Govt orders summer vacation for schools from 15 to 24 July

Govt orders summer vacation for schools from 15 to 24 July

Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday announced summer break in schools falling in Kashmir valley and winter zone of Jammu division. “It is hereby ordered that all the government educational institutions and recognised private schools up to higher secondary level functioning in the Kashmir division and winter zone of Jammu division shall observe […]

Six persons injured in stray dogs attack in north Kashmir

Six persons injured in stray dogs attack in north Kashmir

Srinagar : Six people were injured in fresh dog attacks in border Town Uri sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday morning. Reports said that six people became fresh victims of stray dogs today morning at Dawaran village of Uri. In Dawaran Uri, a group of stray dogs attacked and injured 6 people, including […]

Floodlights Installed at Downtown Stadium

Floodlights Installed at Downtown Stadium

Srinagar: Ghani Memorial Statdium in Rajouri Kadal area of the old city here has become first open air sports facility in the Shahr-e-Khas were flood lights have been installed. Advisors to Governor, K Vijay Kumar, Khurshid Ahmad Ganai and K K Sharma visited Rajouri Kadal where the newly installed facility of flood lights was jointly inaugurated by […]

Martyrs Day: JRL calls for strike on July 13

Martyrs Day: JRL calls for strike on July 13

Srinagar : Joint Resistance Leadership on Thursday said that a complete strike will be observed on July 13th, in remembrance of martyrs of the land and as a means to once again reiterate the urgent need for a peaceful and just resolution of the Kashmir conflict. Meanwhile, paying tributes to the martyrs 13th July 1931 Hurriyat […]

Fresh batch of 5486 pilgrims leave for Amarnath cave

Fresh batch of 5486 pilgrims leave for Amarnath cave

Srinagar : A fresh batch of 5486 pilgrims on Thursday left for the Amarnath cave in South of Himalayas from Yatri Niwas, Bhagwati Nagar base camp, here. The fleet of 221 vehicles ferrying pilgrims was escorted by CRPF personnel in jeeps and on motorbikes. However, for Pahalgam route, 2514 male, 591 females, 25 children and […]

J&K govt terminates 9 doctors over ‘unauthorised absence’ from duties

J&K govt terminates 9 doctors over ‘unauthorised absence’ from duties

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Government Wednesday terminated nine doctors for remaining unauthorisedly absent from duties. An order issued by the government today said that the doctors had been sent notices for remaining absent from their duties and they were provided an opportunity to report back. The order stated that the doctors were given a chance to […]

PDP appeals Governor to release Hurriyat (G) spokesman

PDP appeals Governor to release Hurriyat (G) spokesman

Srinagar : Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday demanded immediate release of Hurriyat Conference (G) spokesman Ayaz Akbar on humanitarian grounds so that he could attend his ailing wife who is suffering from a life threatening disease. In a statement  senior PDP leader and party’s state secretary Noor Mohammad Sheikh has said that Akbar’s wife […]