SRINAGAR — Kashmir University’s Media Education Research Centre (MERC) has bagged the first prize at the ‘SONY World of Film Competition’ 2022. As per a varsity spokesman, a university student entry titled ‘An Unknown Environmentalist’ by Muzamil Bhat, Suheel Nissar Paul, Aadil Shafi and Suhaib Rafiq Bhat-3rd semester students from batch 2020-at MERC made it […]
KUPWARA — Peoples Conference Chairman Sajad Gani Lone Friday requested Punjab Police to give justice to the Kupwara family who believes that one of their members selling shawls in Firozpur Punjab has been murdered. Earlier, the body of Kashmir Shawl seller from Sirajpora Handwara was found in Firozpur a day after he had gone missing. […]
SRINAGAR — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested its former Superintendent of Police (SP) and IPS officer Arvind Digvijay Negi for allegedly leaking secret documents to an overground worker of the banned militant organization Lashkar-e-Taiba, its official spokesperson said. The spokesperson said that Negi, a police officer who was promoted to the IPS […]
JAMMU — As a major initiative towards good governance and ease of convenience to the citizens, the Revenue Department is starting issuance of trilingual Land Passbooks in Hindi, Urdu and English to the landholders with effect from 19th of February 2022 from the districts of Jammu and Srinagar. To begin with, 7 Tehsils of Srinagar […]
POONCH — A 50-year-old man was injured after attacked by a wild boar (wild pig) in Mendhar area of Poonch district on Friday. Official sources said that the Wild boar attack Abdul Haq (50) son of Lal Din at Nakka Manjhari village in Mendhar, leaving him injured. He was shifted to hospital. Dr Naveed Anjum […]
SRINAGAR — An 8-year-old girl died after drowning in a rivulet in Tekipora in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday afternoon. Reports said that Sania, 8, daughter of Shamsuddin Bhat drowned in Machhar nallah. Soon after the news spread, locals of the area rushed to the site and fished out the girl in unconscious condition […]
NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir along with the development initiatives undertaken in the Union Territory. Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Army Chief Gen Mukund Naravane and top security officials of the central government and […]
JAMMU — In yet another relief to senior BJP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Dr Nirmal Singh, and his wife Mamta Singh, the Jammu and Kashmir Special Tribunal has extended the stay on demolition order of the Jammu Development Authority that had asked the couple to demolish their “illegally” built […]
SRINAGAR — A policeman sustained minor injuries in a grenade blast at Khajbazaar Nowhatta area of Downtown Srinagar on Friday. As details emerge, policeman Ashiq Hussain sustained minor injuries in the blast in which three shops were also minorily damaged. The incident happened around 1:00 Pm when suspected militants hurled the grenade at joint police […]
PULWAMA — The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Pulwama, Baseer Ul Haq Choudhary today chaired a meeting here regarding the arrangements and preparedness for reopening of educational institutions in the district. At the outset, Choudhary said that the education system was affected by the global pandemic and after a gap of two years educational institutions can resume […]