Two more militants killed in Shopian gunfight, toll 5: Police
Five militants were killed in an ongoing gunfight with the security forces in Sugoo Hendhama area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Wednesday, police said. “Five unidentified militants ;have been) killed in Shopian. Operation underway,” said police on Twitter. Mobile Internet has been suspended in the Shopian district as a precautionary measure, said an official. […]
PM urged to provide protection to panches in J&K
The All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference has appealed to the Prime Minister and the Union Territory administration to immediately provide security to the sarpanches and panches as they were being targeted by militants. During a press conference here on Tuesday, president, All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC), Anil Sharma, said while all bureaucrats, […]
‘Left to die’: J&K sarpanches, touted to usher in Modi’s Naya Kashmir, feel let down
Srinagar: The killing of a Congress-affiliated sarpanch in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district Monday has brought to the fore the vulnerability of local body representatives, who were expected to fulfill Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s idea of a “Naya Kashmir”. Ajay Pandita Bharti (40), the sarpanch of Lukbawan village in south Kashmir’s Larkipora area, was shot dead by unidentified militants at […]
COVID +ve Woman In Probe Agency NIA Custody In Terror Case Denied Bail
New Delhi: A Jammu and Kashmir woman, who was found COVID-19 positive during NIA custody, was denied interim bail on Tuesday by a Delhi court in a case of allegedly planning a terror attack in the country during the anti-CAA protests. Hina Bashir Beg, currently lodged into Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital, was arrested along […]
Srinagar Police traces 3 COVID-19 suspects
Srinagar, June 09 (KNS): Srinagar police on Tuesday claimed to have traced three covid 19m suspected in Talibal area of Harwan Srinagar, A police statement issued to KNS said, In a swift action, Police in Srinagar traced three primary contacts of a COVID-19 positive person. After surfacing of a positive case of COVID-19,in Tailbal area […]
Div Com reviews arrangements at Covid Care Centre, MMC Wayil
GANDERBAL, JUNE 09: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, P.K Pole today visited the Mini Maternity Centre (MMC) Wayil Ganderbal, designated as Covid Care Centre for conduct of surgeries and treatment of Covid-19 positive and suspected pregnant women of the district. During the visit, Div Com took firsthand appraisal of facilities available there, he took stock of […]
Lt Governor condemns killing of Sarpanch
Jammu, June 09 (KNS): Lieutenant Governor, Shri Girish Chandra Murmu has expressed deep pain and anguish at the killing of Ajay Pandita Bharti, Sarpanch in Anantnag Kashmir. Calling it a cowardly act, the Lt Governor condemned the killing and said that those behind the killing are the enemies of humanity. The attack on any public […]
Another Covid-19 death reported in Valley, Second since morning
Srinagar, June 09 (KNS) ; Kashmir Valley on Tuesday reported second death due to coronavirus as a 70-year-old covid-19 patient from Panzath village in Qazigund area of south Kashmir died at GMC Anantnag, taking the overall death toll in J&K to 48. Sources told KNS that an elderly man South Kashmir district died in south […]
WFO Trust felicitates 120 Corona Warriors across J&K
Jammu June 07 (KNS): The Work For Others (WFO), an organised working for social upliftment with focus on efforts like blood donation, aid to poor families in marriages of their children, have felicitated 120 Corona Warriors across Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement issued Kashmir News Service (KNS) here by the representatives, it has been […]
Mian Qayoom’s son-in-law, Javed Wani, appointed HC judge
Srinagar: After a gap of seven years, the President of India on Tuesday ordered appointment of a Kashmiri Muslim lawyer, Javed Iqbal Wani, as judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. The notification in this regard was issued by union ministry of Law and Justice today, reported a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO). […]
