SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir witnessed partly cloudy sky during the last 24 hours as the MeT department forecast mainly dry weather on Thursday. “Weather is likely to remain dry in J&K during the next 24 hours in J&K”, an official of the MeT department said. Srinagar recorded 11.6 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam 6.3 and Gulmarg […]
SHOPIAN — Three soldiers were injured in a blast inside their private hired vehicle at Sedaw area in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, the police said. They said, three soldiers were injured in a blast that took place inside private vehicle at Sedaw area of the district. The trio were shifted to […]
HYDERABAD — A woman software employee, who was a native of Jammu and Kashmir, was found hanging in her flat at Nanakramguda in Gachibowli here on Wednesday. She is suspected to have been upset over an unknown issue and died by suicide, police said. The victim was identified as Kirthi Sambyal (27), from Samba in […]
JAMMU — A senior official of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday called for the highest level of alertness and sharing of intelligence on the upcoming Amarnath Yatra to foil “nefarious designs” of anti-national elements and their masters from across the border. Additional Director General of Police Mukesh Singh also directed officials to conduct joint […]
SRINAGAR — A civilian was shot at and injured by suspected militants at Chidren village in Shopian district of South Kashmir on Wednesday evening. Reports said, a civilian identified as Farooq Ahmad Sheikh, son of Ghulam Nabi Sheikh was fired upon and injured by suspected militants at Chidren village in Shopian, leaving him injured. They […]
NEW DELHI — Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a high-level meeting on June 3 to discuss the situation in Jammu and Kashmir with Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and others, officials said here on Wednesday. They said besides the Lt Gov, senior functionaries of the home ministry and officials from the union territory would participate […]
JAMMU — In view of increased threat perception, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday decided to immediately post Kashmiri migrants employed under prime minister’s special package and other employees belonging to the Jammu division in “secured locations” in the Valley by June 6, officials sources said. The decision comes after a series of targeted […]
SAMBA — Protests against the killing of a Hindu school teacher in Kulgam continued to rock several parts of Jammu, Samba and Kathua districts of Jammu and Kashmir on the second consecutive day on Wednesday. Rajni Bala (36) was shot dead by militants following which Kashmiri Pandits, employed under the PM package, had threatened to […]
NEW DELHI — A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre and the Bar Council of India (BCI) to establish the Bar Council in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The plea has alleged that failure to provide Bar Council to lawyers from Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh is nothing […]
SRINAGAR — Tashafee Masoodi – a Grade 12 student from Delhi Public School Srinagar, has earned an admission and full scholarship worth 70,000 dollars (About 51 lakh rupees) at the prestigious Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar. The 18-year-old Tashafee, a student of Humanities has been offered a place at the university to […]