SRINAGAR — Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Kashmir, Vijay Kumar on Saturday said that three districts in Kashmir including Bandipora, Kupwara and Ganderbal have zero active militants currently even as two prominent militant organisations, Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed, have gone headless after security forces neutralised their operatives and commanders. The Kashmir region that comprises […]
SRINAGAR — A female student in Sopore town of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district has accused a college professor of sexually harassing her even as a committee has been constituted to probe the allegations. Quoting Principal Government Degree College Sopore, Salma Ahad news agency Kashmir News Observer reported that the student had Thursday lodged a complaint […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday claimed to have averted a major tragedy by detecting and diffusing two Improvised Explosive Devices (IED)’s at Frisal village in Kulgam district of South Kashmir. Police said that two IED’s, one timer and other sticky, planted by militants were detected and subsequently diffused by joint team of […]
SRINAGAR — The State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Saturday grilled senior Hurriyat leader Prof. Abdul Gani Bhat for nearly 8 hours after he was summoned by the probing agency at JIC Jammu in a case related to militant and Hawala funding. Quoting a top official news agency Kashmir News Observer reported that Bhat was summoned […]
SRINAGAR — Intensifying the crackdown on Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), the authorities in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district have seized thirteen properties belonging to banned outfit Jamaat-e-Islami. “In district Anantnag, properties at thirteen locations worth crores of rupees after being notified by District Magistrate Anantnag on the recommendation of SIA J&K have been sealed with restrictions on usage […]
SRINAGAR — At least four cowsheds were damaged in a massive blaze, which broke out on intervening Friday and Saturday night, at Tulbagh Shangus in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Reports reaching GNS said that four cow-sheds belonging to Mohammad Rafiq Khan and Abdul Majeed Khan, sons of Abdul Ayoub Khan, were gutted in a massive […]
SRINAGAR — Night temperatures dropped below freezing point in the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh region during the last 24 hours. The MeT office on Saturday forecast dry weather during the next 24 hours. “Weather is likely to remain dry in J&K and Ladakh during the next 24 hours. Night temperatures again dropped below the freezing […]
SRINAGAR — Provisional Selection List of the candidates for the posts of Junior Assistant/Cashier/Clerk/Store Attendant/Cadrex Clerk/Computer Cum Junior Assistant/Welfare Organizer of various Departments for UT Cadre, Divisional Cadres and various Departments for UT Cadre, Divisional Cadres and various District Cadres, advertised vide Notification No. 04 dated 16.12.2020, No. 05 dated 24.12.2020, No. 06 dated 29.12.2020 […]
SRINAGAR — A 3-year-old girl died after slipping into Mawar Nallah in Naugam Handwara in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Reports reaching GNS said that one Aaliya Rafiq, daughter of Mohammad Rafiq Chechi, was alongside her sister, when she accidently fell off a bridge into Mawar Nallah. The minor girl was evacuated from the water source […]
RAMBAN — Police found an improvised explosive device (IED) in a mini-bus that was carrying around 20 passengers on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district on Friday, officials said. “We received specific information that a matador is carrying a suspicious object. The vehicle was search and a suspected object was found at 12 pm,” […]