Army Major among two injured in LoC explosion
Rajouri: Two Army men including a Major were injured in an explosion that took place along the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera sector area of Rajouri. Official sources said that the explosion took place on Thursday noon in a forward location of Nowshera sector of Rajouri. “An Army Major and another personnel got injured […]
Woman dies of electric shock in Uri
Uri: A 35-year old woman died due to electrocution in north Kashmir’s Uri town on Friday morning. Reports said that the woman identified as Khalida Begum wife of Mohammad Ashraf Sheikh resident of main town Uri received an electric shock after she came in contact with a live electric wire as some construction work was […]
Govt employee booked for migrant relief fraud
Jammu: The Crime branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police booked a government employee from the valley for withdrawing relief meant for Kashmiri migrants by fraudulent means, an officer said on Thursday. Mukhtiyar Ahmed Sheikh of Achabal in Anantnag district, who is employed with the health department in Mattan, prepared documents to entitle him to draw […]
B2V will help reach out to people at grassroots level: Advisor Bhatnagar
SRINAGAR: The fundamental objective of Back to Village (B2V) is to reach out to the people at grassroots level and to involve them in the mission of equitable development. This was stated by Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar in a media statement here. “Encouraged by the success of the first and second editions […]
Administrative Secretaries nominated as In-charge Secretaries for Districts
Directed to monitor dev works
SRINAGAR: The Government Thursday nominated Administrative Secretaries as In-charge Secretaries for Districts for monitoring development works and other related matters. According to the order issued by General Administration Department, Administrative Secretaries who have been nominated as In-charge Secretaries are Financial Commissioner, Finance, Arun Kumar Mehta for Jammu; Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education Department, Atal […]
Anantnag villages lacks basic amenities, residents dismayed
Anantnag: Mocking at the tall claims of the Union Territory government about providing of basic facilities to the people living in J&K, the upper areas of Kokernag area in Anantnag district are still lacking in basic amenities with people accusing the successive governments of indifference. The residents of Check Gohan in Kokernag area and Dawoodpora […]
Govt mulls to ‘resume’ education process for class 9th–12th
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir School Education department is mulling to restart the education process at High, Secondary and Higher Secondary level amid new Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and guidelines of Government of India (GoI). Top officials of the department said that they are working on the strategy to be followed while reopening schools in […]
Local’s stage protest as minor crushed to death in Qazigund
Qazigund: A seven-year-old girl was crushed to death on Thursday while the locals staged protest against the incident in Damjan village of Qazigund in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Police sources said that a tractor (without registration number) crushed a seven-year-old girl to death near Damjan. They identified the deceased girl as Zareena Jan, daughter of […]
2 JeM militants apprehended in Kupwara: Police
Kupwara: Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested two JeM militants along with arms and ammunition in Kupwara district of north Kashmir. A police official said that Police received a specific input that two JeM militants belonging to Sopore were likely to visit Kupwara and recruit youth in their ranks. Acting upon the input, the […]
Drowned Bandipora man’s body recovered
Bandipora: The body of a 45-year-old man who had drowned last week near Zalwan was fished out Thursday morning from Wular Lake in Laharwalpora area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. An official said that the body of Hussain Ahmad Khatana son of Makhna Khatana a resident of Tanghat Pethkoot has been fished out after Nine […]