Dr Farooq visits Kupwara, participates in Namaz-e-Janaza of Senior NC Leader Nasir Khan
Sagar, Nasir, Lone, Choudhary, others also participated in Janazah, express unison with bereaved family
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President and Member of Parliament Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Sunday visited Kupwara and participated in the Namaz e Janaza of Senior NC leader and former MLC Nasir Khan, who breathed his last yesterday, a stetemnet issued here said. Dr. Farooq was accompanied by General Secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar, Provincial […]
DSEJ Suspends Officials in a case of document fraud
Forms inquiry committee to probe into the matter
JAMMU: Directorate of School Education Jammu (DSEJ) has suspended its two officials in a case of document fraud and constituted a committee to probe into the matter. The five member inquiry committee, headed by Joint Director (DSEJ), has been asked to conduct an in-depth enquiry into the matter of producing forged documents by an official […]
Dir AHD Kashmir chairs DPC meeting promotes 239 staff members
SRINAGAR: Director Animal Husbandry Department Kashmir, Ms. Purnima Mittal (KAS), chaired the Departmental Promotion Committee meeting at Directorate of Animal Husbandry Department-Srinagar on 31st October, 2020 for promotion of executive and ministerial staff of the department. The meeting was attended by Joint Director, Frozen Semen Project, Dr Ghulam Rasool Beigh (Co-optic member), Joint Director Poultry, […]
Shutdown disrupts normal life in Kashmir

Srinagar: Normal life in the Kashmir valley was affected on Saturday due to a shutdown called by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq-led Hurriyat Conference to protest the new land laws notified by the Centre for Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Earlier this week, the Centre cleared the decks for people from across the country to buy land […]
Aishmuqam residents face shortage of drinking water
Anantnag: Residents of Hamlet Cherawad Vail Nagbal in Aishmuqam area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday said that they have been facing acute shortage of drinking water for the last few years. The residents of the area staged a protest against the officials of PHE sub division Aishmuqam and demanded portable water to the […]
‘Remembering the saviors’
Uri: More than seven decades may have passed but the wounds inflicted by the Tribal invaders on the inhabitants of the Boniyar Tehsil still linger in the minds of the local elders. However, the saga of valour of the Indian Army which came as saviour of locals brings respite to them, who had witnessed dark […]
Upper reaches in Ganderbal receive fresh snowfall
KANGAN: Fresh snowfall on the high mountains of Sonamarg and its suburbs in this central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district has once again triggered a cold wave. According to the details, fresh but light snowfall on the high mountains of Sonamarg, Gagangir, Zojila, Minamarg, Gund, Kullan and its suburbs on Saturday morning increased the chill in these […]
Pakistan violates ceasefire along IB in Kathua
Jammu: Pakistan Rangers violated the ceasefire by resorting to unprovoked firing on forward posts and villages along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said on Saturday. However, there was no report of any casualty or damage on the Indian side, they said. The firing from across the border started in […]
Arrested religious cleric Mushtaq Veeri released
Srinagar: A prominent religious cleric and Vice President of Jamiat-e-Ahle Hadees, Moulana Mushtaq Ahmad Veeri was on Saturday released from detention. A relative of Veeri confirmed that Moulana Mushtaq Ahmad Veeri has reached home and he was welcomed by locals as well as by relatives. Veeri was arrested on February 24, 2019 following a crackdown […]
JKBFSL adds another branch in Jammu
Launches ‘Gold ETF My SIP My Choice’
Jammu: Expanding its network to facilitate investment services other than banking to the people of region, Jammu and Kashmir Bank Financial Services Limited (JKBFSL) – a wholly owned subsidiary of J&K Bank – today threw open a new branch here at Janipur. J&K Bank Executive President Sunil Gupta inaugurated the new branch in presence of […]