Added on May 17, 2019 KV News

Route all advertisements through Information Department, officials advised

SRINAGAR: The Government has asked all Departments to route their advertisements through Information Department for release. In a circular issued by the General Administration Department (GAD), the Government has reiterated that no Government Department/Public Sector Undertaking/Autonomous Bodies under the Government shall issue any official advertisement, under any circumstances, directly to the pint and electronic media […]

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Two more youth shun militancy, says Police

Srinagar: Police Thursday claimed that two youth from south Kashmir bade farewell to militancy and joined the mainstream. Police on its official handler said that two more youth returned to mainstream before they could join militant outfit with the help of their families. In a tweet police wrote “with the support of family and community […]

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KU postpones PG entrance exams

Srinagar: Kashmir University has postponed entrance tests scheduled on Friday in view of a shutdown call by the separatists. A varsity notification issued to this effect on Thursday said that the postponed papers will now be held on May 23. The time and venue shall remain unchanged, it added.

Added on May 16, 2019 KV News

Bandipora rape case: High Court asks IGP to file status report by Friday

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir High Court Wednesday took suo moto cognizance of the Bandipora rape case of a three-year-old girl and directed Inspector General of Police (Kashmir zone) to file a status report by Friday. A division bench of Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Tashi Rabstan, taking notice of reports about the rape case, […]

Added on May 16, 2019 Press Trust of India

Pakistan shuts its airspace for Indian flights till May 30

Lahore: Pakistan on Wednesday decided not to lift its airspace ban for Indian flights till May 30, as Islamabad is awaiting the outcome of the Lok Sabha polls in India. Pakistan fully closed its airspace after an Indian Air Force strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror camp in Balakot on February 26. However, Pakistan opened […]

Added on May 16, 2019 Press Trust of India

Azad foresees a non BJP government at the centre

PATNA: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad Wednesday claimed that neither BJP nor NDA will form the government at the Centre after the Lok Sabha elections. Narendra Modi will not become prime minister for second time after the election as a non-NDA, non-BJP government will be formed at the Centre, he claimed. “We are in […]

Added on May 16, 2019 Press Trust of India

Highway woes: Authorities clear stranded vehicles along Jammu-Srinagar NH

Banihal/Jammu: Thousands of stranded vehicles were cleared off the Jammu-Srinagar national highway on Wednesday despite rocks sliding intermittently from a hillock overlooking the strategic road, officials said. The 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, was closed for vehicular traffic Tuesday morning following multiple landslides in Digdole area […]

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Geelani hails release of prisoners by India, Pak

Srinagar: Hard-line Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani Wednesday hailed the goodwill gesture by India and Pakistan to release prisoners from their respective jails and called for use of such measures as permanent feature of relations between the two countries. Thirteen Pakistani nationals, including four fishermen, were repatriated to Pakistan on Tuesday through the […]

Added on May 16, 2019 Press Trust of India

One dead in hit-and-run case

JAMMU: One person was killed Wednesday when he was hit by a vehicle in Kathua district of Jammu division, police said. The accused driver was arrested within an hour of the incident, they said. Sansar Singh, a resident of Pallad village, was hit by a rashly driven Punjab-bound load carrier at Kalibari on Jammu-Pathankot highway […]

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Employee, teacher attached

Srinagar: A teacher and a class 4th employee were attached by Chief Education Officer (CEO) Anantnag after a video surfaced on social media in which the duo are seen to make students of a government school wash their personal vehicles during school hours. Official sources said that the teacher Mohammad Iqbal Khanday and class IV […]