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Shopian encounter ends after militants escape

Shopian: Militants on Tuesday afternoon managed to escape after a brief exchange of fire in forests of Yawran area of Keller belt is south Kashmir. A police official confirmed that the militants have managed to escape from Yawran forests and the operation has been called off. Earlier a joint team of forces including 44 RR […]

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Omar rues Srinagar’s infrastructure issues, blames Centre, previous govt

Omar rues Srinagar’s infrastructure issues, blames Centre, previous govt

Srinagar: National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said the urban life of Srinagar city was blight with various problems, adding that neither the Centre nor the Jammu and Kashmir government invested in the augmentation of urban infrastructure of the state capital in the last five years. “The people of Srinagar stand dejected at […]

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Guv chairs high-level security meeting ahead of Amarnath yatra

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik chaired a high-level meeting here to review security arrangements ahead of the annual Amarnath Yatra which is scheduled to commence on July 1. The meeting, held at Raj Bhawan here, was attended by Governor’s Advisor K Vijay Kumar, Chief Secretary B V R Subrahmanyam, senior Army, police, […]

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Police recovers skeleton of missing man in Handwara

Srinagar: Police on Tuesday found a skeleton of a man who has been reported missing for for nearly two years at forests of Hangnikote in Vilgam, Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Reports said that some locals while collecting the Morel Mushroom Spores (Guesh) in the forests spotted the human skeleton along with an identity […]

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DSEK team visits Minto Circle School

Directs school to charge fee as per old fee structure

SRINAGAR: A team of officers of Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) Tuesday inspected the Minto Circle School, Allochibagh, Srinagar after receiving a complaint from the parents of the students about arbitrary fee hike in the school without the approval of the Fee Fixation Committee, Jammu & Kashmir, Srinagar. The officials discussed the matter with […]

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Decongesting traffic: Second phase of Jehangir Chowk-Rambagh flyover to be inaugurated today

1.04-kilometre stretch from Rambagh to Alochi Bagh to be a major traffic decongestant, reduce travel time from 15 minutes to 1 minute

Srinagar: The second phase of the Jehangir Chowk-Rambagh flyover will be inaugurated and thrown open for vehicular traffic today on May 22, officials said on Tuesday. This will be after over five years since work on the prestigious flyover project started in October 2013 and one year after the first phase thereof was inaugurated and […]

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Two JK police personnel scale Mount Everest, Guv congratulates

Srinagar: Governor Satya Pal Malik Tuesday congratulated two police officers who were part of an 11-member team that scaled the Mount Everest. Constables Nazir Ahmed and Falail Singh were part of the All India Police Sports Control Board team that scaled the world’s highest mountain peak. Governor’s Advisor K Vijay Kumar, Chief Secretary B V […]

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Police holds interactive meeting with retired police personnel

Sopore: Police on Tuesday held an interactive meeting with retired police personnel of Police District Sopore at District Police Lines in the township. The meeting attended by retired police personnel of Police District Sopore was chaired by SSP Sopore, Javaid Iqbal. The aim of the event was to assess the problems being faced by the […]

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‘Ehsaas International’ distributes Ramzan ration kits among needy families

Srinagar: Ehsaas International, a social organisation, on Tuesday, distributed ration kits among hundreds of needy families across Kashmir Valley. In the ongoing holy month of Ramzan, a team of volunteers from Ehsaas International visited Mehjoor Nagar, Habak, Alamgiri Bazar, and other areas of the city and distributed Ramzan rations kits containing rice, flour, edible oil, […]

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Advisor Ganai congratulates KU for achieving A+ NAAC grade

SRINAGAR: Advisor to the Governor, Khurshid Ahmed Ganai has congratulated the University of Kashmir for achieving A+ Grade accreditation from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). In a message, Ganai, who is Advisor in-charge Higher Education, lauded the efforts of Vice Chancellor, Prof Talat Ahmad, his colleagues and staff for the A+ accreditation which, […]