SRINAGAR — The High Court Wednesday directed the government to release a man from south Kashmir’s Pulwama district forthwith while quashing his detention under the Public Safety Act (PSA). A bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar directed the government to release Nissar Ahmad Qazi from preventive custody forthwith provided he was not required in connection with […]
POOCH — A 50-year-old woman and her 18-year-old daughter died when their house caught fire in Surankote area of Poonch district during intervening night of October 6 and 7, officials said. They said the fire erupted around 003 hours in a house of one Muzaffer Hussain Shah son of Sadiq Hussain Shah at Qazi Katha, […]
SRINAGAR — A 19-year-old youth from south-Kashmir’s Kulgam district was killed after a truck he was on board collided with a dumper in Haryana’s Panipat district. Identified as Mohsin Irshad Bhat son of Irshad Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Reenipora Kulgam, the youth as per a family member was fatally injured when a truck bearing […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday said the documents on DigiLocker platform of the Union Ministry for Electronics and Information and the mParivahan mobile app of Union Ministry for Road Transport and Highways shall now be deemed to be legally recognized documents at par with the original documents as per the provisions […]
SRINAGAR — The administration of Jammu & Kashmir has unveiled the draft rules for establishing child rights panel in the Union Territory. The draft rules define the procedure for appointment of chairperson and members of the statutory body to be constituted under the Commission for Protection of Child Rights Act-2005. The Jammu & Kashmir Commission […]
BHAT YASIR SRINAGAR — The Manoranjan cum Exhibition Mela, which is going on amid COVID-19 in Pattan, sub division of Baramulla district is raising serious questions. The locals, here, raised several questions over the mela (funfair event) which has been witnessing huge gathering of visitors while no Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) are being followed. The […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday accorded sanction to the reconstitution of the selection committee for making promotions of the faculty members of SKIMS, Medical College/Hospital, Bemina for selection or engagement of resident staff and tutor demonstrator on tenure basis. An order issued by Manoj Kumar Dwivedi reads, “the sanction is hereby […]
SRINAGAR — Around 23 political workers and civilians were killed so far in Kashmir division by the gunmen in target killing. Top official sources told that Srinagar district witnessed eight killings followed by five from Kulgam, four from Tral area of Awantipora police district, two each from Baramulla and Anantnag and one each from Budgam […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir high court has asked the Higher Education Department to explain why court should not file contempt charges against the department for violating court orders. Around 300 senior college contractual lecturers who have served the department for the last more-than-10 years have approached the court for status quo, asking the Higher […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday hit out at the Goverment of India calling it “desensitized” for ‘devaluing the human lives in Kashmir’. Her comments come a day after three civilians were killed by unknown gunmen in Kashmir. Taking to her Twitter handle, the former chief minister of Jammu and […]