Srinagar : In a significant development , chairman State Human Rights Commission (rtd) Justice Bilal Nazki today issued notices almost all leading private schools of Kashmir asking them to file the detailed compliance report before the commission within two weeks as to what procedure they are following during the admission process and whether poor and […]
Jammu Two militants, who were arrested from Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, were part of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit and had come to the town to ferry weapons to the Kashmir Valley, a senior police officer said on Thursday. Senior Superintendent of Police, Poonch, Rajiv Pandey said a special investigation team (SIT) headed by a […]
Government forces on Thursday launched two major search operations at main town and Sarol area of Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. Reports said that, following inputs about the presence of some suspects in the area, government forces started conducting searches in Bela colony locality of Rajouri. They said that government forces have also cordoned […]
Afghan officials say the Taliban have killed 30 policemen in a blistering overnight attack in western Farah province. Provincial council member Dadullah Qani said on Thursday that the onslaught on the police outpost in the province’s district of Khaki Safed began late on Wednesday and continued for more than four hours. In Kabul, lawmaker Samiullah […]
Srinagar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Chander Mohan Gupta has been elected the mayor of Jammu municipal corporation (JMC) on Thursday. Sources said that Gupta polled 45 votes while the opposition candidate Vijay Choudhary Congress polled 30 votes. Gupta was a treasurer in J&K unit of the BJP.
Srinagar: The family of the eight-year-old Kathua rape and murder victim has decided to drop their lawyer Deepika Rajawat as she has barely been available at the court hearings, the victim’s father has said. Those close to the family said he has moved an application in the Pathankot court in Punjab, where the case was […]
Srinagar : A delegation of Jama’at-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir led by its chief Dr Abdul Hamid Fayaz met chairman Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Geelani at his Hyderpora residence and expressed condolences on the death of his son-in-law. Jama’at spokesman in a statement said the delegation met Geelani and expressed condolences on the death of […]
Ganderbal : Police Inspector (SHO Sonamarg) and his escort on Wednesday had a narrow escape from being hit by a snow avalanche on Srinagar-Leh road near Zojila Pass during heavy Snowfall. Reports said that Station House Officer Sonamarg Manzoor Ahmad Mir and his team miraculously escaped from being hit by snow avalanche near Zojila Pass […]
SRINAGAR : The Chief Electoral Officer, J&K, Shaleen Kabra today issued the notification for conduct of the final phase of Panchayati Polls-2018 to elect Sarpanches and Panches. The notification has been issued for Block Natnussa, Drugmulla and Magam in District Kupwara, Banakoot in District Bandipora, Tujjar Sharief, Hardaboora and Tangmarg in Baramulla District, Wakura in […]
BJP has been sending confusing signals to Kashmir in the past four years. From the agenda of alliance with PDP to hard policy against separatists, the Central leadership of BJP has been trying every new trick in Kashmir to gain control over them politically. The latest from the BJP is that they are trying to […]