Advisor Baseer Khan condoles demise of BS Slathia

Advisor Baseer Khan condoles demise of BS Slathia

JAMMU, JUNE 28: Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Khan today condoled the sad demise of Senior Advocate and former President of J&K High Court Bar Association, Jammu, B S Slathia. In his message, the Advisor has prayed for the eternal peace to the departed soul and expressed solidarity with the bereaved family members

J-K Admin’s Order To Stock Up LPG Supply Sparks Speculations Amid Ladakh Standoff

J-K Admin’s Order To Stock Up LPG Supply Sparks Speculations Amid Ladakh Standoff

Amid protracted standoff between India and China in Ladakh, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has issued an order to the marketing companies to stock up two months’ supply of LPG cylinders in Kashmir Valley . The government has also ordered that schools in Ganderbal district, adjoining Kargil, to be vacated to accommodate paramilitary forces for Amarnath Yatra […]

Year-old baby killed in Kulgam mishap

Year-old baby killed in Kulgam mishap

Kulgam, June 28 (KNO): A 13-month-old baby from Ahwatoo area was killed in a road accident in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Sunday morning. An official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that a baby was on bike along with his father when he fell down, leaving him critically wounded. He was shifted to a […]

Police justifies the arrest of mother of slain militant says recruited 2 youth for militant outfit

Police justifies the arrest of mother of slain militant says recruited 2 youth for militant outfit

Police have arrested the mother of a slain militant Tauseef Ahmed in South Kashmir’s Shopian district while it says the sister of the slain militant is too wanted in an FIR registered against the mother-daughter duo. Tauseef was killed along with Hizb Commander Sadam Paddar and Kashmir University Professor Muhammad Rafi in Badigam Zainpora area […]

Opinions divided over new media policy

Opinions divided over new media policy

Srinagar: Jammu and Srinagar are divided on the issue of the new media policy drafted by UT administration in the first week of June. “We are with the country. Any journalist encouraging separatism and anti-national sentiments should be booked under Public Safety Act (PSA),” a prominent Jammu editor told this reporter. He claimed that some Kashmir-based […]

Ladakh’s long, hot summer

Ladakh’s long, hot summer

Tashi Wangmo, 38, runs a stationery-cum-bookstore she took on rent two years ago, at a market complex near the Leh Deputy Commissioner’s office. On Wednesday morning, she is busy negotiating the three-month lockdown rent with her landlord, Tsewang Norbu, as her daughter Yangchan, 10, attends online lessons on a phone. Schools shut, the Class 4 […]

Lt Governor condoles demise of BS Slathia

Lt Governor condoles demise of BS Slathia

JAMMU, JUNE 27: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu today condoled the sad demise of Senior Advocate and former President of J&K High Court Bar Association, Jammu, B S Slathia. In his message, the Lt Governor described him as a prominent public figure who would always be remembered for his services to the legal fraternity. The […]

4.4 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Jammu and Kashmir

4.4 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Jammu and Kashmir

An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 on the Richter scale hit 332 km Northeast of Jammu and Kashmir’s Hanle on Saturday. According to the National Centre for Seismology, the tremors were felt in the area at 12:32 hours (IST) today. Earlier on Friday, an earthquake of magnitude 3.3 on the Richter scale hit 79 km west […]