Valley shuts over JRL call to commemorate Afzal Guru hanging
Srinagar: Complete shutdown is being observed in Valley over Joint Resistance Leadership’s call against hanging of Afzal Guru this day six years back in Tihar Jail. JRL has called for a shutdown to protest against the hanging of Guru and Maqbool Bhat on Feb 9 and 11 respectively. Authorities have imposed restrictions in old city […]
As cold wave grips Valley, MET says, weather will remain cold and dry
Srinagar: Cold wave gripped Kashmir Valley and the minimum temperatures slumped below the freezing point as roads have become slippery to walk upon. MET department said that due to a clear night sky, the minimum temperatures have dropped across Jammu and Kashmir. “The weather is expected to remain cold and dry during the next three […]
Minor dies after hit by snow slide in Sopore village
Srinagar: A 7-year old boy was killed after a snow slide falls from a roop top of a house which hit him in Chahar village of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday late evening. Reports reaching GNS said that the boy Irfan Ahmed Khan son of Ghulam Hassan Khan of Chehar Kalhool […]
Jmu-Sgr highway shut for 4th consecutive day
Srinagar: The Srinagar-Jammu highway was shut for the fourth consecutive day on Saturday due to landslide debris on the highway at many places and slippery road conditions. The debris of the landslides has accumulated at Digdol, Panthal, Battery Chashma and Anokhi Falls in the Ramsoo-Ramban belt, an official said, adding that the debris is being […]
Saugat Biswas is first divisional commissioner Ladakh
Jammu: Saugat Biswas, the 2006-batch IAS officer, was posted as the first divisional commissioner of the Ladakh division, which was created by the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday. Consequent upon the creation of a separate administrative and revenue division for Ladakh comprising Leh and Kargil districts, Saugat Biswas, holding charge of secretary Information Technology, is […]
Fast-food fan Trump in ‘very good health’
Washington, Feb 9 (AFP) President Donald Trump, who delights in confounding health experts with his junk food cravings and disinclination to exercise, is “in very good health,” his doctor declared following an annual medical checkup. “I am happy to announce the president of the United States is in very good health and I anticipate he will […]
American arrested for trying to travel to Pakistan to join LeT
Washington, Feb 9 (PTI) In a dangerous sign that Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) has expanded its tentacles in the United States, federal prosecutors on Friday announced to have arrested a New Yorker who was about to catch a flight to Pakistan to join the terror group. While in Texas, the FBI charged a teenager with using social […]
One arrested for rape, murder of five-year-old girl
Mumbai, Feb 8 (PTI) A pavement-dweller was arrested Friday for allegedly sexually assaulting and killing a five-year-old girl in Mahim in Central Mumbai, a senior police official said. The girl, whose family lives in a roadside shanty along LJ Road, had gone missing early Thursday morning. Her body was found in the same area a few […]
2 killed as elephant brought for house warming runs amok
Guruvayur (Kerala), Feb 8 (PTI) A temple elephant brought for an house warming function ran amok, killing two elderly people at nearby Kottapady Friday, police said. “Thechikottukavu Ramachandran”, the tallest elephant in the state, was standing at the congested compound of the new house overflowing with people, when the animal ran out. As people ran helter-skelter […]
J&K Bank inks MoU with JKSCSTBC Development Corporation
Jammu: J&K Bank Friday entered into a MoU with the SC, ST, BC Development Corporation at Jammu. The MoU was signed by Bank’s Vice President Government Business Shujat Andrabi and Managing Director, SC,ST,BC Development Corporation Ravinder Kumar Bhat in presence of staff of the corporation and senior officials of the bank. Under the MoU, the […]