad Altaf Malik, 34, son of Ghulam Rasool Malik of Seriwarpora, son-in-law of Late Abdul […]
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday set up a special task force (STF) for identifying and scrutinising cases of government employees involved in “suspected activities” against the government. Additional director general of police (DGP) of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) will be the chairman of the six-member STF, according to an order issued […]
Srinagar: Kashmiri separatist leaders continue to be clamped down despite the engagement between India and Pakistan at multiple levels leading to a ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir. The talks on Kashmir by the civil society groups and the think-tanks of India and Pakistan have assumed a new vigour after […]