KU contemplates to defer PG entrance exams
Srinagar: Authorities in Kashmir University (KU) are in a fix over managing the conduct of clubbed exams of 5th and 6th semester college students and later entertain the same batch in entrance test for admissions in Post Graduation (PG) courses and other programmes. Top sources said the vice-chancellor KU on Wednesday convened a meeting with […]
Militants holed up in house after failed weapon-snatching bid: Police
Srinagar: Three militants were believed to be holed up in a house in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir today, after a failed bid to snatch the weapon of the personal security officer (PSO) of a BJP leader, the police said. The militants tried to snatch the service rifle of constable Bilal Ahmad, who is […]
Three militants arrested along with arms
Srinagar: Security forces arrested three militants and seized arms and ammunition from their possession in Budgam district, police said on Thursday. They had come to Budgam with the intention to carry out some attack, the police said. Acting on an intelligence input, the police and the Army conducted a joint raid and arrested three militants […]
Deterrent: Hangman’s noose for those who rape minors in Haryana
Chandigarh: The Haryana Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a Bill which provides for death penalty to those found guilty of raping girls aged 12 years or less. After Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, Haryana has become the third state where the Assembly has approved the provision of capital punishment for such sexual offenders, the House was […]
GDC row: IDA-JK Chapter tries to play spoil sport
Srinagar: The Indian Dental Association’s (IDA) J&K Chapter Thursday, in a bid to undermine the enquiry and influence the striking students said that there was some indication that the government might take some harsh measures against the agitating students of the Government Dental College (GDC). The remark came even as the matter pertaining to the […]
Minor molested by teacher at religious school
Jammu: A seven-and-half year old girl was allegedly molested by her teacher at a religious school at Nagrota in the outskirts of the city, a police official said Thursday. The girl’s mother lodged a complaint on Monday alleging that her daughter was raped by her teacher at the ‘darsgah’. She alleged that the girl, after […]
Woman’s body found hanging
Jammu: A woman’s body was found hanging from a ceiling fan in a residential quarter in a mill in Kathua district of Jammu division, police said. The body of 43-year-old Satupa from West Bengal was found hanging this morning, they said. The body was recovered and sent post-mortem, they said adding a case was registered […]
Pakistan raises Kashmir at UN, attacks India
United Nations: Using a two-pronged tactic in the Human Rights Council, Pakistan has raised the Kashmir issue while speaking on behalf of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and then for itself. In its reply during the debate on Wednesday at the UN in Geneva, India rejected the OIC statement saying the group had no […]
Two drug peddlers, including a cop held
Jammu: A policeman was among two persons arrested here for alleged drug peddling, officials said Thursday. Around 100 grams of heroin was recovered from them, the officials claimed. Two pedestrians were intercepted at a check point in Gangyal area of the but they tried to flee from the spot last night, a police officer said. […]
BDO Verinag officials ‘fleecing’ beneficiaries
Anantnag: Taking undue advantage of the beneficiaries of various government sponsored schemes, the officials in Block development Office (BDO) Verinag here have allegedly charged Rs 1000 to almost 225 beneficiaries who were scheduled to get cheques during the Awareness camp. An awareness camp was scheduled to be held in Kapran area of Shahabad, being organized […]
