Firing on LoC killed a women, injured another: Pakistan
Pakistan authorities Tuesday alleged “ceasefire violations” by Indian troops along the Line of Control (LoC). They also claimed that a woman died while as another sustained injuries during the unprovoked firing by the Indian troops. Authorities claimed that a 35-year-old woman was killed in the Karela sector and another woman was injured in Khuiratta Sector […]
Police claims unearthing of ‘terror module’, three arrested
Police Tuesday claimed to have busted a terror module in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district by arresting three youth, a police spokesman said. He said that three people identified as Waseem Ahmed Mir S/o Nazir Ahmed Mir R/o Andergam Pattan, Umer Hassan Rather S/o Ghulam Hassan Rather R/o Achabal Sopore and Akif Hussain Rather S/o […]
Minister reviews supply position of medicines in tertiary healthcare institutions
Minister for Health & Medical Education, Bali Bhagat today reviewed the availability of medicines and other important diagnostic articles and equipment in the Government Medical College Hospital, Srinagar and all its associated hospitals at a high-level meeting held in his office chamber here. Principal Secretary Health & Medical Education, Dr. Pawan Kotwal, Principal GMC, Dr. […]
Govt orders creation of new Revenue Village in Pulwama
The Government has ordered creation of new revenue village namely Lassidaban in district Pulwama. “In exercise of the powers conferred by Section-3 (1) (c) of the J&K Land Revenue Act Samvat-1996, sanction is hereby accorded to the carving out of a new estate (Revenue Village) namely Lassidaban out of the existing villages Qasbayar and Ichgooz […]
Govt employee arrested for cheating
A government employee of Health Department was arrested on Tuesday in Tral town of Pulwama district for cheating people. As per sources he had taken money in Lakhs from people of Tral area on the promise of providing them government jobs. Sources said that an employee of Health Department, Ali Mohammad Sheikh , S/O Ghulam […]
Governor visits KU amid student ‘protests’
As Governor N N Vohra was attending a departmental function in the Kashmir University, scores of varsity students Tuesday held protest demonstrations outside Institute of Kashmir Studies (IKS) against the civilian killings and arbitrary arrests in a bid to forward a ‘message to the Governor’. Witnesses said that a number of students assembled outside […]
Rasheed supports JRL’s shutdown call on Aug 12
Awami Itehaad party (AIP) president and MLA Langate Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh Tuesday welcomed the concern shown by both mainstream and resistance leadership regarding the conspiracies being hatched by using the Supreme Court (SC) route to abrogate Article 35-A. MLA Langate also supported the strike call given by Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Aug […]
Debates, discussions augment academic atmosphere: Minister
The Minister for Education, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari Tuesday said that efforts are on to revive the culture of debates and discussions in schools across the State as it is essentials for overall personality development of students and to improve academic scenario. Bukhari was speaking as chief guest during the formal inauguration of inter-school debate […]
Dar chairs Subordinate Legislation Committee meeting
A meeting of the Committee on Subordinate Legislation of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly was held here today under the Chairmanship of Legislator Bashir Ahmed Dar to examine the rules of Industries & Commerce Department. Legislators, Mubarak Gul, Altaf Ahmed Wani and Dr. Krishan Lal attended the meeting and gave their suggestions to make the […]
CM launches Rajbagh Silk Factory, Bemina Woolen Mills modernization project
Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today laid the foundation for modernization of Silk Factory, Raj Bagh and Bemina Woolen Mills. The cumulative cost of modernization projects for these two historic spinning mills of the State comes out to be Rs. 35 crore and it is expected to benefit more than 70, 000 weaving and rearing unit […]