Eight families rendered homeless as house gutted in fire
Jammu: Eight families were rendered homeless after a house was gutted in a fire that broke out due to a short circuit in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district Monday, police said. The house was divided into 8 units in which eight families were residing. No casualties have been reported, they said. The fire started due […]
NIA fails to prove anything against incarcerated leaders: Sehraie
Srinagar: Chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (TeH), Mohammad Ashraf Sehraie on Monday expressed concern over the deteriorating health and ‘illegal detention’ of pro-freedom leadership and activists. Sehraie in a statement issued here expressed concern and anguish over the silence maintained by the International organizations not taking any serious note of this ‘inhuman, ill-treatment and lawlessness’, which prevails […]
Mirwaiz released, visits families of slain Fateh Kadal militants, civilian
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was on Monday released from three-week-long house detention from his Nigeen residence. Soon after his release, Mirwaiz as per a statement issued here visited the residences of three recently killed youth in downtown Srinagar including MehrajudinBangroo, Rayees Ahmed Sofi of Fateh Kadal and Faid Mushtaq Waza of […]
Security deposit for Sarpanch, Panch slashed
Srinagar: The Governor’s Administration has amended the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Raj Rules-1996 slashing drastically the security deposit for candidates contesting the upcoming Panchayat Polls. According to a notification issued by the Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Department, the security deposit for the candidates contesting Sarpanch/Panch election has been reduced from Rs 1000 to Rs […]
SKIMS, new Medical Colleges to get de-addiction centres
Srinagar: In order to address the issue of substance abuse and its prevention, SKIMS Medical College, Bemina and up-coming District Medical Colleges are set to have Drug de-addiction centres. The upcoming Drug de-addiction centres, are going to have both out-patient and in-patient facilities In order to provide training to the staff that will be engaged […]
CISF officer killed in militant attack
JeM claims responsibility
Srinagar: A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) officer was killed in an attack in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said Saturday. “In the intervening night, a standoff fire by militants took place at the grid Station Wagoora in Budgam district in which one ASI of CISF sustained serious bullet injuries,” a police spokesman […]
Not words, but action needed
The government is all set to roll out the Jammu and Kashmir Right of Persons with Disabilities bill, 2018. The bill which will come into existence after some formalities presents a rosy picture of what the specially abled people in Jammu and Kashmir are entitled to and whet benefits these people can avail. Being a […]
Confrontation has only yielded bloodshed: Mehbooba
Srinagar: Strongly pitching for reconciliation and dialogue, PDP President and former Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said confrontation in the State has only led to more body bags and bloodshed. She said her Party’s consistent stand since its foundation has been dialogue and peaceful engagement to get Jammu and Kashmir out of the crisis. […]
Mirwaiz appeals well-off people to help fire affected families
Srinagar: Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M) and Patron of Darul Khair Mirwaiz Manzil, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Saturday expressed grief over the incidents of fire at Chattabal and Chanapora area of Srinagar in which half dozen residential houses and shops were gutted destroying property worth crores. Expressing solidarity with the affected families, Mirwaiz appealed charitable […]
Army celebrates Infantry Day
Jammu: The Army celebrated the 72nd Infantry Day on Saturday to commemorate the operations it launched on this day in 1947 to ‘thwart the Pakistani aggression’ on Jammu and Kashmir. General Officer Commanding-in-chief of the Army’s Northern Command, Lt. Gen Ranbir Singh, led the wreath-laying ceremony at ‘Dhruva Shaheed Samarak’ at the Udhampur headquarters, a […]
