Contractual lecturers demand salaries, job regularization
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir College Contractual lecturers are up in the arms against the government for its failure to draft a job policy. The teachers also rued the delay caused in releasing their salaries. Hundreds of contractual lecturers in government degree colleges continue to bear the brunt of official indifference as they have not been […]
Chadoor encounter: Police arrest band-saw owner for questioning
Chadoora: Police have arrested a band-saw owner in connection with recently concluded Chadoora encounter in which a soldier was wounded while militants had managed to escape from the spot. Official sources said that recently in connection with Zanipora Chadoora encounter, police have arrested a band-saw owner who has been identified as Dilawar Ahmed Sofi. Sources […]
Court quashes detention order of banned JeI spokesperson, two others
Srinagar: Court has quashed the detention of three banned Jamat-e-Islami leaders including the spokesperson Advocate Zahid Ali under Public Safety Act. Sources said that one Mehraj Azeem had filed a petition in the court of law challenging the detention of three Jamat-e-Islami leaders including spokesperson Advocate Zahid Ali, Muhammad Sikandar Malik and Sameer Ahmed Wani. […]
Police solves blind murder case of trucker in 48 hours
Kulgam: Police has solved the blind murder case of a driver in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district and arrested the accused from Jammu. Both the deceased and the accused are from Jammu. Pertinently, police found the dead body of an oil-tanker driver in Khudwani area of Kulgam in mysterious circumstances on Wednesday inside the vehicle. The […]
Would-be-groom goes missing, family files complaint
Srinagar: A would-be-groom is missing from the past one month while the family suspects that he might have been murdered by one who accompanied him. The family members staged a protest in Press Enclave Srinagar demanding arrest of the suspect. Ghulam Nabi Khanday, a resident of Chelian Chonitnar Yousmarg area of Charar-e-Sharif (43) in a […]
Officials demolish residential premises of retired cop
Srinagar: Budgam administration demolished a residential structure owned by a retired top police official. Official sources said that Tehsildar Budgam Nusrat Aziz had received a number of complaints about a residential set erected by a retired police officer at Friends Colony Humhama. The said police officer, Ghulam Ahmed Dar who retired as Deputy Inspector General […]
PDD Jr engineers sacked, booked for securing jobs on fake sports certificates
Jammu: Two junior engineers of Jammu and Kashmir Power Development Department have been dismissed on charges of securing their jobs on the basis of fake sports certificates, said officials on Friday. The duo, Pallav Gupta and Sagar Kumar, have also been booked on charges of committing cheating and forgery, they said. Gupta and Kumar had […]
No compensation to IT firms during lockdown period in Kashmir: Govt
Srinagar: There is no question of providing IT firms with any monetary compensation for loss of business during the lockdown period following the abrogation of Article 370, the government of India said on Friday. Responding to a question by Prof M V Rajeev Gowda, politician and academician, in parliament, Minister of State for Electronics and […]
Youth’s body fished out from Jhelum
Srinagar: Body of a teenage student was fished out from river Jhelum in Srinagar district, officials said on Friday. They said body of Shahid Fayaz son of Fayaz Ahmad Laway (18) was retrieved from the river last evening at Shivpora area. Confirming the incident, a police official said that after conducting all necessary legal formalities, […]
Senior official, others booked by ACB in embezzlement case
Jammu: A senior government official was among several people booked by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday for alleged embezzlement of funds meant for Scheduled Tribe (ST) students in Jammu and Kashmir, an official said. The case was registered against M S Choudhary, the Chief-Executive Officer-cum-Managing Director of State Procurement and Supplies Agency, and others […]
