Congress leaders not invited to official I-Day functions: Spokesperson
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Congress on Saturday accused the Union Territory Administration of not inviting the party’s top leaders to attend official Independence Day functions. “It is unfortunate that the UT administration did not extend any invitation to the JKPCC leadership, including president G A Mir and other top functionaries in Srinagar and Jammu, […]
Twin challenges: India fighting COVID-19, aggression at borders: Indian envoy to China
Beijing: Indian Ambassador to China Vikram Misri on Saturday said that 2020 has been a very unusual year for India as it had to face the “twin challenges” of COVID-19 as well as aggression on the country’s borders. Addressing a gathering of Beijing-based Indian community at the India House here on the country’s 74th Independence […]
COVID-19: JK reports 19 more deaths, toll reaches 527
Srinagar: The death toll due to Novel Coronavirus has mounted to 527 in Jammu and Kashmir as nine more patients from the Valley, who were tested positive earlier, died on Friday at different hospitals. Officials said that nine patients who died include a 65-year-old woman from Buchpora Srinagar, a 62-year-old man from Akingam Anantnag, a […]
125 doctors, 89 paramedics test positive during Covid pandemic
Srinagar: The frontline Covid-19 warriors have also transmitted the deadly virus as figures reveal at least 125 doctors and 89 paramedics from Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar and its associated hospitals have tested positive for novel disease so far since March this year. A senior official at GMC Srinagar said that till date, 129 doctors […]
Militants gun down two policemen at Nowgam
Srinagar: Amidst a massive security bandobast ahead of independence Day, Jaish-e-Mohammad militants shot dead two Jammu and Kashmir policemen and wounded another in indiscriminate firing in Nowgam area on the outskirts of the Srinagar city, police said. They said the militants have been identified and will be neutralised soon. Militants fired indiscriminately on a police […]
Pak promoting violence in Kashmir: DGP
Srinagar: Pakistan and its proxies cannot tolerate the peaceful atmosphere in Jammu and Kashmir, Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh said on Friday after suspected JeM militants shot dead two policemen and wounded another on the outskirts of Srinagar. Singh, however, asserted that the efforts to strengthen peace in the union territory would continue. […]
Brother of slain militant among three joined militant ranks
Pulwama: Three youth hailing from south Kashmir’s Awantipora area of Pulwama district have announced their joining a lesser known militant outfit, Al-Badr, reports and sources said. The trio was reported missing since the past many days now. Three youth who have announced their joining include Umer Ali son of Ali Mohammad Mir resident of Dadsara […]
Shopian encounter: DNA samples collected from relatives of three missing youth
Srinagar: The DNA samples of the people, who claim to be the relatives of the three youths killed in an alleged fake encounter in Shopian district, were collected in a Jammu and Kashmir government hospital in presence of a police team sent from Srinagar, officials said Friday. The three youths, Mohammad Imtiyaz and Ibrar Ahmed, […]
New Education Policy: Adopt JK centric changes: Lt Guv to VC’s
SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha Friday asked the Vice-Chancellors of the Universities to prepare a roadmap for bringing qualitative improvement in the overall functioning of the Universities and adopt J&K centric changes as per the New Education Policy, besides imparting training to the teachers within the Universities and outside the UT for the transformation of […]
LAC faceoff: Indian envoy to China briefs senior PLA General
Beijing: Indian Ambassador to China Vikram Misri on Friday met a senior Chinese Army General here and briefed him on India’s stand on the situation at the borders in eastern Ladakh. “Ambassador @VikramMisri today met Major General Ci Guowei, Director of the Office of International Military Cooperation of the Central Military Commission and briefed him […]
