Sopore encounter: Militant killed, internet shut, classwork suspended in Sopore sub-division
Sopore: A militant has been killed in the gunfight that broke out between militants and government forces in Wadoora payeen village of Sopore in Baramulla district. “The identification of slain militant is yet to be ascertained,” the police sources told KNO. On Tuesday, a joint team of Army’s 22 RR, CRPF and SOG cordoned […]
Fresh snowfall in Valley, Ladakh parts
Srinagar: Fresh snowfall and rains were recorded at some parts of Kashmir including at tourist destination Sonamarg and Ladakh . Director Meteorological Department Sonam Lotus said that there was widespread rain and snow in Drass, Kargil, Zojila, Zanskar till late night. Giving details of the rainfall from last 48 hours, he said Srinagar had 36mm, […]
Mughal road closed for vehicular movement following landslides
Srinagar: Vehicular movement on Mughal road connecting southern Kashmir’s Shopian district with twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri has been suspended following landslides and uprooting of trees at several places over the stretch. Officials said that the landslides have occurred at Mansar Mohre, Poshana and Chattapani while the overnight strong winds have uprooted trees at […]
Police registers FIR in an alleged rape case in Sumbal
Srinagar: A woman was alleged gang-raped in Nowgam area of Sumbal in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. According to the details the girl provided to police, the incident occurred months ago in the Nowgam area where a woman (name withheld) was first raped by a person who recorded the act on his mobile phone and later […]
Wreckage of missing IAF aircraft found in AP
Lipo (AP): The wreckage of an IAF aircraft, which went missing eight days ago with 13 people on board, was found Tuesday in Lipo locality of Arunachal Pradesh, official sources said. The Russian-origin AN-32 aircraft lost contact on the afternoon of June 3 after taking off from Jorhat in Assam for Menchuka advanced landing ground […]
J-K bank case: I-T dept initiates action; conducts raids
Srinagar/New Delhi: Within days of anti-corruption bureau action against J&K Bank, the Income-Tax Department Tuesday initiated probe into the alleged irregularities and conducted searches at 10 premises on a business firm of a senior Srinagar municipal corporation functionary, officials said. Tax sleuths raided eight premises in Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar and one each […]
Crime Branch Kashmir booked fake Facebook account holder
Srinagar: Crime Branch Kashmir registered a case punishable U/s 420 RPC, 66-(D) I.T Act for running a fake facebook account page in the name of Dr. Gull Javid of SKIMS Soura and having uploaded fake post regarding kidney failure of a patient and receiving donations/charity from general public. Crime Branch Kashmir received complaint alleging therein […]
Govt warns against sale of spurious pesticides, fungicides
Srinagar: Taking a serious note of use of spurious pesticides and fungicides by some dealers and instructed, Director Agriculture Kashmir dissected the enforcement agency to be vigilant and increase the touring and monitoring and warned them stern action under Insecticides Act. Also as Insecticide/Fertilizer Controller Director Agriculture issued on spot circular to all the dealers that […]
Government hospitals charging patients for medical services unfair: DAK
Srinagar: While government hospitals are duty bound to provide free treatment to patients, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Tuesday said patients are charged hefty sums on tests, procedures and medicines in Kashmir Valley’s government-run hospitals. “It is unfair for government hospitals to charge patients as they have an obligation to provide services free of […]
India’s GDP growth overestimated by 2.5 pc, says Modi govt’s former chief economic adviser
New Delhi,(PTI) Arvind Subramanian, Narendra Modi government’s former chief economic adviser, has deduced that India’s economic growth rate has been overestimated by around 2.5 percentage points between 2011-12 and 2016-17 due to a change in methodology for calculating GDP. India’s gross domestic product product (GDP) growth rate between this period should be about 4.5 per cent […]