4 BJP leaders in J&K’s Budgam resign hours after militants attack party worker
Four Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam resigned from the party on Sunday, hours after BJP worker Abdul Hamid Najar, a resident of Mohiendpora village, was shot at and critically injured by militants in the district. Among those who resigned are the party general-secretary Budgam and the general-secretary MM Morcha Budgam. […]
JK reports 507 new positive cases, 17003 recovered so far
JAMMU, AUGUST 09: The Government on Sunday informed that 507 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 129 from Jammu division and 378 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 24897. Also 13 COVID-19 deaths have been reported; 01 from Jammu […]
Asgar Samoon visits Kupwara, reviews functioning of Education Department
Rs 1.86 cr expended, 874.88 quintal dry rice distributed among 71,036 children under MDM scheme in Kupwara, so far KUPWARA, AUGUST 09: Principal Secretary, School Education and Skill Development, Dr. Asgar Hassan Samoon, today laid foundation stone for Girls Hostel besides distributing aids and appliances among the specially abled children during his extensive tour of […]
Class IV posts: JKSSB’s Portal records 4,66,760 registrations; 2,43,160 candidates submit online application so far
JAMMU, AUGUST 9: Till today morning 4,66,760 Registrations have been done by the candidates on JKSSB’s Online Portal, since the commencement of online application submission from 10th July, 2020 and 2,43,160 candidates completed their online application submission process for Class IV posts. Also 67,730 applications have been submitted online for the post of Accounts Assistant. […]
Dr Ashraf, a hero who gave his life in service of humanity: Altaf Bukhari
Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) president Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Sunday expressed deep shock and grief over the demise of Dr Mohammad Ashraf Mir from Pampore who died of COVID-19. In a statement issued here, Bukhari described Dr Ashraf as a frontline warrior who lost his life while trying to save precious human […]
BJP worker shot at in Budgam, shifted to SMHS
Suspected militants on Sunday morning shot at a person in Ompora area of Budgam. Ab official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that militants fired upon a person namely Abdul Hamid Najar son of Late Mohammad Jammal Najar resident of Ompora Mehendipora. He was shot near Ompora Railway leaving him injured and was later shifted […]
“GUPKAR GANG”
A senior leader of BJP in a recent television interview called all the former chief ministers and ministers living in Gupkar road of Srinagar as “Gupkar Gang” out to obstruct peace in Kashmir valley. He claimed that common people in Kashmir were happy with the abrogation of article 370, only the politicians with vested interests […]
70-year-old Budgam cancer patient dies at SKIMS Bemina, J&K COVID-19 toll 469
A 70-year-old man from central Kashmir’s Budgam district become another victim of covid-19, fourth since last night and 469th so far in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. They said that the septuagenarian was battling cancer and had been operated recently. “He had metastasis and was admitted to the hospital recently,” a doctor at […]
Pak shells forward areas along LoC in J&K’s Poonch
The Pakistan Army shelled mortars at forward areas along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Sunday morning, prompting retaliation by Indian Army, a defence spokesperson said The shelling in Mankote sector was going on when last reports were received, but there was no report of any casualty, the spokesperson said. […]
Can Centre start J&K political process by changing L-G?
Srinagar: Even as new Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha took oath of office at the Srinagar Raj Bhawan on Friday, on the ground, lobbyism within the bureaucracy and political vacuum seems here to stay. Outgoing L-G G.C. Murmu was at loggerheads with the all-powerful J&K chief secretary and the tussle plagued the administration with laxity and inefficiency. […]