Army Helicopter Crash: No trace of missing pilots on day three of searches
Jammu: Army soldiers along with navy divers continued operation for the third day on Thursday to trace pilot and co-pilot of a helicopter of Indian Army’s aviation corps which crashed near Ranjit Sagar Dam in the Basohli area of Kathua, officials said. The helicopter crashed around 1020 hours on Tuesday. Later teams of Police and […]
Advisor Bhatnagar reviews preparations for Independence Day celebrations
SRINAGAR: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar Thursday chaired a meeting of School Education Department (SED) to review the preparations of department for celebrating the 75th Independence Day. The meeting was attended by Principal Secretary School Education, B.K Singh; Director School Education Kashmir, Tassaduq Hussain Mir; Director School Education Jammu, Ravi Shanker Sharma; Additional […]
Samoon discusses SDD recruitment status with SSB chairman
Asks to fill vacancies on fast track basis to tide over shortage of manpower
SRINAGAR: Principal Secretary, Skill Development Department (SDD), Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon Thursday held a meeting with J&K Services Selection Board (SSB) Chairman, Khalid Jehangir to discuss the status of recruitment of different non-gazetted posts in the department. The meeting was also attended by Secretary in SDD, Nazim Zia Khan; Director SDD, Sudarshan Kumar; Joint Directors, […]
Appointment of Law Officers: HC Double Bench stays Single Bench’s interim order stopping fresh engagements
JAMMU: A double bench of High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has stayed the effect and operation of interim order of Single bench issued in response to a petition stopping fresh appointment of Law Officers except that of Advocate General, even as it accepted to treat the petitioned matter as Public Interest Litigation. […]
Police arrests drug peddler in Kulgam
Srinagar: Police Thursday arrested a drug peddler in Kulgam area of south Kashmir and recovered contraband substance from his possession, a police spokesman said. He said that a police party from Yaripora at a checkpoint intercepted a vehicle (Truck) bearing registration number PB10HA-0839 driven by Jasveer Singh son of Palan Singh resident of Shairpur Moga […]
Govt has no plan at present to block any social media platform: MoS IT
New Delhi, Aug 5 (PTI) The government regularly interacts with social media companies on matters including accountability of such platforms and safety of users, and there are no plans at present to block any social media platform in the country, Parliament was informed on Thursday. While some users do misuse social media platforms to create […]
India not invited to ‘extended Troika’ meeting on Afghanistan convened by Russia
New Delhi, Aug 5 (PTI) India has not been invited to a crucial meeting being convened by Russia on the fast-evolving situation in Afghanistan that is expected to see the participation of Pakistan, China and the US, people familiar with the development said on Thursday. As the Taliban continues its offensive in Afghanistan, Russia has […]
PM Modi slams Opposition for stalling Parliament
Lucknow, Aug 5 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Opposition is trying to score self-goals, accusing it of stalling Parliament while the country was keen to march ahead. These parties are trying to stop the transaction of business in Parliament, he said in a no-holds-barred attack on the Opposition for stalling parliamentary […]
Explosion near Srinagar Jamia Masjid, no casualty
Srinagar, Aug 5 (PTI) An explosion took place near the Jamia Masjid in Nowhatta area of the city here Thursday, but no loss of life or injury were reported, officials said. They said the explosion, suspected to be an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), took place around noon. The security personnel deployed in the area fired […]
Elderly man injured in bear attack in Shopian
Shopian, Aug 05: A 50-year-old man was injured after he was attacked by a bear in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thursday morning. An official said that the man identified as Nazir Ahmad Sheikh son of Khazir Mohammad Sheikh, a resident of Chetterwach village in Imamsahib was injured when he was attacked by the bear […]
