SRINAGAR — The J&K government on Thursday ordered premature retirement of five officers under a provision brought in October 2020, officials said. The order comes a day after five employees–two policemen,a teacher, a computer operator and a Nursing Orderly were sacked from services under Article 311 of the Constitution of India. In October, 2020 the […]
SRINAGAR — Crime Branch Kashmir on Thursday filed chargesheet against two persons for duping and cheating Haj aspirants by allegedly grabbing Rs 8 lakhs fraudulently and dishonestly on the pretext of organizing the pilgrimage in 2020. A spokesperson of the Crime Branch Kashmir said that charge-sheet in case (FIR No: 38/2020) under section 420, 120-B […]
SRINAGAR — Twenty-four persons were killed in the concluding month of March across the Kashmir Valley in different militancy-related incidents. These include a Panch, 2 Sarpanchs, 4 civilians, 2 cops, a soldier, and a trooper. Besides 13 militants including two non-local militants as per police were killed in March. The data available with the news […]
ANANTNAG — Residents of Thajiwara Achabal in this south Kashmir’s district blocked Anantnag-Achabal road and staged protest against Jal Shakti Department for “failing” to provide drinking water supply to the area. According to the protesters, mainly women, the residents face acute shortage of drinking water supply. They alleged that they have brought the issue to […]
SRINAGAR — Body of a mentally unsound person was found in Kupwara district of north Kashmir on Thursday. Reports reaching GNS said that some passersby spotted the body near Jamia Masjid Drugmulla and informed the police station about it. A police team reached the spot and took the body into possession. The deceased has been […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained dry in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Thursday as the Met Department predicted dry weather with mainly clear sky during the next 24 hours. “Weather is likely to remain dry with mainly clear sky in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh during the next 24 hours,” an official of the Department […]
SRINAGAR — Twenty-two houses were gutted in a devastating midnight blaze in Gata- Colony Noor Bagh area of Srinagar city. Besides the massive property loss, four persons including a firefighter sustained injuries during the rescue operation. The victims told the news agency Kashmir News Trust that the fire emanated from a house due to a […]
SRINAGAR — The district police Srinagar on Wednesday claimed to have arrested six persons involved in stabbing incident at Badamwari area of Rainawari. A police spokesman in a statement said that on 28- 03-2022 in the evening hours, a scuffle broke out outside Badamwari between the two groups comprising of young boys, over a trivial […]
BUDGAM — A 17-year-old girl committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday. Sources said that a 17 years old girl (name withheld) from Tilsara consumed some poisonous substance at her home following which she was rushed to the hospital where doctors declared her dead. After medico-legal formalities, the […]
SRINAGAR — An ancient sculpture dating back to 9th Century was recovered from river Jehlum in Kakapora area of Pulwama district on Wednesday. An official said that some labourers were extracting sand in river Jehleum in Lelhara Kakapora area of Pulwama district and they found an ancient sculpture from the river. He said that after […]