Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police Thursday claimed to have achieved major success by solving various theft cases in central Kashmir’s Budgam district by arresting 5 accused and recovered property worth lakhs. A police spokesman in a statement said that police station Chadoora acted on various complaints received during recent past, from complainants wherein one Maruti 800, Motor […]
Srinagar : Separatist leader Shakeel Bakshi escaped an attack on his life by unidentified gunmen here on Wednesday, officials said. The gunmen entered Bakshi’s residence at Bemina locality and opened fire at him. However, the assailants missed the target and Bakshi managed to escape unhurt, the officials said. The police have taken cognizance of the […]
Srinagar : Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested a Hizbul Mujahideen millitant from central Kashmir’s Budgam district. A source said that a naka was laid by the Budgam Police at Qazipora area of the district following a tip-off about the movement of some militants in the area. “During the checking, one militant has been apprehended along […]
Srinagar : CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami said a few hours of a downpour on Thursday once again exposed the hollow claims of flood preparedness in Kashmir. A spell of heavy showers in the morning caused water-logging in many places in the Valley and capital Srinagar city as well. Several localities in the city […]
SRINAGAR : Due to frequent landslides and erratic weather conditions on the National Highway, the Divisional Commissioner on Tuesday directed concerned officers to divert all trucks, loaded with mutton and poultry supplies from Jammu to the Valley through Mughal Road so that the adequate stocks are maintained for the ongoing marriage season and upcoming Eid-ul-Zuha festival […]
Agencies Srinagar : Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Kashmir unit on Friday organized the International Day of Yoga at Gindan Park Rajbagh in Srinagar. BJP State General Secretary (org) Ashok Koul was the chief guest while guest of honor was Jammu Mayor Chander Mohan Gupta. Speaking on the occasion, Ashok Koul said that it was not […]
Srinagar : An Army soldier allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle inside the camp in north Kashmir’s Pattan on Saturday. Reports said that an army man of 22 Engineering Regiment, posted at Hamrey Pattan, shot himself while on duty today at around 11:00 am. Soon after the incident, his colleagues immediately […]
Srinagar : National Conference has won all three Lok Sabha seats in Kashmir. NC president Farooq Abdullah has won Srinagar parliamentary seat, Akbar Lone was declared victorious from Baramulla and Hasnain Masoodi from Anantnag. This will be the fourth win in a Lok Sabha election for Farooq, who has so far lost an election only […]
Javaid Malik Kulgam: The areas around Asnoor village of Kulgam district are without electric supply in this holy month of Ramadan. The villagers said that in the past few weeks the transformer was damaged twice and was replaced twice. Giving details the village elders said that on the instructions of ground staff of the PDD […]
Srinagar : The Private Schools Association of Jammu and Kashmir ( PSAJK) has condemned the AICTE directive asking students from Jammu and Kashmir not to take admission in educational institutions in Pakistan Administered Kashmir ( PaK). The Association said that such directions negate the basic principle of SAARC cooperation, where both India and Pakistan are signatories. […]