SRINAGAR — The Directorate of School Education, Government of Jammu and Kashmir has announced summer vacation for all Government and Private Schools in Jammu division. In a communique Director School Education Jammu, Dr. Ravi Shankar Sharma said, “In view of the prevailing hot weather conditions, it is hereby ordered that all the Government Educational Institutions […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmiri Pandits on Saturday hit the streets again in Rajbagh area of srinagar in Central kashmir to register their protest against the killing of Rahul Bhat at Chadoora, Budgam. Witnesses said that the protesters were holding banners that read “our only demand relocation/Deputation of all valley posted migrant employees to any other place […]
SRINAGAR — After witnessing an inclement weather during the past 24 hours, Jammu and Kashmir is likely to experience rain and thundershowers in several parts on Saturday, as per the Met department. “Rain and thundershower is likely to occur at many places in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department […]
NEW DELHI — The CBI on Friday questioned former Jammu and Kashmir finance minister Haseeb Drabu for alleged corruption in the purchase of a building for Jammu and Kashmir Bank’s integrated office in Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla complex when he was the chairman of the bank, officials said. Drabu was booked by the CBI in its […]
SRINAGAR — Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Zone, Vijay Kumar visited South Kashmir on Friday and chaired a meeting at Anantnag in connection with security preparation of annual Amarnath yatra 2022. DIG South Kashmir Range Abdul Jabbar, SSP Anantnag, Kulgam and Awantipora participated in the meeting, officials said. They said different types of threats […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has condemned the conviction of Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik by a Delhi court in a case related to funding of militant activities in Jammu and Kashmir, after he pleaded guilty to all charges framed against him. Malik, a Hurriyat leader and chief of the banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), […]
UNITED NATIONS — India on Friday slammed Pakistan for making “unwarranted remarks” on Jammu and Kashmir, saying comments made by its Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in the UN Security Council are a “pavlovian response” aimed to misuse any forum and every topic to propagate false and malicious propaganda against New Delhi. India’s response came […]
SRINAGAR — Professor (Retired) Nilofar Khan, who was yesterday appointed as new Vice Chancellor of the University of Kashmir, assumed charge of the office of VC on Friday. An official from Kashmir University confirmed to Kashmir Dot Com that Khan assumed the charge of the office of Vice Chancellor this morning and was welcomed by […]
KUPWARA — One militant was killed as the army foiled an infiltration bid at Tangdar sector along the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Kupwara on Friday. Official source said that militants were trying to infiltrate along LoC and were intercepted by the troops. “One militant was killed amid on going operation,” they said, […]
URI — A village-level worker (VLW) of RDD was arrested with over 10 kilograms of heroin worth crores of rupees in Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, police said on Friday. A senior police officer told GNS that during routine checking by a joint team of Police and army on Srinagar-Muzaffarabad highway, narcotics weighing […]