ASI, CRPF trooper, 4 civilians injured in Pakherpora grenade attack
Srinagar, May 05(GNS): Two security men including a police officer and four civilian were injured in a grenade attack at Pakherpora area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Tuesday afternoon. Reports reaching GNS said that militants hurled the grenade towards joint deployment of 181BN CRPF and police in Pakherpora. In the attack, Assistant Sub-Inspector of […]
APs Kashmiri photojournalist Dar Yasin, Mukhtar Khan win Pulitzer
Srinagar, May 5 (KNS): Three Associated Press(AP) phojournalists including two Kashmiris won a Pulitzer in feature photography for images made during clampdown on Kashmir after abrogation of Article 370. AP Photographers Dar Yasin, Mukhtar Khan and Channi Anand snaked around roadblocks, sometimes took cover in strangers’ homes and hid cameras in vegetable bags to capture […]
India a step closer to making key drug to treat Covid-19
The Hyderabad based Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT) has synthesised the key starting materials (KSMs) for Remdesivir, the first step to develop the active pharmaceutical ingredient in a drug. IICT has also begun so-called technology demonstrations for drug manufacturers such as Cipla so that manufacturing can begin in India, if needed. Remdesivir, manufactured by […]
Ladakh councillors protest outside L-G’s residence over delay in bringing back stranded locals
In an embarrassment to the UT administration in Ladakh, the Chief Executive Councillor of Leh’s Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Gyal P Wangyal, along with his Deputy Tsering Sandup, executive councillors, and councillors held a dharna outside the residence of Lt Governor R K Mathur Monday. The dharna was to protest over the delay […]
In Pakistan’s new script for terrorism in Kashmir, Handwara is the key
A second face-off between security forces and terrorists, not far from the Handwara house in north Kashmir where a bloody firefight killed 5 soldiers, appears to be part of a Pakistan attempt to rewrite the script for terrorism in Kashmir, a top security official told Hindustan Times on Monday evening. Just minutes earlier, two young men had […]
“Couldn’t even walk properly”: 14-yr-old boy killed in Handwara attack
Srinagar: A 14-year-old physically-handicapped boy was killed, alongside three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers, in a shootout when the militants attacked the 92 battalion of a CRPF party in Wangam area of Qaziabad, Handwara, north Kashmir, on Monday. The body of Hazim Shafi Bhat, a class seventh student, of Khipora village was spotted after the […]
12 more patients discharged from SKIMS, Bemina after recovering from Covid-19
SRINAGAR, MAY 04: SKIMS Medical College Hospital Bemina informed that 12 more COVID-19 patients were discharged from the hospital after recovering from the contagious disease. Among the 153 COVID Positive patients admitted for treatment at SKIMS Medical College Hospital after being referred from various hospitals across the valley, 05 belong to Baramulla, 02 to Srinagar, […]
Lt Governor arrives at Civil Secretariat Srinagar, interacts with officers
Reiterates government’s resolve of working tirelessly for ensuring responsive and accountable Government SRINAGAR, MAY 04: With the opening of the offices at Srinagar, the Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu arrived at the Civil Secretariat where he was greeted by the Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam. On the occasion Advisors to the Lieutenant Governor, Kewal Kumar Sharma, […]
Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)
25 new positive cases reported today, 303 cases recovered till date in JK JAMMU, MAY 04: The Government Monday informed that 25 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), 01 from Jammu division and 24 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to […]
Ban on high-speed internet not proving enough to prevent rising violence in Kashmir
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government has justified the ban on high-speed internet in the Union territory citing the low number of terror related incidents. But the security establishment in the Union territory is anticipating a “hot summer” as the ban won’t be able to effectively contain the numbers. Speaking to ThePrint on condition of […]