KUPWARA — Ten teachers were suspended in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district after failing to join their new place of postings that were assigned to them by the Education Department. An order copy lying with the news agency Kashmir Dot Com reads, “As reported by Zonal Education Officer Kralpora vide No. ZEO/K/489 Dated: 17.05.2022, the below […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir administration led by Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha on Thursday appointed Prof Neelofer Khan as the new Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kashmir. Professor Khan was working in the department of Home Science. Sinha in a communiqué has said that, “In exercise of the powers vested under him under Section […]
NEW DELHI — China has begun constructing a second bridge across the Pangong Lake that will be capable of accommodating heavy armoured vehicles, months after completing another bridge in the same region that is claimed by India, reported Hindustan Times. According to the HT report, second bridge is being constructed parallel to the first bridge, […]
JAMMU — Divisional Commissioner Jammu Ramesh Kumar on Wednesday handed over an ex-gratia amount of Rs 5 lakh and appointment letter to the Next of Kin of Rahul Bhat, a Kashmiri Pandit employee who was killed by militants in tehsil office in Chadoora on May 12. As per official statement, Divisional Commissioner, accompanied by the […]
NEW DELHI — The NIA court here on Thursday convicted Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik in a terror funding case in which he has previously pleaded guilty. Now, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) authorities will have to assess his financial situation and arguments on the quantum of the sentence, which will be heard on May […]
NEW DELHI — The Centre has decided to deploy additional security forces in the Kashmir Valley in wake of the recent killing of minorities in the Union Territory, security sources said here. According to the sources, around 15,000 additional para-military force personnel will be deployed soon to tackle the security situation in the Valley and […]
SRINAGAR — Three young girls (name withheld) riding on a Scooty were injured after the Scooty they were riding met with an accident near Security Line in Srinagar uptown on Thursday. Two among them are the residents of Bemina Srinagar and one is from Lawaypora. Hospital sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that three […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained mainly clear in J&K during the last 24 hours as the Meteorological (MeT) department said on Thursday that mainly clear weather is expected during the next 24 hours. “Weather is likely to remain mainly clear to partly cloudy during the next 24 hours in J&K”, an official of the MeT department […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday said it cracked the case of recent militant attack on wine shop in Baramulla district in North Kashmir and arrested four militants and one associate of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant outfit. Besides it recovered arms and ammunition from their possession. On Tuesday, militants lobbed grenade on wine shop […]
DOORU (ANANTNAG) — A 10-year-old boy was crushed to death by a speedy tipper in Dooru area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Wednesday evening. An official said that an unknown tipper tipper hit a boy identified as Huzaif Shabir son of Shabir Ahmad a resident of Shankerpora Dooru. He said that soon after the […]