Man hangs himself in Budgam
A 30-year old man from Central Kashmir’s Budgam district allegedly hung himself to death. Police sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that a man (name withheld) son of Ghulam Nabi Sheikh was found hanging in his native village of Alamnag Poshkar area of Khag Division. Police after registering a case under relevant sections of […]
Unauthorised absence from official work
DC Srinagar withholds salary of 44 employees SRINAGAR, MAY 11: In order to ensure punctuality in Government Offices, the Senior Officers of District Administration Srinagar on the directions of the Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad today conducted surprise inspections of different offices in Srinagar and checked the attendance of employees. The inspection teams headed by Assistant […]
South Kashmir: Gunfight rages in Anantnag
2nd encounter in less than 24 hours in same district Srinagar, May 11: Encounter rages between militants and government forces in Marhama Bijbhera of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Wednesday. Reports reaching GNS that a joint team of Police and army launched a cordon and search operation in Marhama. As the joint team of forces […]
Militant killed in Bandipora encounter, ops on
Bandipora : A militant has been killed in an ongoing encounter between security forces and militants in Srinder forest area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Wednesday, officials said. The officials told, that one unidentified militant has been killed in the operation that took place in the Srinder woods of the district. They said that […]
179 bullets, 2 grenades found from woods of Ramban
Jammu : Police recovered 179 bullets mainly that of AK-47 rifle, and two UBGL grenades from a forest area in Ramban, officials said on Wednesday. “During the intervening night, an information was received through reliable sources regarding presence of caché of ammunition and related material in Sumber area of District Ramban,” a police official told […]
Mehbooba tells BJP to wake up after Sri Lanka crisis
By: Muzamil Bhat CK Srinagar PDP President and former ally of BJP Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday in a tweet has said that the prevailing situation in Sri Lanka is the wakeup call for the BJP led central government. She claimed that the central government was “treading the same path” as Sri Lanka. Taking to […]
Alertness key to deal with sticky bombs; jawans being sensitised ahead of Amarnath Yatra: CRPF
Jammu, May 11: CRPF personnel, who will be deployed for the Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir, are being sensitised about the threat posed by “sticky bombs”, a senior officer said on Wednesday, asserting that alertness is the best way to deal with the problem. In a first of its kind seizure in February last […]
Govt. asks scientific community to prepare for dealing with future threats
The government today called upon the scientific community to make advancements in technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) to prepare the nation to deal with future threats. Addressing the National Technology Day function organised by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt said the government was making all […]
Australia monitoring situation in Sri Lanka ahead of tour
SYDNEY: Cricket Australia is monitoring the unrest in Sri Lanka but is confident the national team’s seven-week tour of the island will go ahead as scheduled in June and July, the governing body said on Tuesday. Seven people died and more than 200 were injured on Monday as thousands defied a curfew to protest against […]
WHO terms China’s Covid strategy unsustainable
GENEVA: China’s flagship zero-Covid strategy to defeat the pandemic is unsustainable, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday, adding that it had told Beijing so and called for a policy shift. China has imposed draconian measures, trapping most of Shanghai’s 25 million people at home for weeks as the country combats its worst outbreak since […]