Youth raise slogans in favour of Zakir Musa during cricket match
Srinagar: In an embarrassment to the government forces, dozens of youth Saturday raised pro-freedom and pro-Zakir Musa slogans in central Kashmir’s Budgam during a cricket match sponsored by the Army. According to the reports, the slogans were raised at the end of final match of a tournament organized by 53 RR in Budgam town. The […]
Pakharpora shuts for 2nd day, protests held in Trichal
Srinagar: A complete shutdown was observed in Pakharpora and its adjoining areas in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district for the second consecutive day to mourn the killings of militants. Four militants were killed in a fierce gun fight between Government Forces and trapped militants at Futlipora Pakharpora village on Wednesday morning. Reports said all the shops […]
CS discusses key land issues with Union Defense Ministry officers
New Delhi: Chief Secretary, B B Vyas met the senior officers of the Union Defense Ministry, Defense Estates and the Army here Saturday to discuss the land issues flagged by the civil administration during his extensive visit to various districts recently. The Chief Secretary called for resolving all the outstanding land related issues in a […]
Gunmen shot apple trader in Shopian
Srinagar: A 30-year-old apple trader was injured seriously after unknown gunmen opened fire at him in Keegam village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday evening.Official sources told that some unknown gunmen opened fired upon the apple trader Mukhtar Ahmad Bhat (30) s/o Ghulam Mohammad Bhat outside his residence at Keegam.“Mukhtar has sustained three bullets […]
Grenade attack on Baramulla police station
Unidentified militants on Saturday attacked police station Baramulla with a grenade, reports said. They added that a grenade was lobbed at a police station Baramulla at 7: 08 pm that exploded with a bang. Few gunshots were also heard after the blast. However, there was no immediate report of any causality. More details awaited.
NEET (PG)-2018 exam: 2 centres set up for Valley candidates
Jammu: Responding to the plea of the Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti, the Central Government has decided to set up two examination centres for the students of Kashmir Valley appearing in the upcoming NEET (PG)-2018 examination. In a communication, the Union Health Ministry has informed the Board of Professional Examination authorities of the State to re […]
DSEK distributes 20 lakh textbooks to students of Govt Schools
SRINAGAR: Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) today distributed 20 lakh textbooks to the students of Government Schools of Kashmir Division. In this connection book distribution functions were held in all the district headquarters of the division in which 101 Educational Zones of Kashmir including Leh and Kargil were covered. Almost 6 lakh more textbooks […]
For 6th time in a row, PDP reposes faith in Mehbooba
Srinagar: For the sixth consecutive time, the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was Saturday re-elected as the People Democratic Party (PDP) President at Jammu. The elections held in Jammu started at 11:00 am in the morning in which parliament members of the PDP, party MLAs, MLCs, district and zonal presidents and senior functionaries including general secretaries and state secretaries of the PDP cast their […]
Sehwag lauds forces for killing 200 militants in Kashmir
Srinagar: A day after DGP Vaid’s tweet in which he had claimed to have killed more than 200 militants in Kashmir this year, former Indian cricketer Virendra Sehwag also tweeted in support of the ‘double century’ achieved by the ADGPI and the Jammu and Kashmir police.’ Lauding the ‘achievement’, Sehwag congratulated government forces for ‘eliminating […]
Clashes erupt in Trichal village of Pulwama
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