JK Media Guild calls media policy as ‘unethical, undemocratic’, calls for protest
Srinagar, June 16: JK Media Guild, executive council, on Tuesday held an extra ordinary session in Srinagar and unanimously denounced the J&K Government for its “unethical, immoral and undemocratic” media policy announced on 2nd June 2020. The executive council, which met under the chairmanship of president Mir Ajaz Ahmad and was attended by Vice President, […]
No mass promotion for UG, PG courses: KU
Srinagar, June 16: Dispelling rumours and fake news doing rounds on social media about entrance tests being conducted by the University for admission to various PG programs, the University requested the aspirants not to take any notice of such rumours. In a statement, the University authorities strongly refuted the rumour terming it as false news […]
‘Infiltration’ bid foiled in Rajouri’s Keri
Rajouri, June 16: A suspected infiltration bid was foiled by the army along the Line of Control in Keri area of Rajouri district late Monday night, sources said here. They said that the incident took place on the intervening night of June 12 and 13 at around 10 PM at a forward location along the […]
Junaid Azim Mattu loses no-confidence motion, removed as Srinagar mayor
Srinagar, Jun 16 (PTI) Junaid Azim Mattu was on Tuesday removed as the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) mayor after he lost a no-confidence motion moved against him in the city body. The People’s Conference leader, whose election as Srinagar mayor had generated controversy two years ago, took to Twitter to announce his defeat. “The vote […]
UN chief Guterres expresses concern over child casualties in JK
United Nations, Jun 16 (PTI) UN chief Antonio Guterres has expressed concern over child casualties in Jammu and Kashmir and urged the government to take preventive measures to protect the children. The Secretary General also took note of the Naxalite insurgency and said that efforts by the Indian government have resulted in a decline in […]
China accuses Indian soldiers of violating consensus
Beijing, Jun 16 (PTI) China on Tuesday alleged that the Indian troops twice crossed the border line on June 15 for illegal activities and provoked and attacked Chinese personnel which led to serious physical conflict between the two sides, contesting the Indian Army’s position that the violent face-off took place between the troops during the […]
Faceoff on LAC: One officer, two Indian soldiers dead
Leh, June 16: In the first loss of lives on the disputed India-China border in at least 45 years, the Army has lost one officer and two soldiers in a violent faceoff in the Galwan Valley last night. “During the de-escalation process underway in the Galwan Valley, a violent face-off took place yesterday night (Monday […]
Hizb Commander, Ex-PDP MLC’s nephew among 3 militants killed in Shopian
Srinagar, June 16: A top commander of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen along with his two colleagues, one of them the nephew of a former PDP MLC, were killed in a gunfight in Turkwangam area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday. Sources said that a joint team of Police, Army’s 44RR and CRPF launched a cordon-and-search-operation in Turkwangam […]
Earthquake of magnitude 5.8 hits JK, third in three days
Jammu, Jun 16 (PTI) An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 hit Jammu and Kashmir in the early hours of Tuesday, officials said, the third to hit the union territory in three days. However, there were no reports of any damage, they said. The earthquake occurred at 7 AM and its epicenter was is Tajikistan, according to […]
ATF price hiked by 16.3 pc; petrol up 47 paise, diesel by 93 paise
New Delhi, Jun 16 (PTI) Jet fuel or ATF price on Tuesday was hiked by 16.3 per cent while petrol price was increased by 47 paise per litre and that of diesel by a record 93 paise on the back of firming international oil rates. Aviation turbine fuel (ATF) price was hiked by Rs 5,494.5 […]