Two workers wounded in explosion at Hydel Power Plant Poonch
Poonch, May 26 (KNO): Two persons who were working at Kalani Mini Hydel Power Plant in Poonch district sustained injuries in an explosion on Tuesday, officials said. Officials told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the explosion is suspected to have occurred either due to oxygen cylinder or gas wielding cylinder. The explosion left two […]
No let up in disinformation campaign by GOI on J&K: Lone
Srinagar, 26 May (KNS): Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Senior leader and Member of Parliament from Baramulla Muhammad Akbar Lone on Tuesday criticized the statement of Union Minister of state Jitendra Singh on new Domicile laws as evasion of facts and figures saying the ruling dispensation in New Delhi is good at churning white-lies. According […]
Director Agriculture Jammu reviews arrangements for smooth supply of Fertilizers during Kharif 2020-21
JAMMU, MAY 26: In backdrop of COVID 19 pandemic, a review meeting was held today at Krishi Bhawan, Talab Tillo, Jammu in order to discuss various issues related to smooth supply of fertilizer during the Kharif 2020-21 in both divisions of the Union Territory under the chairmanship of Director of Agriculture, Jammu, Inder Jeet who […]
Special COVID sample Collection centre setup at Chitragam Shopian
SHOPIAN, MAY 26:- District Administration Shopian has established on the Spot Sampling and Testing Collection Centre at Chitragam Village in Shopian, Which has been declared red zone after fresh Covid positive cases. Pertinent to mention here that the Said village is the biggest populated village of the District. On the directions of Deputy Commissioner Shopian […]
Newspaper owner accuses police of ‘harassment’ ‘Brought matter into the notice of SSP Srinagar’
Srinagar, May 26, KNT: A senior Journalist and the owner of a Daily has accused police of ‘harassment’ and ‘humiliation’ in Srinagar area falling under the jurisdiction of Police Station Khanyar. “I was humiliated and harassed. Police party led by SHO Khanyar didn’t honour the valid movement card issued by the office of District […]
‘You are harassing doctors’: Bandipora CMO tells J&K Police in viral video
Days after a senior cardiologist was detained by police in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday intercepted the official vehicle of the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Bandipora while he was enroute to a quarantine centre. Two videos of the CMO Bandipora Dr Tajamul Hussain shouting at the police personnel posted at a checkpoint in […]
Oil prices rise on supply cut hopes, easing of coronavirus lockdowns
Oil prices climbed on Tuesday, boosted by increasing faith in the market that producers will to stick to commitments to cut crude supply while demand picks up with more cars back on the road as coronavirus lockdowns are eased around the world. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures gained 3.2%, or $1.06, to $34.31 a […]
‘Let your Patients, Hospital Go to Hell’: Srinagar Doc on Duty Reveals Horror of Being Beaten up by Cops
Srinagar: At a time when frontline health workers are feted with salutes, standing ovations, bouquets and musical tributes across the world, their counterparts in Kashmir are unfortunately made to face music on the way to their workplaces. Dr Syed Maqbool, an ace senior intervention cardiologist at Srinagar’s Super Speciality Hospital, alleged “police beating, humiliating and detaining […]
China may have posted 5,000 soldiers across LAC, officials say as tension grows along border
China may have marshalled close to 5,000 soldiers on its side of the disputed border in the Ladakh sector where India has also sent military reinforcements to strengthen its defences as growing tension along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) threatens to plunge the bilateral relationship to a new low, people familiar with the development […]
In Ladakh, like in Doklam, China must learn to deal with the assertive Indian soldier on LAC
Are the Chinese taking revenge for the 2017 Doklam stand-off in the Galwan Valley of Ladakh? Over the last fortnight, as Indian and Chinese soldiers beat each other up at a remote, god-forsaken site in the eastern part of the Union Territory, which also saw action during the 1962 border conflict, the world has speculated why Asia’s largest […]