Woman dies of teargas suffocation in Hajin, Police denies
Srinagar: An elderly women died allegedly due to suffocation caused by tear and pepper gas used by government forces in Hajin town of Bandipora district in North Kashmir here on Wednesday. The Police however denied the allegations. There were large scale teargas shelling and pepper gas used by police to quell protesters in the Hajin. […]
SKIMS playing vital role in JK’s healthcare sector: Advisor Kumar
SRINAGAR: Advisor to Governor K Vijay Kumar today said the annual day of Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Soura was a day of commemoration, celebration, thanksgiving and patting each other for the creation of such an institute which has played a tremendous role in filling critical healthcare gaps in the State. K Vijay Kumar […]
Super-50 Coaching: 4661 aspirants appear in screening test across Kashmir
SRINAGAR:Around 4661 aspirants appeared in the screening test for government-run free Super-50 Coaching for Civil Services (KAS/IAS) and Professional Courses(NEET/JEE etc) at various centres across the Kashmir valley today. The coaching is being organized by the Department of School Education. Out of total aspirants who appeared in the test, 3335 appeared for NEET/JEE and 1326 […]
Govt to develop network of STPs to save water bodies
JAMMU: As a long-term strategy to for conservation of prominent water bodies in the State, including Dal Lake, Jhelum, Chenab and Tawi rivers from pollution hazards, and for the restoration of pristine glory of twin capital cities viz; Jammu and Srinagar, the Government will develop Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) of adequate capacities. Such STPs will […]
Panchayat Polls-2018: 7959 candidates in fray for Phase-VIII, IX
JAMMU: For the final two phases of the extended 9-Phase Panchayat Polls,7959 candidates are in the fray. Voting and counting for the last two phases will be held on 8th and 11th December. According to the Chief Electoral Officer, J&K, Shaleen Kabra, for penultimate Phase-VIII, 1333 candidates are in the fray for 483 Sarpanch Halqas and 5695 […]
Over 200 Indian Hindus arrive in Pak to attend religious festivities
Lahore, (PTI): Over 200 Indian Hindus arrived here Wednesday to attend festivities in connection with the 310th birth anniversary of Shiv Avtari Satguru Sant Shada Ram Sahib at Mirpur Mathelo in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province. Evacuee Trust Property Board chairman Tariq Wazir greeted the pilgrims at the Wagah Border. “The Pakistani embassy had issued visas to […]
Police conducts counselling session for ‘misguided’ youth in Anantnag
Anantnag: The police has conducted a counselling session for the youth who it said were “misguided” by some “unscrupulous elements” in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. “Police led by SSP Anantnag Shri Altaf Ahmad Khan JKPS conducted a counselling session for the youth of District Anantnag who had been instigated and misguided by some unscrupulous elements […]
JKSSB reschedules counselling, document verification process of Asstt Store Keeper-cum-Clerk Posts
Srinagar: J&K Services Selection Board (JKSSB) has rescheduled the Counselling-cum-Document verification process of the candidates scheduled on 6th and 7th December 2018, for the posts of Assistant Store Keeper-cum-Clerk (Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Department), Divisional Cadre Kashmir. These posts were advertised vide Notification No: 03 of 2017 (Item No: 001). According to PRO […]
14-yr-old missing Hajin youth joins Lashkar, picture holding AK-47 goes viral
Srinagar: Gun-wielding picture of a 14-year-old youth from Hajin town in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district has surfaced on the social networking sites. The youth identified as Mudasir Rashid Parray, 14, of Khankah Mohalla, an 11th standard student had gone missing along with another 16-year-old boy Bilal from his home since August 31, after an encounter […]
Khashoggi murder: Saudi crown prince crazy, says US senator
Srinagar: US senators say they are more certain than ever after a private CIA briefing that the Saudi crown prince had a role in the murder of a journalist. In a blistering attack, Senator Lindsey Graham said he had “high confidence” Mohammed bin Salman was complicit in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, BBC reported. The […]