BUDGAM — The wife of a missing soldier from Khag area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district Wednesday urged one and all to set her husband free for the sake of her 10-day-old son and elderly parents. The JAKLI soldier Sameer Ahmed Malla, resident of Khag, Budgam had come to his home on leave. He, according […]
JAMMU — Over Rs. 150 crores have been planned to be spent on various infrastructural activities in higher education in the coming year. These activities include not just upgradation of physical infrastructure but other activities also such as faculty development, research centres and innovation hubs. This was revealed at a meeting at Civil Secretariat chaired […]
LEH — The Ladakh administration organised the first ‘Siachen ice climbing festival’ at the Nubra valley here, officials said on Wednesday. The festival, organised with an aim to promote the glacier as an adventure spot, was inaugurated by Sarpanch Khemi Halqa in presence of officials from the Ladakh Police and residents of Tongsted village on […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir ranked first in registration of unorganized workers on e-Shram portal. Union Minister for Labour and Employment, Bhupender Yadav, awarded the J&K with first position prize in a function organized in Vigyan Bhavan here today to celebrate 25 crore registrations of unorganized workers. The award was received by Commissioner Secretary […]
GANDERBAL — The Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole today inaugurated a clean-up drive in the vicinity of a Public Park in Ward 8 of Chak Duderhama area of the town during his visit to the district. The Div Com was accompanied by Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal Krittika Jyotsna, Director, Urban Local Bodies Department, […]
SRINAGAR — The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad accompanied by Senior Superintendent of Police, Rakesh Balwal Wednesday visited the family of Rafiya Nazir of Saderbal Check in Hazratbal area of the district who was killed in a grenade explosion at Amira Kadal on Sunday to provide ex-gratia relief and express solidarity with the […]
SRINAGAR — A Sarpanch affiliated with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was shot dead by unidentified persons at Khonmoh area of Srinagar outskirts on Wednesday evening. Official sources said that a Sarapnch identified as Sameer Ahmad Bhat was fired upon by unidentified gunmen at Khonmoh area. He was immediately shifted to SMHS hospital here where doctors […]
JAMMU — One person was killed and 14 injured in an IED blast in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Wednesday in Wednesday, police said. The blast took place at Salathia Chowk near the tehsil office in Udhampur. Talking to reporters at the site of incident. Additional Director General of Police, Jammu, Mukesh Singh said […]
HANDWARA — The body of a 37-year-old man, who drowned two days ago, was fished out on Wednesday from a river at Mawer area of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. An official said that the body of Muhammad Amin Bhat, son of Ghulam Mohidin Bhat of Langate who drowned while extracting sand two days […]
SRINAGAR — National Investigation Agency (NIA) with assistance of Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF raided multiple locations on Wednesday in Kashmir valley in connection with a case registered against banned organization Jamaat-e-Islami. Official sources told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that multiple locations were raided by the probing agency NIA with assistance of Jammu […]