Authorities in UEA predict Ramadhan from May 6, 2019

Abu Dhabi: Authorities in UEA said that residents can look forward to the holy month and its blessings to land on May 6, 2019. This tallies with the prediction given earlier by the Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities Department of the Government of Dubai regarding the start of the holy month. In a welcome surprise, […]

India to produce 7.47 lakh Kalashnikov assault rifles

NEW DELHI: The union government has cleared a proposal to produce at least 7.47 lakh Kalashnikov assault rifles by the Ordnance Factory Board and a Russian Joint venture firm for the Indian Army. The plant for the same will be set up near Amethi in Uttar Pradesh, said reports. News agency ANI confirmed that the […]

PDD employee shot at in Tral 

Tral: Unidentified gunmen shot power development department employee in Tral area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Sources told KNO that they identified the PDD daily wage employee as Lateef Ahmad. He was shot in Amlar area of Tral. He was shifted to near by hospital for treatment, they said. A police officer while confirming that a person […]

Situation under control, essential supplies normal: Div Com

3000 trucks, 504 oil tankers, 3400 LMVs reached valley

SRINAGAR: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan today said that on the strict directions of Governor Satya Pal Malik, Advisors, BVR Subrahmanyam, the Divisional Administration of the valley worked round the clock to review the situation daily and now the situation is totally under control and stabilized regarding the essential commodities and other important […]

JRL withdraws 14th Feb Shutdown Call

Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership said that the protest strike call against hearing of 35 A case in Supreme Court of India on 14th February , has been withdrawn after the lawyers conveyed to the leadership that in the cause list issued by the Supreme Court at 7 pm today,it is not listed for hearing tomorrow […]

Army soldier commits suicide

Jammu: A 30-year-old soldier allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle inside an Army camp here, a police official said Wednesday. Sepoy Sandeep Singh, a resident of Punjab, was on a guard duty at a post in a transit camp at Panama Chowk where he shot himself in the head on Tuesday, […]

JK Highway: NGT slaps Rs 1 cr fine each on Gammon India, Hindustan Construction 

New Delhi:  The NGT has slapped a penalty of Rs 1 crore each on the Gammon India Limited and the Hindustan Construction Co Ltd for damaging the environment by dumping soil in Chenab and Tawi rivers for construction on a stretch of the Udhampur-Banihal National Highway in Jammu and Kashmir. A bench headed by National […]

Simultaneous Lok Sabha, Assembly polls possible in JK, hints Ram Madhav

Jammu:  BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav Tuesday said that there is a possibility of holding assembly elections with Lok Sabha polls in Jammu and Kashmir. “We have to reach out to people through our workers … and win the forthcoming Parliament polls. There is possibility of holding polls to J&K legislative assembly at that […]

Governor regrets Pulwama school incident, announces ex-gratia

Jammu: Governor Satya Pal Malik has deeply regretted the unfortunate incident of an explosion at a school in Pulwama in which many students were injured. Governor has prayed for speedy recovery of all the children and announced an ex-gratia amount of Rs. 50,000 for all those injured. He has directed the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir to […]