Live bullets, empty cases recovered from two bags during X-Ray scanning at Srinagar airport
The security forces have recovered some live bullets and empty cases from two bags during X-Ray scanning at the Srinagar airport on Monday, officials said. During the X-Ray scanning at the drop gate of the airport, the security personnel deployed there recovered some live bullets and empty rounds from two bags, they said. The officials […]
No Relief for Students Stranded in Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan: Masoodi
Srinagar, June 08 (KNS): National conference MP Hasanin Masoodi on Monday said Though 32,000 Indians stranded in Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh have reportedly returned through land border immigration check points, yet 300 students stranded in Pakistan have been endlessly waiting their evacuation delayed without any reason, complains National Conference.. In a statement issued to KNS, […]
Congress strongly condemns killing of Party Sarpanch Ajay Bharti
Srinagar June 8, (KNS): The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress (JKPCC) today strongly condemned the gruesome killing of Party Sarpanch Ajay Bharti by unidentified gunmen in Anantnag District and demanded stern action against the killers. In a statement issued to KNS, the Party described the killing of Ajay Bharti as mindless and shameful act and […]
Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurates CAT Bench at Jammu
Establishment of CAT bench to guarantee availability of speedy, effective, decentralized dispensation of justice to J&K and Ladakh employees: Lt Governor JAMMU, JUNE 08: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh today inaugurated the 18th Bench of […]
Advisor Baseer Khan visits Baramulla, inspects several dev projects
About 847 Projects underway, so far 1.1 lakh Mandays generated under MGNREGA in current fiscal: Director RDD BARAMULLA, JUNE 08: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Khan today visited Baramulla district where he inspects several ongoing developmental projects undertaken in RDD sector while taking review over the pace and position of these works. The visit was […]
Bakarwals Left in Lurch After Lockdown Delays Migration
Bakarwals, a nomadic tribe, walking to the green pastors of Kashmir valley with their sheep, is a tradition older than the Mughal dynasty. But, for the first time in their history, this journey has been delayed due to the nationwide lockdown imposed following the COVID-19 outbreak. The Bakarwals’ annual migration which takes place in April […]
Kashmir reports 3rd Covid-19 death in a day; overall tally 44
Srinagar A Covid infected elderly man from Handwara area of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district died at CD hospital on Monday, taking death toll due to Covid-19 pandemic to 44 in the Jammu and Kashmir. This is the third Covid death since morning in Kashmir as earlier in the day, a CRPF posted in South Kashmir […]
Transporters reject new SOPs for plying passenger vehicles in Jammu
Even as Jammu authorities gave a green signal to the movement of buses and minibuses from Monday, transporters refused to start operations due to ‘unreasonable’ restrictions laid down in the fresh standard operation procedures (SOPs) issued on Sunday evening. “There is no reason to start operation because operating with 50 per cent capacity, without hiking […]
Boy drowns to death in Bandipora village
Bandipora, June 08 (KNS): Minor drowned to death in a pond at Zalpora village of Sumbal in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Monday an official said. The minor was identified as Ali Muhammad Kachroo, son of Muhammad Akbar Kachroo, 4, of Zalapora Nowgam slipped into the water pond at his home in Zalpora. An official […]
Support for militancy wiped out in Kashmir: Lt Gen BS Raju
Srinagar: A senior army officer, who is head of Kashmir-based 15 corps, has called the recent “uncoordinated acts of violence” in North Kashmir, “signs of desperation” by militants as a result of not finding resonance among people who want to get out of the cycle of violence. Lt General BS Raju claimed that “the sharp dip […]