Air India terminates over 400 contractual employees
New Delhi: Disinvestment-bound Air India has terminated the services of over 400 employees who were hired by the airline on contractual basis after their retirement. The employees affected are those hired for non-technical roles and the move follows an order from the airline’s Chairman and Managing Director Pradeep Singh Kharola. The latest directive follows […]
Cordon and Search Operation in Tral village
Pulwama: A cordon and search operation has been started by government forces in Syedabad Pastuna village of south Kashmir’s Tral on Monday evening. Official sources said that government forces started search operation after receiving specific inputs about the presence of militants in the area. Locals sources said that search operation in the area is going […]
Man held with heroin in Jammu
Jammu: A man was today arrested on the charge of smuggling heroin from Punjab and selling it to the youth here, the police said. Acting on a tip-off, police intercepted Amarjeet Singh in Digiana belt of Jammu and seized 50 grams of heroin from him, a police officer said. He was arrested and a case […]
SRTC to ply bus service from Anantnag to Ajmer Sharif from Jan 12
SRINAGAR: According to Depot Manager, Jammu and Kashmir State Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) Anantnag a bus service for tour purposes is going to operate from Anantnag to Ajmer Sharif in Rajasthan and back from January 12 this year. In this regard, the passengers are requested to report to the JKSRTC Yard, General Bus Stand Anantnag […]
AMU expels student from Kashmir over suspected terror link, intensifies security checks
Aligarh: A research scholar hailing from Kupwara of north Kashmir was today expelled by Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) authorities in the wake of reports alleging that he may have joined a terror group after his photo appeared in the social media showing him with an AK-47 rifle. A team of senior AMU officials sealed the […]
Aadhaar Data Breach Case: KEG condemns FIR against Tribune reporter
Srinagar: Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) has strongly condemned the registration of FIR against a reporter of The Tribune by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). In a statement issued here today, a spokesman of KEG said that the action by UIDAI is an attack on freedom of press and thus should be condemned by one […]
Sopore kid wins gold in Karate championship in Bhutan
Sopore: Usman Amin, a 6th standard student from north Kashmir’s Sopore town won Gold in the 3rd International Karate Championship in Thimpu, Bhutan, bringing laurels to Jammu and Kashmir. Usman is a student of Sanctorum Public School Sopore. The Thid International Karate Championship 2017 was held in the Bhutan capital over the weekend. A total […]
Budgam encounter: Two more militants killed as operation ends; toll 3
Srinagar: Two more militants have been killed in an encounter at Chadoora area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Monday, taking the death toll of militants killed in the encounter to three. A senior police officer told GNS that the operation has been concluded with the killing two more militants at Kaneera, Patalgam, Chadoora. “With the […]
Man arrested with cannabis in Samba
Jammu: A man from Chhattisgarh was today arrested with 20 grams of cannabis in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, a police officer said. Suraj Kumar, a resident of Ramgarh village, was arrested after a police team seized cannabis from his possession during a search, the officer said. A case has been registered and an […]
Bihar CM conferred Mufti Mohammad Sayeed memorial Award in Jammu
Jammu: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was today conferred the first Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Award for Probity in Politics and Public Life at an official function here in the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir. The award, given by J-K Governor N N Vohra, has been constituted by the PDP to commemorate the death anniversary […]
