Taliban fighters overran a northern Afghan army base, officials said today, killing at least 14 soldiers with dozens feared captured and others said to have fled in the latest blow to the country’s security forces. Militants gained control of the base in Ghormach district of volatile Faryab province after days of heavy fighting, according to […]
Srinagar : Governor NN Vohra chaired a meeting to review the functioning of the school department in which he asked the chief secretary to consider early release of salaries of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) teachers. “At a meeting held at the State Secretariat Governor N N Vohra called for continuing the capacity building of teachers […]
Srinagar : Indian Army on Tuesday claimed to have killed two Pakistani soldiers in “retaliatory action” in Tanghdar sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. “In retaliatory action to unprovoked ceasefire violations and repeated attempts to facilitate infiltration by Pakistan Army in Tangdhar Sector, own troops carried out calibrated operations last night in which two Pakistani […]
Srinagar: Terming the ongoing spree of arrests and nocturnal raids as ‘most undemocratic’, Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik has said that from southern districts of Kashmir to northern districts and central Kashmir, a spree of arrests is going on unabated and thousands of young and […]
A man was found hanging from a tree in Manigah village of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Monday afternoon, police said. According to an official, a middle-aged man identified as Abdul Majeed Awan, son of Ghulam Rasool Awan, a resident of Shali Bhata Manigah of district Kupwara, was found hanging from a tree at Durnad […]
SRINAGAR: A seminar on hazards of smoking and use of tobacco products was organized by J&K Voluntary Health Association in collaboration with Government High school Pandrethan, Srinagar. Various speakers including students spoke on the subject to highlight the ill effects of smoking and use of tobacco products in various forms. A panel of judges selected […]
SRINAGAR : Principal Secretary Health & Medical Education, Dr Pawan Kotwal today launched online licensing system for obtaining drug license and its renewal of retail sale and wholesale establishments. Drugs & Food Control Organization (D&FCO) J&K in cooperation with XLN Cloud launched the new system for obtaining online license/renewal of retail sale and wholesale establishments […]
Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday claimed to have cracked an ATM theft by arresting an accused. A police spokesperson said police station Maisuma solved an ATM theft case by arresting the accused namely Tufail Ahmad Sheikh, a resident of Gadapora, Shopian. Sheikh, he said, had on July 20 deceitfully misused an ATM […]
Srinagar: A youth was injured in forces action who launched cordon and search operation (CASO) in Kissrigam village of Kakapora area in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday. Reports said that youth took to streets and clashed with the forces after the latter launched a cordon-and-search-operation in Kisrigam village of Kakapora. A youth, identified as […]
Srinagar : Police on Monday claimed to have traced out the missing youth of central Kashmir’s Chrar-e-Sharief within two days. A police spokesperson in a statement said that on August 10, 201810, a missing report was lodged by one Jahangir Ahmad Ganai son of Shakeel Ahmad Ganai a resident of Dardpora Cheraresharief about his brother […]