Mehbooba calls on PM
New Delhi: Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti, who is in the national capital, called on the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi here on Wednesday evening. During the meeting, the Chief Minister apprised the Prime Minister about the overall situation in the State. She informed the Prime Minister that the people of Jammu & Kashmir have been suffering […]
NIA registers case in Lethpora fidayeen attack
New Delhi: The NIA has registered a case in connection with the fidayeen attack on a CRPF group centre at Awantipura in Pulwama district in which five CRPF personnel were killed. The case has been registered following a directive of the Home Ministry, an official release said. It was registered under various sections of […]
KAS aspirants allege foul play
Srinagar: Scores of candidates who appeared in paper I of their optional- Kashmiri Literature) subject in KAS 2016 Mains examination, on Wednesday complained that authorities in JK Public Service Commission (PSC) had set questions which were not part of the prescribed syllabus for the examination. A group of aggrieved candidates said that out of ten […]
Forces cordon DDC’s office in Pulwama, search conducted
Srinagar: Panic gripped the office of the District Development Commissioner (DDC) in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district after troops cordoned off the entire premises and launched a search operation in the office block. According to the eyewitness, a person carrying a bag was asked to stop at the police check-post near the gate of the building […]
NC takes on PDP on corruption charges
Srinagar: Opposition National Conference (NC) spokesperson Junaid Azim Mattu took on the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) claiming that he is in possession of a telephonic conversation that implicates the brother of Chief Minister Tasaduq Mufti and a blue eyed businessman. Matoo on his twitter handle has promised that he will make the conversation […]
Former militant shot at in Tral
Srinagar: A former militant sustained critical injuries after he was shot at by unknown gunmen at Main Town Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday evening. Official sources said that the former militant identified asAijaz Ahmad Shah son of Ali Mohammad, a resident of Tral received bullet wounds in abdomen after he was fired […]
Kathua rape and murder: Police says vested interests trying to add ‘fuel to fire’
JAMMU: The police Wednesday said that some vested interests are trying to communalize the situation to put pressure on the agency investigating the murder of a teenage girl in Kathua and “unfortunately some media organizations have also started playing into the hands of such troublemaking elements.” Reacting to a news report published in a Jammu […]
India, Pak armies exchange gunfire on LoC
Jammu: Increasing its arc of ceasefire violations, Pakistani troops have fired and shelled forward areas along the LoC in Sunderbani, Nowshera and Khour sectors of Rajouri and Jammu districts, forcing the Indian Army to retaliate effectively. The Pakistan Army violated the ceasefire agreement around 1030 hours today in Nowshera, Kalal and Sunderbani sectors along the […]
Govt suspends Dr Ahanger
Srinagar: Government on Wednesday suspended Dr A G Ahanger from the post of secretary (Coordination) Health & Medical Education following his failure of joining the duties even after the passage of more than one Month. Dr Ahanger, the former Director SKIMS, After his attachment to the GAD in the month of January this year, was later […]
DSP lynching: Govt appoints special public prosecutors
Srinagar: The state government has appointed two Special Public Prosecutors to conduct the case involving alleged lynching of Deputy SP Ayub Pandith at Jamia Masjid in Old city area of Nowhatta last year. “In exercise of the powers conferred by Sub-Section (1) of section 492 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, Samvat 1989, the Government […]
