2 BSF troopers killed in militant attack near Ganderbal
Srinagar, May 20: Two BSF personnel were killed when militants attacked a party of 37 battalion of the paramilitary forces near Pandach area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Wednesday afternoon. Official sources said that the militants fired discriminately at the BSF party near old road Pandach, resulting in serious injuries to two personnel who […]
Anantnag in south Kashmir emerging COVID-19 hotspot
Srinagar, May 20 (PTI) Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir is emerging as a COVID-19 hotspot, with nearly one-third of the cases detected from the District Police Lines (DPL). As many as 78 police personnel posted at the Anantnag DPL have tested positive for COVID-19 so far, officials said. The authorities in the district have […]
NPP protests new domicile rules in JK
Jammu, May 20 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) on Wednesday torched an effigy of the BJP-led central government here to protest the new domicile rules and demanded a relook into the provisions allowing outsiders to become domicile of the union territory. The JKNPP termed the notification an “obnoxious piece of superimposed […]
MHA gives exemptions from lockdown to conduct board exams of classes 10, 12
New Delhi, May 20 (PTI) The Union Home Ministry has granted exemptions from the lockdown to conduct board examinations for classes 10 and 12, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday. The home ministry has already written to all state governments informing them about the exemptions given for holding the examinations across the country […]
Cabinet gives ex post facto nod to law for specified domicile criterion for employment in JK
New Delhi, May 20 (PTI) The Union Cabinet on Tuesday gave ex post facto approval to a law on specified domicile criterion for employment in the public sector in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. “The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its ex post facto approval for the Jammu […]
Govt’s owe huge dues of advertisment money to media industry, INS tells SC
New Delhi, May 20 (PTI) The Central and state governments’ advertising arms owe between Rs 1,500 crore and Rs 1,800 crore to various media houses going by industry estimates, the Indian Newspaper Society(INS) has told the Supreme Court, and expressed fears that there is little prospect of recovering the arrears any time soon. The INS […]
Motorcyclist killed on Jammu-Srinagar national Highway
Anantnag, May 20: A speedy truck on Wednesday crushed a 25-year-old youth to death in Sangam area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Officials said that a 25-year-old youth identified as Subzar Ahmad Koka, son of Mohammad Afzal Koka, resident of Melhora Shopian was hit by a speedy truck bearing registration number (JK02AP-7455) near Sangam on […]
Cyclone Amphan makes landfall, uproots trees, flattens houses in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, May 20 (PTI) Cyclone “Amphan” left a trail of destruction in Odisha as it triggered heavy downpour coupled with high-velocity winds while hurtling towards the West Bengal coast on Wednesday, uprooting trees and flattening fragile structures, officials said. More than 1.41 lakh people living in low-lying areas and thatched and mud houses in the […]
Restrictions to be intensified in Kupwara from tomorrow
Kupwara, May 20: As government has barred all religious functions and congregations besides ordering closure of all places of worship for public till the end of this month, the administration in this north Kashmir district on Wednesday ordered complete restrictions from 6 a.m. on Thursday till 6 p.m. on May 25. As per as an […]
Fire engulfs many houses in Gamroo village in Bandipora
Bandipora, May 20 : A massive fire broke out in several residential houses in Gamroo village of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Wednesday late afternoon. An official said that fire emanated from a residential house of Ali Mohammad Dar in Dar Mohalla Gamroo. “Fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the flames and […]