China supporting Pakistan to further military infrastructure, says India
NEW DELHI: Islamabad is taking Beijing’s help to rapidly ramp up its military infrastructure along its border with India along Rajasthan. Infrastructure works done for the Pakistani Army by the Chinese include the upgrade of a forward airbase, more than 350 stone bunkers, border outposts and road network, a media report suggested Saturday.A private news […]
Dir SKIMS attached, 3 faculty members suspended
Srinagar: The state government on Saturday ordered the suspension of three senior faculty members of SKIMS, Soura and their immediate attachment with the office of Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir. Director of the SK Institute, Dr A. G. Ahanger has also been attached and has been asked to report to the General Administration Department (GAD) till further orders. […]
Govt orders transfer of 14 officers
Srinagar: In a major reschuffle in the administration today, 14 officers have been transferred by the Jammu and Kashmir Government on Saturday. According to goverment orders, Owais Ahmed (IAS), Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Karnah-Tangdhar, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Secretary to the Government, Finance Department. Ghulam Mustafa Andrabi (KAS), Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Kangan, has been transferred […]
CM distributes appointment orders among another group of pellet victims
SRINAGAR: As another step towards their social integration, Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today distributed appointment orders among yet another group of victims of pellet injuries during the law and order situations in the Valley. The Chief Minister, it may be mentioned here, had distributed appointment orders among a similar group of pellet victims on December […]
Hundreds participate in last rites of slain Constable
Sopore: Hundreds of people participated in the funeral prayers of slain police constable Ghulam Nabi at his native village Rohama Rafiabad where he was laid to rest at their local graveyard. Ghulam Nabi was among the fourpolicemen killed in a powerful mine blast at Sopore on Saturday morning. Constable Ghulam Nabi, father of a 2-year-old […]
BJP govt failed to protect defence personnel: Congress
New Delhi: On a day an IED blast claimed the lives of four policemen in Jammu and Kashmir, the Congress questioned the recent covert meeting of the NSAs of India and Pakistan and alleged that the BJP-led Centre has “singularly failed” to protect the country’s defence personnel. Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma said not a day […]
Lalu Prasad sentenced to 3.5 years in jail, Rs 5 lakh penalty in fodder scam
New Delhi: RJD chief and former Chief Minister of Bihar Lalu Prasad Yadav was sentenced to 3.5 years in jail along with a fine of Rs 5 lakh in one of the cases related to the 1996 fodder scam by special CBI court judge Shiv Pal Singh on Saturday. Lalu appeared before the court of […]
Sopore blast: ‘It was a powerful IED, Says IGP
Sopore: Inspector General of Police Munir Khan while expressing grief over the killing of four cops in Sopore town of North Kahsmir’s Baramulla district said the situation is though serious but they will tackle it effectively. He was talking to reporters at 22 Rashtriya Rifles camp of Indian Army in Sopore town. IGP visited Sopore […]
Six killed, 15 injured after mini-bus plunges into gorge in JK
Udhampur: At least six persons were today killed and 15 others injured when a mini-bus skidded off the road and fell into a 100-feet deep gorge in this hilly district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The accident took place near Karowa, about 30 km from here, around 1.30 pm, a police spokesperson said. He […]
Kupwara avalanches: One more body recovered, death toll reaches 9
Srinagar: One more body has been recovered under snow on Saturday taking the death toll to nine after three vehicles came under multiple snow avalanches at Khoni Nallah near Sadhna Top in Tangdar sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district Friday evening. Deputy Commissioner Khalid Jehangir said that one more body has recovered from the avalanche […]
