Srinagar : Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam Tuesday asked the Deputy Commissioners (DCs) of respective districts to submit report on daily-basis on the compensation disbursed on account of crop loss due to recent heavy snowfall in Kashmir. “Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam has asked all the Dy Commissioners to submit report by 4 pm on daily-basis regarding […]
Srinagar : The roads leading to border areas Machil and Keran on Tuesday were closed following fresh snowfall in higher reaches of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. “The decision was taken as a precautionary measure due to slippery road conditions after a fresh snowfall,” said an official. An official said that the road connecting Machil and […]
Srinagar : Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani was on Monday shifted to SKIMS Soura for medical check-up. Hurriyat (G) leaders informed KNS that Geelani is fine and that he had to undergo some medical tests and calibration of pacemaker. “After complaining of chest pain, Geelani was shifted to SKIMS for medical checkup,” he […]
Srinagar: Unidentified men late Sunday night barged into the residential house of a Pulwama resident and stabbed him. Sources said that a 30-year-old man Shabir Ahmad Ganai was stabbed in his stomach by unidentified men in Nowpora Payeen village of the southern Kashmir’s Pulwama district. They said that Ganai was admitted to the District Hospital […]
The rupee weakened further and dipped by 54 paise to 73.04 against the US dollar Monday, owing to increased demand for the American currency from importers amid increasing global crude oil prices. International benchmark Brent crude was trading higher by 2.04 per cent at USD 71.61 per barrel. Forex traders said besides increased demand for […]
Srinagar: Kashmiri Sikh Community Monday held a protest demonstration in Srinagar demanding revocation of SRO-425 in Jammu and Kashmir. The Sikhs from various district of Kashmir valley assembled here in Pratap Park under the banner of Kashmir Sikh community. Holding placards and banners reading: “SRO- 425 totally injustice with Kashmiri Sikhs”, ” Stop Favouritism”, “Do […]
Jammu: Maj. Gen. Sharad Kapoor, GoC, 26 Infantry Division, met Governor Satya Pal Malik at the Raj Bhavan here today and briefed him about the security situation in the area of his responsibility. During their discussions, the Governor and the GOC reviewed issues relating to the pattern of infiltration from across the International Border and […]
Srinagar : Paying tributes to slain militants who were killed in Tral and Pulwama gunfights, Hurriyat (G) Conference chairman, Syed Ali Geelani on blamed the government and said that their insensitivity and unconcern is the sole reason for this “unabated bloodshed”. The spokesman said that the youth spilled their hot blood for the great and […]
Srinagar : Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Supreme Commander Syed Sallah-Ud-Din, Deputy Chief Saifullah Khalid and Field Operational Commander Mohammad Bin Qasim have in a joint statement mailed to KNS by Hizb Spokesman Saleem Hashmi paid glowing tributes to two militants killed in a gunfight in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district saying therein that ‘sacrifices of martyrs’ and won’t be […]
Jammu: An Army man was killed Saturday in sniper fire by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesman said. This was the second sniper attack along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir in as many days. An Army porter lost his life in a […]