SRINAGAR — British Musician and founding member of the former rock band Pink Floyd has called out Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the arrest of Human Rights activist, Khurram Parvez This comes amid calls from the various international human rights organization seeking an immediate release Parvez. “Hey Modi, leave Khurram alone!” the musician said while […]
SRINAGAR — Inspectors General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar on Friday visited family of late ASI Mohd Ashraf Dar at Awantipora in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Dar was killed in a militant attack couple of days ago at Bijbhera in Anantnag district of South Kashmir. Accompanied by other Police officers, the IGP offered condolences to […]
SRINAGAR — Barring famous resorts of Gulmarg and Pahalgam, the minimum temperature settled at above freezing point in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K recorded a low of 2.4 against last night’s 2.6°C and had rainfall of 1.3mm in last 24 hours […]
SRINAGAR — Moving a step closer towards appointing Director for Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Soura , the authorities have shortlisted 15 candidates including one non-local resident. As per the interview notice issued by Health and Medical Education J&K, 15 candidates who have been shortlisted for the post of the director SKIMS include Dr. Yogesh […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police in Budgam on Thursday claimed to have busted a fake currency racket and arrested 03 persons involved in the commission of crime. Besides, counterfeit currency notes worth Rs 45,000 and other tools were also recovered, police said. Police in a statement said that a police party from Police post […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday claimed to have arrested two militant associates of the Lashkar-e-Taiba outfit in a joint operation with the army’s 2 Rashtriya Rifles and 79 Battalion CRPF in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. “Acting upon specific information, police along with other armed forces arrested two militant associates linked with proscribed […]
SRINAGAR — Board of School Education has directed all institutions of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh affiliated with JKBOSE, CBSE or any other Board not to use text books of “Dareechae Urdu” for class 5th published by “Oscar Publications” Karan Nagar Srinagar and “Mehboob Urdu” for Class 3rd and 5th published by Franklin International, New Delhi. […]
SRINAGAR — Government of Jammu and Kashmir is mulling to show the door to ‘non-performing’ teaching and non-teaching staff in coming days, sources privy to the development in Education Department said. Sources informed news agency Kashmir News Trust that after getting orders from the top especially from Principal Secretary to Government School Education Department Jammu […]
SRINAGAR — Despite militants and militancy in Kashmir being glamorised by vested interests, the last 32-years of conflict had a devastating effect on the lives of the widows and the children of those terrorists who were killed and left their families to fend for themselves. A recent sociological research titled: “The effects of armed conflict […]
SRINAGAR — Private Schools’ Association Jammu and Kashmir today organized a book release function in the auditorium of S.P. College Srinagar. The book titled” Bu Chus Gawah” written by noted fiction writer Anayat Bashir was released in the function. Justice (Rtd) Rashid Ali Dar was the Chief Guest on the occasion while Prof Bashar Bashir […]