Five shops damaged in Uri fire

Five shops damaged in Uri fire

Srinagar : Five shops were damaged in a massive fire incident in Uri market in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday. An official said that a massive fire broke out from a shop at around 4.30 am on Monday and it spread quickly to the adjoining shops and damaged property worth lacs. He said the […]

Man held with grenades at Army recruitment rally in Poonch

Man held with grenades at Army recruitment rally in Poonch

Srinagar  : A man was held with grenades at an army recruitment rally in Surankote in Poonch district on Monday. The incident comes days after a grenade blast at a bus stand in Jammu killed two people and injured several others. Around 10: 40 am, Rajinder Singh son of Krishnan Singh resident of Kala Kote […]

NIA summons Mirwaiz to Delhi for questioning in funding case

NIA summons Mirwaiz to Delhi for questioning in funding case

Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency on Saturday summoned Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq to its headquarters in New Delhi. Mirwaiz, sources said, has bee asked to present himself before the investigators at its New Delhi head office. Pertinently, on 26 Feb last month, the NIA raided Mirwaiz’s residence at Nigeen and searched the premises […]

Srinagar-Jammu highway taking Kashmir hostage, Govt silent: KEA

Srinagar-Jammu highway taking Kashmir hostage, Govt silent: KEA

Srinagar : Expressing serious concern over frequent closure of the Srinagar-Jammu highway, the Kashmir Economic Alliance Chairman Haji Muhammad Yasin Khan has said that the pathetic condition of this only road link to outside world has become a means of taking Kashmir and its people hostage. He said over seven million souls living in Kashmir […]

Seven CRPF personnel injured after bullet-proof vehicle turns turtle in Srinagar, two critical

Seven CRPF personnel injured after bullet-proof vehicle turns turtle in Srinagar, two critical

Srinagar: Seven Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel including a sub-inspector were injured in a road accident in Parimpora area of Srinagar on Saturday, reports said. According to news gathering agency GNS, a bullet-proof bunker vehicle of CRPF 53 BN (G Coy) bearing registration number JK05D-1081 turned turtle at Parimpora, leaving seven troopers injured. The […]

One dead, two injured in north Kashmir road mishap

One dead, two injured in north Kashmir road mishap

Srinagar: One person was killed while another suffered injuries after a private vehicle collided with a passenger auto in north Kashmir’s Uri on Saturday.  Reports said that a passenger auto bearing registration number JKO5C-6326 was on way to Baramulla from Bagna Norkha Uri and met with an accident at Bagna mode resulting in the death of […]

SAC approves creation of 33 posts in govt medical colleges in JK

SAC approves creation of 33 posts in govt medical colleges in JK

Jammu : The Jammu and Kashmir administration has approved creation of 33 posts in Government Medical Colleges (GMC) in Jammu and Srinagar, an official spokesman said Saturday. The sanction was accorded at a meeting of the State Administrative Council (SAC) under the chairmanship of Governor Satya Pal Malik here on Friday, the spokesman said. With the creation of these 33 posts, he said the long pending issues of stagnation of employees […]