Traffic suspended on Jmu-Sgr highway
SRINAGAR: Traffic on the 270-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway, remained suspended for the second consecutive day on Saturday, officials said. They said that Srinagar-Jammu national highway was closed on Friday for weekly maintenance and repair work. However, traffic could not be restored Saturday morning due to landslides and shooting stones triggered by rain at Panthal and […]
Justice Magrey terms Social Justice vital for maintaining social stability
Presides over Workshop on ‘Social Justice and Role of NGOs’ at Bla
BARAMULLA: J&K High Court Judge, Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey Saturday termed the social justice and equality vital for maintaining social stability. He said that the constitution of India gives some fundamental rights and liberties and there is a need to uphold them while discharging one’s duties. Justice Magrey said this during a daylong awareness cum […]
Burglars loot cash from Gurudwara in Bandipora
Bandipora: Burglars struck at a Gurudwara in Nowpora area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district and decamped with cash from the donation box. The Gurudwara is located in the main market of ward number 1 of Nowpora Bandipora, locals said. Sources said that the burglars entered into Gurudwara and broke the iron chest filled with cash. […]
Court quashes detention of Sopore youth under PSA
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir High Court has quashed the detention of a North Kashmir youth under Public Safety Act (PSA). Tawseef Ahmed Najar son of Ghulam Muhammad Najar, a resident of Brat Kalan Sopore was arrested by police in Sopore a month after the abrogation of Special Status of Jammu and Kashmir in 2019 on […]
Girls outshine boys in Class 10 boards
Srinagar: Seventeen students scored straight ‘A’s in the Class 10 board examinations held in Kashmir as the results declared on Friday showed that girls had performed better than boys. Over 75,000 students had appeared in the Class 10 examinations, conducted by Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education, in October last year, officials said. While […]
Two LeT overground workers held in Bandipora
Srinagar: Security forces arrested two overground workers of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant group in Bandipora district of north Kashmir on Friday, police said. “Acting on specific information, police, Army and CRPF apprehended two associates of proscribed outfit LeT at Bonikhan Mohalla of Hajin Town,” a police spokesman said. He said the security forces recovered arms, ammunition […]
Unidentified male body recovered
Baramulla: An unidentified male body was found in Shirpora village of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday, police sources said. They said that some locals spotted a male body and immediately informed the concerned police post about it. Soon after being informed, a police team from Police Station Chandoosa reached the spot and recovered the […]
Troops conduct random searches, frisking in Srinagar
Srinagar: Random and surprise searches and frisking by security forces continued for the past few days on Friday in Srinagar, where gunmen shot dead two police personnel and shot at and injured a dhaba owners son during the past fortnight. Pedestrians, customers and shopkeepers were taken by surprise when security forces immediately sealed the busy […]
