Added on May 16, 2019
KV News
Jammu: Five teachers are among six government officials suspended for remaining absent from duty without approval in Rajouri district Wednesday, officials said. A team of officers of the education department conducted surprise visits to 11 government schools and offices in Rajouri district and found one government middle school locked as no teacher had come to […]
Added on May 16, 2019
KV News
Jammu: Two suspected drug peddlers were arrested here Wednesday with 210 kg poppy and Rs 90,000 in cash, officials said. A police party stopped a truck for checking in Bagh-e-Bahu area and recovered 210 kg of poppy and Rs 90,000 cash from their possession, they said. Following the recovery, truck driver Dalbir Singh and conductor […]
Added on May 15, 2019
KV Correspondent
Srinagar: There was no letup in the student protests that continued in Srinagar city and other parts of valley on Tuesday against the rape of a minor girl in Sumbal area of Bandipora district last week. While the classwork remained suspended in colleges and various higher secondary schools in various parts of valley, Srinagar district […]
Added on May 15, 2019
Press Trust of India
Says he was planning to flee to PaK
New Delhi: The Special Cell of Delhi Police has arrested an absconding Jaish-e-Mohammad activist from Srinagar, who was planning to go to Pakistan-administered-Kashmir (PaK), officials said Tuesday. The 51-year-old, who was carrying a reward of Rs 2 lakh, has been identified as Abdul Majeed Baba, a resident of Sopore in north Kashmir, they said. According […]
Added on May 15, 2019
Press Trust of India
Srinagar: A youth has been arrested for allegedly raping a teenager in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, police said on Tuesday. A complaint was received on Sunday evening about the incident at Harran village of Ganderbal area in central Kashmir, a police officer said. The accused, Muhammad Aasif Wani, 20, has been arrested and he belongs […]
Added on May 15, 2019
Press Trust of India
DGP visits landslide prone areas, asks officials to work tirelessly
Banihal: The Jammu-Srinagar national highway was closed for traffic on Thursday due to a landslide in Ramban district that left over 1,500 vehicles stranded, officials said. The 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir to the rest of the country, was blocked by a landslide at Digdol area. As a result, over 1,500 heavy […]
Added on May 15, 2019
Press Trust of India
New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has warned students against taking admission in unapproved institutions in Pakistan administered Jammu and Kashmir (PAJK). “Pakistan administered Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India. The educational institutions including universities, medical colleges, technical institutions situated in PoJK are neither established by the Indian government nor recognised […]
Added on May 15, 2019
KV News
Srinagar: Private Schools Association of Jammu and Kashmir (PSAJK) has condemned the AICTE directive asking students from Jammu and Kashmir not to take admission in educational institutes in PaK. The Association said that such directions negate the basic principle of SAARC cooperation, where both India and Pakistan are signatories. “India is part of SAARC group […]
Added on May 15, 2019
Press Trust of India
Seeks defence ministry’s intervention for better supply
NEW DELHI: The Army has sought immediate intervention of the Defence Ministry to check rising cases of accidents involving battle tanks, artillery and air defence guns due to “poor quality” of ammunition being supplied to it by the state-run Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), official sources said. They said the Army has specifically raised the issue […]
Added on May 15, 2019
Press Trust of India
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader and Union Minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday dared the opposition to name its prime ministerial candidate if it was sure of victory in the Lok Sabha polls, even as he asserted that his party will win more seats than it did in 2014. With only the last phase of the polls […]
