AAC terms Oct 10 as black day in JK history
Srinagar: Awami Action Committee (AAC) on Tuesday termed October 10 as ‘another black day’ in the history of Jammu and Kashmir. According to the statement issued here, AAC recalled that “it was on this day in 1965 when Shaheed e Millat Mirwaiz Muhammad Farooq (RA) was forcibly arrested for his pro self-determination political conviction and […]
Prof Farooq Ahmad Mir is Controller Examination KU
Srinagar: Professor Farooq Ahmad Mir, Department of Law has taken over as the Controller of Examinations, University of Kashmir. Prof. Mir a well known academic administrator has authored four books and 60 research papers published in national and international peer-reviewed journals. He is the first law teacher in India to have authored a book on […]
PDD’s need-based, casual workers stage protest
Jammu: The Power Development Department’s need-based and casual workers held a rally here on Tuesday in support of their demands, including release of pending wages. Over 3400 workers, mostly working as linesmen, went on a 72-hour strike on Monday demanding authorities to release their pending wages. The rally was held at Jewal chowk here. PDD […]
Crime Branch registers case against a Job Consultancy firm
Srinagar: Crime Branch has lodged a case against a Job Consultancy, ‘Blue Star Immigration Pvt. Ltd Punjab’ for duping the M/S Al-Jumeirah Consultancy and candidates on the pretext of providing jobs outside the country. Crime Branch Kashmir received a complaint from Shahid Iqbal Matoo and Suhail Mushtaq Mislee partners of M/S Al-Jumeirah Consultancy situated […]
Wild bear attacks four people in central Kashmir
Budgam: A wild bear created panic in a Budgam village after it emerged from a forest area and started attacking people. A police official said that a bear emerged in Shunglipora village of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district and attacked people. He added that at least four people were wounded in the attack who were immediately […]
Valley gives a cold response to civic polls, records 8.3% turnout
Overall poll percentage 56.7: CEO
Overall poll percentage 56.7: CEO
BJP candidate injured in stone pelting in Bandipora
Srinagar: A BJP candidate, contesting the urban local body polls in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir, was Monday injured during stone pelting by miscreants, officials said. Adil Ahmad Buhru, BJP candidate for ward 15 of Bandipora Municipal Committee, was injured when miscreants pelted stones at him at Dachigam while he was on way to […]
Government needs to act
On Saturday last the killer roads in Jammu and Kashmir consumed another 21 lives as an overcrowded mini-bus fell into a 200-ft-deep gorge at Kela Morh near Maroof in Ramban. While 15 persons died on-the-spot, six others succumbed to injuries at different hospitals including one at Army hospital where he was admitted after being airlifted […]
Govt announces 5 lakh ex gratia for dead, 50,000 for injured
Srinagar: Governor Satya Pal Malik has expressed grief over the loss of lives in a road accident in the Ramban district when a minibus carrying passengers fell into a gorge. In his message Governor has prayed for eternal peace to the departed souls and strength to the bereaved families. He has wished speedy recovery to […]
