Bank Loot: Three militant associates of LeT held

Baramulla: Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday claimed to have arrested three militant associates of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) from north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, who are involved in recent bank robbery and also in killing of a civilian from Buchipora Magam area. A police spokesman in a statement issued said that on intervening night of 23/24-04-2021, on […]

Task force creation rams through interests of Govt employees: NC

Says move puts employees at disadvantage

Srinagar: National Conference (NC) on Saturday called the constitution of a task force to monitor J&K employees a toolkit to suppress employees, saying the measure will impede the work culture in government departments. Terming the measure of monitoring the J&K employees with a taskforce a diktat destined to take away what was given by the […]

CCPC distributes job letters to 24 KU students

Srinagar: Kashmir University’s Centre for Career Planning and Counseling (CCPC) Saturday organised an online event to distribute job offer letters among the students hired by a reputed healthcare firm. Twenty four students from the varsity’s Department of Pharmacy were selected by a leading healthcare company (Fortune 500) for their global life sciences projects. All the […]

Al-Badr militant held in Budgam

Srinagar: Security forces arrested a militant belonging to the Al-Badr outfit in Budgam district and recovered arms and ammunition from his possession, police said on Saturday. Based on specific information about the presence of militants, security forces launched a search operation in village Nagbal of Chrar-i-Sharif area of the central Kashmir district, a police spokesman […]

Effective implementation of 5-pronged strategy a must: Govt

JAMMU: With an aim to tackle the recent upsurge of Covid 19, Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education, Atal Dulloo Saturday impressed upon the officers for effective implementation of the 5-pronged strategy in J&K which includes testing, containment, isolation & treatment, Covid appropriate behaviour and vaccination. He made these remarks during a review meeting at […]

Admin starts tele-Psychiatric, Psychological services

Doctors, Experts to counsel people to dispel their stress, fear

SRINAGAR: With surge in Covid-19 cases, the Divisional Administration Kashmir has started tele–Psychiatric and Psychological services to dispel off stress, fear and anxiety among the people during the ongoing Pandemic. Under the directions of Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole, a team of doctors and experts shall remain available for the general public through various […]

Man found hanging in Pulwama village

Pulwama: A 50-year-old man was found hanging in Laribal village of Kakapora belt of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday afternoon. An official said that a man was found hanging from a tree near his residence in Laribal. He was identified as Abdul Gani Dar of Laribal Pulwama. The deceased is father of three sons […]

Labourer from UP dies in Pulwama

Pulwama: A non-local labour died after he complained of chest pain in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. A medico said that the samples of the deceased have been collected to ascertain whether he was infected with Covid-19 or not. Sources said that the labourer hailing from Jagatpur Uttar Pradesh, identified as Ram Samuju complained of chest […]

Team of officers from LAWDA visits Dal lake

SRINAGAR: As part of directions of J&K High Court, a team of officers from LAWDA, Tourism & Floriculture visited Nehru Park and Chaar Chinari in Dal lake to take stock of the assets there and evaluate the need to enhance their potential and beauty. The team of officers comprised Director, Tourism, Kashmir, Dr. G N […]