NIT website hacked
The website of National Institute of Technology was on Monday hacked by a group of hackers identifying themselves as ‘All Pak Cyber Skullz Members. The website was hacked a day after India defeated Pakistan in a cricket match during the Champions trophy at England. The hackers who took over the official website of the […]
KEG condemns NDTV raids
Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) strongly condemns the raids being carried out on NDTV and sees it as yet another muscular manifestation of muzzling the independent media. The raids indicate that there is a sort of emergency being imposed without making it public. “The strong-arm tactic being used to force media take the official line is […]
Trying to ascertain identity of 4 Sumbal militants: DGP
Director General of Police (DGP), S P Vaid, on Tuesday, said that the identification of the four militants, who were killed at Sumbal, has not yet been established. The DGP said that apparently the four militants look like non-locals. “The identification of the four militants is yet to be ascertained. We are currently ascertaining their […]
Human shield row: CPI (M) slams Army Chief
Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Tuesday slammed the Army Chief over the Kashmir human shield row. The CPI (M) in its mouthpiece ‘People Democracy’ said the remarks made in an interview by the Army Chief of Staff General Bipin Rawat about dealing with civilian protestors in Kashmir exemplifies all that is wrong with the […]
LD Medical Negligence Case: Stern action expected against negligent staff
A five member committee that was formed on May 26 to inquire the causes that led to the death of an infant in Govt. Lalla Ded Hospital is all set with its report after a delay of almost 13 days. The committee headed by HoD Gynae and Obstetrics, Govt. Medical College (GMC), Srinagar was […]
Windstorm leaves two persons injured
Two people including a girl were injured due to heavy windstorm in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district Tuesday morning. Police sources said that a man identified as Feroz Ahmed Hajam S/O Ghulam Rasool Hajam, a tailor by profession, of Larnoo Kokernag fell from two-storey house in Achabal Adda Anantnag. As per eyewitness he was adjusting […]
Chamliyal fair brings warring armies together
A 320 years old shrine of Sufi saint Dalip Singh Baba ‘Chamliyal’ brought the two hostile armies of India and Pakistan together. The shrine of the Sufi saint is situated 42 km from Jammu city and falls close to the Ramgarh sector of the border in Samba district. The annual fair at the shrine sees […]
CM to chair cabinet meet today
State cabinet will meet here today to take decision about a number of key administrative issues including giving nod to the industrial policy, clearance to KPS cadre review. The cabinet is also likely to order transfers in the administration. According to officials the state cabinet, which was scheduled to meet Tuesday, is meeting on […]
Govt to induct 50 KPS officers into IPS
State government has cleared a proposal to induct at least 50 Kashmir Police Service Officers (KPS) into the Indian Police Service to address the demand of the local cadre police officers to promote them to higher ranks. According to officials, the Home department has cleared a proposal to induct the KPS officers into the IPS […]
In a first Govt extends accreditation facility to representatives of online news portals
Given the vast growth and reach of the online news media, the Jammu and Kashmir Government has decided to extend accreditation facility to the news media representatives of the online News Portals operating in the State. The News Media Accreditation Policy-2017 notified by the government on Monday has replaced the two-decade old Press Accreditation Policy […]