JAMMU : According to Chief Engineer Mughal Road Project, Jammu Mughal road has been closed for vehicular traffic between Chandimarh in Poonch district of Jammu region and Heerpora village in Shopian district of Kashmir region from January 01, 2019. The decision has been taken due to the sharp dip in temperatures and frost action, which […]
JAMMU : Stressing for outcome-based disposal of the grievances, Project Director J&K Governor’s Grievance Cell (JKGGC), Inam-ul-Haq Siddiqui, today chaired a meeting of nodal officers of various government departments to review the status of pending complaints received and forwarded by the Cell. Nodal Officers from various departments including Industry & Commerce Department, Handicrafts Department, Handloom […]
Srinagar : Crime Branch (CB) Kashmir on Wednesday issued an advisory to the overseas jobseekers following a spurt in fraud complaints and cases regarding overseas employment services provided by consultancies. In the advisory the CB Kashmir has said that it has noticed some unauthorized and illegal manpower job consulting agencies being established in Kashmir who […]
(Agencies) Srinagar: Altogether 140 militants were killed by government forces in Jammu and Kashmir between June and December 2018 during which 426 stone pelting incidents were also reported in the state, Union minister Hansraj Ahir said Wednesday. Replying to a written question in Rajya Sabha, he said 140 militants were killed from June 25 to […]
Karnah : Dozens of far-flung and remote villages near the Line of Control (LoC) remain cutoff from district and tehsil headquarters on Wednesday due to moderate to heavy snow fall in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Official sources said that the road between Kupwara to Karnah closed due to heavy snowfall at Sadhna top remain people […]
Srinagar : Stating that the youth being killed on the path of militancy is painful, Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh on Wednesday said that 252 militants were killed during counter insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir. While briefing a presser at Police headquarters Srinagar, the Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh, along with […]
Srinagar: The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) on Tuesday expressed outrage over looting of shops of Kashmiri traders in Rohru area of Shimla, even as it appealed to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to safeguard and protect Kashmiri businessmen and students across the country. Addressing a news conference in Srinagar, KCCI president Sheikh […]
Srinagar : The Hurriyat (M) on Tuesday said that the phone call of former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti to its chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq condemning the Jamia incident which she is broadcasting in media for obvious reasons, is quite ironic as it was during her tenure as CM that the mosque was most barred to […]
Srinagar A youth died on Monday evening after he was hit by a falling tree in Pattan area of north Kasmir’s Baramulla district. Reports said that a youth identified as Fazil Ahmed Bhat, son of Ghulam Mohammad Bhat, came under a falling tree when the locals were cutting trees in Palhalan area of Pattan, resulting […]
(Agencies) Toronto/Mumbai : Veteran actor-writer Kader Khan passed away due to prolonged illness at the age of 81 on December 31, his son Sarfaraz confirmed. Khan was admitted to a hospital in Canada and his son confirmed that his last rites will be conducted in the country. “My dad has left us. He passed away […]