(Agencies) Srinagar : National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah claimed on Monday that bureaucrats, who backed early Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, were being “browbeaten and threatened” using performance appraisals against them. Abdullah has been outspoken against the Election Commission’s decision to not hold assembly elections in the state simultaneously with the upcoming […]
Srinagar : The family members of a minor boy who has gone missing from his home in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday sought the help of public to trace his whereabouts. Danish Bashir Khan (13), son of Bashir Ahmad of Hathlangoo area of Sopore tehsil went missing from his home on […]
Srinagar : Government forces on Monday morning launched a cordon and search operation in Lattishart village of Tujjar Sharif area of Zainageer Sopore in north Kashmir. An official said that the operation was launched by a joint team of forces following the inputs of the presence of militants in Lattishart village. The mixed contingents’ of […]
Srinagar : Army commander, Northern Command, Lt Gen Ranbir Singh Saturday visited the forward posts in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir and reviewed the operational preparedness of the force. The General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command, visited forward posts in Western Ladakh and reviewed operational preparedness in the sector, a defence spokesperson said here. He […]
(Agencies) Jammu : Heavy firing exchanges took place on Saturday between Indian and Pakistani troopers on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, a defence official said. “At around 1.30 p.m. today, the Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation by shelling mortars and firing of small arms along the LoC […]
(Agencies) Srinagar: Former IAS officer Shah Faesal will launch his political outfit ‘Jammu and Kashmir People’s Movement’ at a function in Rajbagh area of the city on Sunday. He said the function will be held at Gindun Ground in Rajbagh. The 2010 batch UPSC topper resigned from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in January this […]
Srinagar : Police Station Parimpora Srinagar on Saturday sought a general help in identifying a male dead body. The spokesman said that police station received information regarding an accident in which an unknown pedestrian was hit by a Tata mobile vehicle near Ansari Toyota Parimpora. The pedestrian later succumbed to his injuries at JVC hospital. […]
Srinagar: National Conference president, Dr Farooq Abdullah and Vice president Omar Abdullah Saturday expressed condolences to the bereaved families whose kin died in a road accident in Ramban district on Saturday. “Party President Dr Farooq Abdullah and Vice President Mr Omar Abdullah expressed heartfelt condolences to the families of those killed in a tragic road […]
Srinagar : Unknown gunmen on Saturday shot dead a woman Special Police Officer (SPO) in Shopian district of south Kashmir. Official sources said that a female SPO identified as Khushboo Jan, a resident of Vehil village of Shopian district was fired upon by unknown gunmen at her house in Vehil Village, leaving her critically injured. […]
Srinagar : The authorities placed under suspension a Tehsildar among several revenue officials in Shopian after 51 walnut trees were felled without authorization in Keegam village of the south Kashmir district. “It has come to the notice of undersigned that 51 (fifty-one walnut trees) have been unauthorizedly cut down in village Keegam some days back […]