Added on June 16, 2019
Press Trust of India
Srinagar: The Anti-Corruption Bureau has registered a case against the city’s Deputy Mayor Sheikh Imran and officials of the Jammu and Kashmir Bank for alleged illegal appropriation of crores of rupees from the state exchequer, a spokesman said Saturday. Imran Sheikh, the businessman-turned-politician, is the Deputy Mayor of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC). During investigation, it […]
Added on June 16, 2019
Jahangeer Ganaie
Shopian/Pulwama: Cherry growers in South Kashmir’s Pulwama and Shopian district are in distress as the Cherry crop generated this season is fetching them very less returns. “This year the crop was of better quality and yield but due to low rates and frequent blockade of national highway due to bad weather conditions the growers are […]
Added on June 16, 2019
Press Trust of India
Says Urdu never belonged to a particular faith
Srinagar: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah said on Saturday that Urdu had never belonged to a particular faith or sect, but there was a kind of “communal mentality” that is spreading a “malicious” propaganda about the language. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister underscored the need to give equal respect to local languages, alleging […]
Added on June 16, 2019
KV Correspondent
Srinagar: The school education department seems to have forgotten to distribute the school uniforms among the students enrolled in government schools. The school children are yet to receive the uniforms despite five months of the present academic session in valley already being over. As per norms, the distribution of school uniforms should start in month […]
Added on June 16, 2019
Press Trust of India
Dushanbe: Terrorism poses the “gravest threat” to the people in Asia and terrorists and their victims must never be equated, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said here on Saturday. Addressing the fifth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) Summit in the Tajik capital, Jaishankar said that the CICA members are the […]
Added on June 16, 2019
Press Trust of India
New Delhi: The Election Commission Saturday announced bypolls to six Rajya Sabha seats on July 5, including the one vacated by BJP chief Amit Shah following his election to the Lok Sabha. Notifications will be issued on June 18 and elections and counting of votes will be held on July 5. In a statement, the […]
Added on June 16, 2019
KV News
Srinagar: The government has accorded sanction for prosecution seven Hurriyat Conference affiliates in Hajin Bandipora for protesting in 2015 against the detention of Massarat Alam, chairman Muslim League under the Public Safety Act (PSA). Masarat Alam has been detained and booked under the PSA following the 2010 unrest that leftover 100 people dead across Kashmir. […]
Added on June 16, 2019
KV News
Srinagar: Senior police officers on Saturday late afternoon visited injured SHO Arshid Ahmad Khan here in SKIMS and enquired about his health condition. Arshid was shifted to SKIMS today from army’s 92 base hospital Badamibagh where he was admitted on June 13. Reports said that the Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh, Inspector General […]
Added on June 16, 2019
KV News
Boeing, Airbus will be able to land at Kargil
NEW DELHI: There is good news in store for the people of Kargil as the government has given a nod to establish a full-fledged airport in the region. On Saturday Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam held a meeting here with Union Secretary, Civil Aviation and other Airport Authority of India (AAI) officials including Member […]
Added on June 16, 2019
KV News
Poonch: The family of a person whose body was recovered Wednesday last from a field in Sainik Colony area in Poonch has alleged of a ‘conspiracy’ into the death of the 34-year-old man. The body of one Amjid Ahmad Mir son of Sagheer Ahmad Mir a resident of Bhera Kund of tehsil Mendhar in Poonch […]
