JAMMU, SEPTEMBER 19: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 4,65,721 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this regard, […]
Baramulla, Sep 19: A local court on Saturday sentenced a man to life imprisonment after holding him guilty of attacking and killing of a man in Sopore area of north Kashmiri’s Baramulla district. Sources told news gathering agency Kashmir Dot Com-(KDC) that Principal and District Sessions Judge Baramulla Sanjay Parihar on Saturday convicted Altaf Ahmad Tantry […]
The Rajya Sabha today passed a legislation that provides for up to five years in jail for those attacking doctors and healthcare workers fighting the COVID-19 outbreak or during any situation akin to the current pandemic. The Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Bill, 2020 was introduced by Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan in the Upper House on […]
Several trade bodies of Valley on Saturday welcomed the economic package for revival of UT’s ailing business sector announced by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and hoped Centre and UT Governments will not only stop here but come up with further backing. Talking to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Chairperson PHD Chamber of Commerce in Kashmir Mr. […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday issued a clarification regarding the discount on electricity and water charges it announced along with a Rs 1350 industrial revival package earlier in the day. Spokesperson J&K government, Rohit Kansal tweeted that the 50 percent discount on electricity and water charges announced in today’s package corresponded to […]
Lieutenant Governor J&K Manoj Sinha on Saturday inaugurated J&K Police Women’s 2020 Cricket Tournament at Degree College, Anantnag. According to KNS, Lieutenant Governor Sinha congratulated the young players for their efforts and wished them a bright future. Teams from southern districts including Anantnag, Kulgam and Pulwama will take part in the tournament. SSP Anantnag Sandeep […]
Apni Party president Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Saturday said the Army’s probe findings in Shopian encounter admitting violations of Standard Operating Procedures and Army conduct rules will significantly reduce the trust deficit and alienation among people in Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing a press conference at the Party office in Gandhi Nagar Jammu, Bukhari extended […]
An army porter died on Saturday in Machil area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. According to SSP Kupwara Shriram Ambarkar, the deceased was on duty when he slipped to death. “The porter was associated with army’s 45RR unit in Machil Kupwara”, said the SSP. The deceased was taken to a nearby hospital where doctors declared […]
With India’s China Study Group (CSG) meeting on Friday, the stage has been set for a meeting of military commanders of the two countries in the coming week, to discuss disengagement and subsequent withdrawal of PLA troops from Ladakh. The outcome of the military commanders’ meeting will largely depend on PLA’s posture along the Line […]
The Army’s admission that it has exceeded legal brief under the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in the killing of three persons on July 18 in South Kashmir’s Shopian district has brought focus back on the AFSPA with human rights bodies seeking its revocation. Meenakshi Ganguly, director, Human Rights Watch, South Asia has […]