Encounter fallout: Internet services snapped, schools closed
Srinagar: Authorities on Wednesday ordered the closure of schools and colleges in Srinagar besides snapping of the mobile internet services in Srinagar following the gunfight that is raging in Fatehkadal area of Srinagar city. An official said that mobile Internet services were snapped in the district as a “precautionary measure”. Reports said a joint team […]
Gunfight rages in old city area of Srinagar
Srinagar: A gunfight rages in Fateh Kadal area of Srinagar district early Wednesday morning between militants and government forces. Reports said that a joint team of Police and CRPF on specific information about presence of some militants cordoned off Fateh Kadal. As soon as government forces zeroed on to the suspected house, the hiding militants […]
AMU revokes suspension orders against Kashmiri students
Srinagar: Hours after Governor Satya Pal Malik spoke with Union Minister and authorities at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), the suspension orders against two Kashmiri students was revoked on Tuesday evening. Reports said that that the varsity administration revoked suspension and sedition charges against Kashmiri students following the students threatened to quit en masse. The students […]
Higher reaches in north Kashmir receive season’s first snowfall
Srinagar: The upper reaches of north Kashmir districts of Kupwara and Bandipora recieved a moderate snowfall on Tuesday. This was the season’s first snowfall in the region. The snowfall has brought the temperature down in the entire Kashmir Valley. Reports said that Gurez valley in Bandipora district and Keran in Kupwara received season’s first snowfall […]
J&K Bank ups its profit to 146 Cr
Srinagar: The J&K Bank has reported a 44% increase in its net profit to Rs 146.34 Cr for the half year ended 30th September 2018 after the reviewed results of the Bank were adopted by the Board of Directors in the meeting held at the Bank’s Corporate Headquarters. The Bank had posted a net profit […]
Messed up
Winter is round the corner and people in Kashmir valley have started to witness power curtailments for hours together. Both metered and non metered areas in the city as well as rural areas have been reporting power curtailments even though no formal curtailment schedule has been announced by the power development department (PDD.Power crisis during […]
AMU revokes suspension orders against Kashmiri students
Srinagar: Hours after Governor Satya Pal Malik spoke with Union Minister and authorities at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), the suspension orders against two Kashmiri students was revoked on Tuesday evening. Reports said that that the varsity administration revoked suspension and sedition charges against Kashmiri students following the students threatened to quit en masse. The students had […]
NC, PDP shouldn’t have boycotted J&K civic polls, says Governor
Expresses satisfaction over peaceful conduct of polls
by Sumir Kaul Srinagar: The NC and the PDP should not have boycotted the civic polls, Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik said Tuesday, asserting that articles 35A and 370 of the Constitution were non-issues in this election. The National Conference (NC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had announced not to contest the […]
Stray dogs maul 4-yr-old to death
Jammu: A four-year-old girl was bitten to death by a pack of stray dogs outside her home in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday, police said. The minor was attacked by the canines soon after she came out of her house at village Chack Bogala in Ramgarh area of the district this morning, a police […]