Job aspirants at JVC allege delay in getting question papers
Srinagar: Job aspirants who were scheduled to appear in the examination entered into a scuffle with JVC SKIMS officials after they held protest over getting the question papers late by more than two hours. Over 800 job aspirants were scheduled to appear in ‘Junior System Engineer IT’ examination at JVC SKIMS and Women’s Polytechnic Bemina […]
LoC Shelling: 1300 Bunkers being constructed for border residents
Rajouri: As part of government schemes, large numbers of safety bunkers are being constructed in different border areas which are in close proximity to the Line of Control (LoC), media reported on Tuesday. An official said that the construction of around 1200 such bunkers have been completed while another 1000 structures are at various stages […]
People hire tractors to fetch potable water in Budgam villages
Budgam: People in different villages from Central Kashmir’s Budgam district have pooled money to fetch drinking water from Suknag Nallah using a couple of tractors, reports said. Locals said that different hamlets of Budgam including Hasanabad, Iqbal Abad, Waza Mohalla and Zang Mohalla in Beerwah area are facing acute shortage of drinking water. “PHE Department […]
Underground bunker used to ‘train’ militants raided
New Delhi: Government Forces have busted an underground bunker used as a training centre for militants in North Kashmir’s Sopore town. Official sources said that the arrest of Lashkar-e-Taiba operative Tariq Channa led government forces to the hideout located at an orchard in Sopore’s Brath Kalan area. An underground shelter measuring 17 feet in length […]
Mubarak Gul shifted to Hospital
Srinagar: National Conference leader Mubarak Gul who is facing detention at Centaur Subsidiary Jail was shifted to JNLM Hospital after he complained of dizziness on Tuesday. Scores of political leaders and activists are languishing at Centaur Subsidiary Jail since August 5 when Government of India annulled the special status in Jammu and Kashmir. Sources said […]
1 killed, 40 injured in Grenade explosion in Srinagar
Srinagar: Suspected militants lobbed a grenade in a busy market in the heart of the city, killing one person on Monday, almost three months since the Kashmir Valley shut down in response to the Centre revoking the special status of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. At least 40 people were injured […]
‘Darbar Move’ Opens In Jammu
JAMMU: Amid tight security arrangements, Civil Secretariat–the seat of Jammu and Kashmir government– and other offices reopened here on Monday after functioning for six months in Srinagar as part of the nearly 150-year-old practice locally known as ‘Darbar Move’. The bi-annual shift is the first after the state’s bifurcation into two Union Territories of Jammu […]
Railways in Kashmir suffer losses due to shutdown
Srinagar: As train service continued to remain suspended for the 92nd day on Monday, the Railway department has suffered a loss of over Rs 2.76 crore in Kashmir valley, where shutdown against scrapping of Article 370 and Article 35 A entered 14th week. Official sources said that not a single train operated in Kashmir valley […]
As ‘illegal constrictions’ continue, SMC officials look the other way
Srinagar: Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has turned Srinagar city into a concrete jungle. Influential persons in connivance with SMC officials have managed to raise massive structures that too during the past three months when the government machinery has shifted its focus elsewhere. Sources said that over 200 illegal constructions have come up across Kashmir for […]