SRINAGAR — Apni Party President Syed Muhammad Altaf Bukhari on Thursday called on the Union Home Minister Amit Shah to intervene in the matter of an assault on three J&K students studying in Mohali-Punjab. In a statement, Bukhari said the merciless beating of three Kashmiri students by a mob inside a housing society at Kharar-Mohali […]
SRINAGAR — An active militant of LeT was arrested on Thursday by security forces at Budgam in central Kashmir, official sources said. They said that militant identified as Jehangir Ahamad Naikoo son of Ghulam Mohammad, a resident of Mememder area of Shopian district was arrested near Budgam Town. “Jehangir was missing since 01 Jan 2022,” […]
SRINAGAR — Light rains lashed plains in Jammu and Kashmir while upper reaches including Gulmarg received fresh snowfall, officials said on Thursday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar received 2.9mm rainfall in last 24 hours till 0830 hours today while the summer capital of the J&K recorded a low of 2.2°C against […]
LONDON — A London-based law firm filed an application with British police Tuesday seeking the arrest of India’s army chief and the Union Home Minister over their alleged roles in war crimes in disputed Kashmir. Law firm Stoke White said it submitted extensive evidence to the Metropolitan Police’s War Crimes Unit documenting how Indian forces […]
JAMMU — Leaving enough scope for mis-utilization or diversion of funds, the district level disaster accounts have never been audited in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir mainly because of absolute non-seriousness at every level in the Government. This is notwithstanding the explicit directives of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India made […]
NEW DELHI — The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has included the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh under the category of ‘Hard Areas’ for the joint AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territories) cadre for IAS and IPS officers. The categorisation, which was brought in by an 18 January amendment to the earlier […]
SOPORE — Despite strict orders by the government for closure of schools and private coaching institutions amid rise in Covid-19 cases, several schools and private coaching institutions continue to function normally in Sopore town of Baramulla district, parents alleged here on Wednesday. Several parents expressed concern over functioning of private schools and coaching institutions despite […]
Peerzada Zubair SRINAGAR — Jammu based Rj Simran, and Kashmir’s Rj Umar Nisar Attended UNICEF Conference to understand the role of Radio to strengthen It’s initiatives including JalJeevanMission – ‘Har Ghar Jal’ Rj Simran also known as ‘Jammu Ki Dhadkan’ officially working with Radio Mirchi 98.3 and Kashmir’s Umar Nisar, also known as ‘Radio boy […]
JAMMU — Police in Ramban had been carrying wide scale searches around Ramsu area of the mountainous district from last couple of days to locate three members of Lucknow family after receiving a social media message that the trio was “incommunicado” having got stuck there. However as the facts surfaced, all three of them had […]
SRINAGAR — The J&K Services Selection Board on Wednesday said it will hold a one-time separate Computer Based Test (CBT) for various posts of the COVID positive aspirants scheduled to appear in the exam from January 21-24 in view of a steep spike in cases. Confirming the development, a board spokesperson said in a statement […]