SRINAGAR — At least three persons died after a vehicle veered off road and fell into a gorge on Tanghdar-Teethwal road in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday, officials said. An official told news agency Kashmir News Observer, that the accident took place near Sikh bridge, resulting into the death of three individuals from Anantnag […]
SRINAGAR — The School Education Department (SED) on Thursday ordered to withdraw teacher rationalisation powers delegated to the cluster heads. Also, the SED barred all the Chief Education Officers (CEOs), Zonal Educational Officers (ZEOs) from rationalisation or any internal arrangement of teaching and non-teaching staff. The order in this regard has been issued by the […]
SRINAGAR — In its first ever raids in the Union Territory of Ladakh, the Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted searches as part of its money laundering probe linked to a fake cryptocurrency operator, officials said. The agency raided at least six premises in Leh in Ladakh, Jammu in J&K and Sonipat in Haryana in the […]
ANANTNAG — Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday said to have trapped and arrested Patwari Halqa Fatehpora, District Anantnag for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 5,000 for issuing revenue records. As per a statement issued here, J&K Anti Corrupting Bureau received a complaint alleging therein that Mohammad Ayoub Hajam, Patwari, Halqa Fatehpora is demanding Rs […]
JAMMU — A migrant Kashmiri Pandit group on Thursday criticised the BJP-led government for “rising” militancy incidents in Jammu and Kashmir and demanded a review into the “political and strategic” perspectives in the war against militancy. Panun Kashmir also opposed dialogue between the Centre and separatist Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) which has expressed its willingness to participate […]
SRINAGAR — In order to protect distribution transformers (DTs) from damage and curb power losses, Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) is installing 40,000 DT meters & 1200 feeder meters under the premier loss reduction scheme of RDSS. This shall be besides 6.85 lakh consumer smart meters which shall be installed in unmetered flat-rate areas […]
JAMMU — The security forces have seized a consignment of arms and explosives after busting a cave-type militant hideout in a forest area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said on Thursday. The hideout was unearthed during an ongoing joint cordon and search operation by the police, Rashtriya Rifles, BSF and CRPF personnel at […]
ANANTNAG [Raouf Dar] (KIMS) — In a significant blow to drug traffickers, the Bijbehara Police Station has attached a commercial complex valued at over ₹2 crores, belonging to the late Abdul Rashid Dar of Tulkhan Bijbehara. The property was identified as being acquired through illicit drug trade, specifically the trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic […]
SRINAGAR — The Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) has sought compliance reports from all Chief Education Officers (CEOs) on implementation of the orders issued for detachment of the teaching and non-teaching staff working in different offices. The move comes amid the complaints of the poor implementation of the orders earlier issued by the DSEK […]
JAMMU — Army’s Rashtriya Rifle unit attached to the Romeo Force, in a joint operation with Poonch police’s Special Operations Group (SOG), apprehended an active associate of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), a banned militant outfit, from the Magnar area in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch. According to an army statement, the militant identified as Mohammed Khalil was […]