New Delhi wants officers to go ‘home’ whose bases were attacked by militants in J&K: Report
Agencies Jammu: New Delhi has recommended to the Indian army high command that those officers should “go home” who were in charge of the Uri brigade, the Sunjuwan military camp and the Nagrota army base in Jammu and Kashmir when militants attacked their bases in past few years, a media report said on Friday. “The […]
Governor flags off new motorcycle squad of Traffic Police
SRINAGAR,: Governor Satya Pal Malik flagged off a new motorcycle squad of the Traffic Police, launched in order to ensure better compliance of road safety measures by the commuters. Sh. K. Skandan and Sh. K.K. Sharma- Advisors to Governor; Sh. BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary; Sh. Umang Narula, Financial Commissioner to Governor; Sh. Asgar Hassan Samoon, […]
Two JeM militants,army man killed in Bijbehara gunfight
Srinagar : Two JeM militants, an army soldier was killed while as two armymen sustained bullet wounds in ongoing encounter at Waghoma area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Tuesday. Official sources told that two militants have been killed sofar in ongoing operation as searches are still underway. A senior police officer told that one […]
DDCs finalize arrangements for ‘Back to Village’ programme
Srinagar;Various meetings were held today across the Kashmir division to work out the modalities for successful implementation of State government’s flagship programme “Back to the village,” held from June Sehrish Asgar held a meeting with Sarpanchs of the district to deliberate on the ambitious outreach project. During the programme designated gazetted officers will stay for […]
Anantnag Encounter: Two Bodies Found, Fresh Firing Resumes
Srinagar : Government forces on Monday found two bodies near the encounter site even as fresh exchange of fire resumed at Bidoora village in Achabal area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Official sources told GNS that two bodies were spotted by the joint team of army’s 19 RR and SOG near the encounter site at […]
Normal life hit as transporters strike against GPRS on vehicles
srinagar:Normal life was hit in Jammu and Kashmir on June 12 due to the state-wide strike by transporters to protest against the administration’s decision on the installation of location-tracking devices in vehicles as a security measure in the militancy-infested state. No commercial vehicle like private buses, mini-buses, trucks, taxis and auto-rickshaws plied on roads from […]
Vigilance sleuths raid J&K Bank headquarters after chairman Parvez Ahmad’s removal
Agencies Srinagar : Minutes after the removal of Parvez Ahmad as chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Bank, state vigilance organisation sleuths Saturday raided the financial institution’s corporate headquarters here, officials said. The vigilance organisation was looking for records of nearly 1,200 appointments allegedly made at the behest of political masters of the previous PDP-BJP government in the state and during Ahmad’s […]
OIC hopes resumption of ‘genuine’ Indo-Pak dialogue on Kashmir
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Thursday expressed hope that India and Pakistan will resume a “genuine” dialogue for addressing all outstanding issues, particularly the Jammu and Kashmir issue. Dr Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen, General Secretary of the OIC, also said that the bloc was following with deep concern the “bloody events against the security […]
Governor not happy with the pace of development in jk
Mudasir Khan Srinagar:-State governor Satyapal Malik has expressed his concern over the slow pace of work on hundreds of development projects in J&K state. Informed sources told newspaper that governor recently directed special secretary and another limbs of administration to pace up the pending development projects, especially in the back drop of model code of […]
LS poll results: National Conference wins all three seats in Kashmir
Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir’s grand old party, the National Conference has won all three Lok Sabha seats in the Kashmir valley, officials said. The party president Farooq Abdullah has won from the central Kashmir seat while Muhammad Akbar Lone and Justice (retd) Hasnain Masoodi won from north and south Kashmir seats. Masoodi has defeated […]
