GANDERBAL — A teenage boy was injured after being allegedly beaten by a Mullah (teacher) of a local Madrassa for not wearing Khan-dress in Kangan area of Central Kashmir’s district on yesterday (Monday). Mother of the boy told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that her son, aged about 14, had gone to a local […]
SRINAGAR — A court on Tuesday sent Nadeem Nadu, the main accused in the sexual exploitation of a university student, to judicial remand after his police remand came to an end. Sources told news agency Kashmir News Observer that Nadu, a self-proclaimed journalist from Anantnag, was produced before a court, which sent him to judicial […]
SRINAGAR — The Principal Secretary Higher Education Department Rohit Kansal complimented the Government College of Education Srinagar, Islamia College of Science and Commerce Srinagar and Government Degree College Khour, Jammu on their excellent performance in the accreditation gradings. The GCOE Srinagar has been Accredited with an A grade with a CGPA of 3.24. The grading […]
JAMMU — Senior IPS officer Deepak Kumar was on Tuesday given the additional charge of Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (Prisons). The post fell vacant after the murder of DGP (prisons) Hemant Kumar Lohia allegedly by his domestic help here last week. Kumar, a 1993-batch officer, is presently posted as Director General (prosecution) […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir adminstration has approved a proposal to authorise departmental stores to sell beer and other ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages in urban areas, an official said. The decision was taken by the Administrative Council that met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, advisor to the Lieutenant Governor […]
SRINAGAR — A non-local driver was killed after a heavy shooting stone hit a apple laden vehicle along Mughal road this afternoon, officials said. They told GNS that one Toffiq Ahmad son of Qurban Ali, resident of Sitapur Uttar Pradesh, died on spot after a truck bearing registration number UP32MN 1224 he was driving was […]
SRINAGAR — The government of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday ordered transfers and postings of several IAS, JKAS officers in the Union Territory in the interest of administration. According to an order, Mr. Narinder Singh Bali, IAS, Secretary in the Department of Forest, Ecology and Environment, is transferred and posted as Mission Director, Mission Dairy […]
SRINAGAR — The NIA on Tuesday arrested chairperson of Al-Huda Educational Trust (AHED), a frontal organisation of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), Mohammad Ameer Shamshi as the agency carried out searches in eight districts of Jammu and Kashmir, an official said. The searches were conducted at 18 locations in Rajouri, Poonch, Jammu, Srinagar, Bandipora, Shopian, Pulwama […]
SRINAGAR — The President of India on Tuesday appointed Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. According to an order, justice Magrey’s term will start the day he assume charges of his office. “In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article […]
SRINAGAR — Weather was partly cloudy in J&K during the last 24 hours. The MeT office said on Tuesday that mainly clear sky with possibility of light rain at isolated places is likely during next 24 hours. “Mainly clear sky with possibility of light rain at isolated places is likely in J&K during the next […]