PHE daily wagers protest against delay in wages
Srinagar, Jul 22 (KNS): Public Health Engineering (PHE) daily wagers, casual labourers, land donors and ITI workers on Monday staged a protest against the Governor led Administration for failing to release their wages from last couple of weeks. The protesters under the banner of Kashmir PHE Joint Employees Association assembled at Srinagar’s Pratap Park and […]
Army man killed in LOC firing
Official spokesman said that an Army personnel was killed Monday as India-PaK troops exchanged fire along LoC in Rajouri district. Officials said that an army personnel manning a forward post was critically injured in the Pakistani firing in Sunderbani sector and was immediately rushed to the military hospital where he succumbed to injuries. Earlier, a […]
Teenage girl found hanged inside home in Sopore
A teenage girl allegedly committed suicide in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district last night. According to reports the girl (name withheld), 18, a resident of Kralteng, allegedly hanged self at her house. She was rushed to sub district hospital Sopore, however, doctors declared her dead.
Sheila Dikshit, three-time Delhi CM, passes away
Agencies New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and three-time former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit passed away Saturday afternoon at a private hospital here, her family and the party said. She was 81. Dikshit breathed her last at 3.55 pm at Fortis Escorts hospital, doctors said. She was president of Delhi Congress. She served as Delhi’s […]
Three of a family among four dead, two injured after cab rolls into gorge in Ramban
Banihal : Four persons including three members of a family were killed and two others critically injured on Saturday after their SUV skidded off the road and plunged into a 500-ft-deep gorge in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The accident occurred near Binjoni area of Senabati when the SUV occupants were returning from […]
Six pilgrims died in last 4 days, Amarnath Yatra toll reaches 22
Agencies Srinagar: Six persons have died in the past four days during the ongoing pilgrimage to Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, taking the death toll in this year’s pilgrimage to 22, officials said on Saturday. “Six pilgrims died due to various causes during their pilgrimage to the holy cave shrine of Shri Amarnathji,” […]
Rajnath Singh lays wreath at Kargil War Memorial in Drass
Srinagar : Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visited the Kargil War Memorial in at Dras in Ladakh on Saturday, said Srinagar based army spokesman in a statement. The spokesman said that he was accompanied by Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh, the Chief of Army Staff, General Bipin Rawat and the General Officer Commanding in Chief […]
Over 2.38 lakh perform Amarnath Yatra in 19 days
Agencies Jammu: Over 2.38 lakh pilgrims have performed the ongoing Amarnath Yatra during the last 19 days as another batch of 4,094 yatris left Jammu on Saturday for the cave shrine in Kashmir Valley, officials said. Since the Yatra began on July 1, a total of 2,38,974 pilgrims had ‘darshan’ at the cave shrine. Police […]
Throat-slit body of 45-year-old man found in Kokernag
Srinagar: A man was found dead at at Shivhad Panzgam village of Kokernag area in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday. An official said the throat-slit body of Nizam Din Khan, son of Taj Mohd Khan, a resident of Choontwad Panzgam, was recovered today morning from Shivhad. The deceased was a farmer by profession, he […]
Mehbooba dissolves PDP’s Political Affairs Committee
Srinagar : President Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday dissolved party’s Political Affairs Committee (PAC). According to the party spokesman, the PAC will be reconstituted in near future.
