Renowned physiotherapist Dr Aijaz Ashai to conduct fee consultation camp in Srinagar
Srinagar: Renowned physiotherapist Dr Aijaz Ashai will conduct a free consultation camp in the summer capital, Srinagar on 3rd and 4th February. “Dr Ashai will be available for consultation at City Hospital near Tengpora Bypass road on 3rd February 2018 while as on 4th February he will be available at Safa Marwa Hospital, 90 feet […]
Govt denies compensation to human shield victim
Srinagar: Ruling PDP-BJP government cited four reasons for no payment of compensation as recommended by the State Human Rights Commission to a youth from Budgam who was tied to bonnet of a vehicle by army and paraded through many streets in April last year. In a written reply to a question by National Conference […]
Clouds, rain improve temperatures in J&K
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir particularly Kashmir valley got respite from cold wave conditions on Thursday as overnight rains helped to raise the minimum temperatures further. “There has been remarkable improvement in minimum temperatures across the state due to cloud cover and rain. Temperatures in the Ladakh region have also improved,” a Met official said. The […]
Shopian killings: NC demands arrest of the army men
Jammu: National Conference MLA Altaf Wani here on Thursday raised the issue of Shopian killings in the legislative assembly and sought immediate arrest of the army men responsible for firing the protesters and punishment to them. However, PDP MLA from Shopian Mohammad Yousuf Bhat sought compensation to the families of slain youth. Raising the issue, […]
164 braid chopping incidents in valley, 3 arrested: Govt
Jammu: The Government on Thursday said that 164 braid chopping incidents have taken place in Kashmir Valley last year. In a written reply to clubbed questions by Opposition National Conference members— Altaf Ahmad Wani, Sheikh Ishfaq Jabbar and Abdul Majid Bhat (Larmi)—Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said that highest number of braid chopping incidents, 38, took […]
NC stages walkout from assembly
Jammu: Opposition National Conference on Thursday staged a walkout from Jammu and Kashmir Assembly against Public Works Department minister accusing him of discrimination with opposition MLA’s in Srinagar district. Alleging discrimination, the opposition NC said that the department was macadamising roads which fall in jurisdiction of PDP ministers and MLAs only.
LoC firing: Authorities order closure of schools in Rajouri
Srinagar: Following fresh exchange of fire and shelling between the armies of Indai and Pakistan, authorities on Thursday have ordered closure of schools along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. The district administration has ordered the closure of schools in villages hit by shelling after a fresh exchange of […]
Minor injured in shell explosion, succumbs
Srinagar: A 10-year-old boy who was seriously wounded at the site of gunfight in Chaigund village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district last week has succumbed to injuries. With his death, five civilians have been killed in a week in the southern Shopian district. Musharaf Fayaz son of Fayaz Ahmad Najar suffered critical injuries in his head […]
Shopian turns tense as injured youth succumbs, toll reaches 3
Srinagar: The death toll in the alleged Army firing on a mob in Shopian district of south Kashmir rose to three after a critically injured youth succumbed to injuries on Wednesday morning. Rayees Ahmad, who was among the nine persons injured in the Army firing last week, succumbed to injuries at a hospital here this […]
Army files counter FIR, gives its ‘version’ of the incident
Srinagar: Hours after the third civilian lost his life to the injuries at SKIMS in Srinagar, the Army has filed a counter First Information Report, (FIR) over the ‘attack on its soldiers’ in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday last week. The Army said its men were attacked by the people with stones and forced […]