Cloud burst damage house in Tral
Cloud burst in Pinglish village of Tral damaged one residential property and the family had a narrow escape . The incident according to police happened during previous night when cloud burst struck upper story of house of Manzoor Ahmad Dar.police said that the family was safe and authorities have reached the village to access the […]
700 troopers committed suicide in last 6 yrs: MHA
New Delhi—Nearly 700 personnel of the Central Armed Police Forces committed suicide in the last six years, more than those killed in action, the Union Home Ministry has told a parliamentary panel. The reasons include “lack of stability, loneliness and domestic strife”, senior officials of the ministry, led by the Union home secretary, told the […]
Dozen youth arrested in South kashmir
SRINAGAR, MAR 22 : Dozen youth were arrested from south Kashmir’s Pulwama district during the intervening night of 21 and 22 March, reports said. According to local witnesses, over one dozen youth were arrested on charges of stone pelting on a Patrolling party of army, when they were passing through the village on Wednesday. They added […]
Timber smugglers arrested in Handwara
SRINAGAR, MAR 22 : Handwara police has arrested three timber smugglers and seized a vehicle laden with illegal timber. On a specific information, a police party of Police Post Zachaldara, Handwara led by DO Zachaldara seized a Sumo bearing registration numbers JK09-0971, laden with illegal timber at Zachaldara. Three persons identified as Ghulam Rasool son of Sheir […]
JRL stages protests outside Jamia Masjid in Srinagar
SRINAGAR, MAR 22 : The joint resistance leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik on Thursday staged protests outside historic Jamia Masjid Srinagar in which several resistance leaders and activists participated. Carrying placards and banners, the sit-in was led by Muhammad Yasin Malik, while as Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz […]
Militants killed in Kupwara encounter identified as foreigners by Police
Srinagar All the five militants killed in the 48-hour long Kupwara encounter in north Kashmir were foreigners, the police said today even as the government forces launched a search operation in a dense forest area to locate a missing Army jawan. Apart from the five militants, the fierce gun-battle which ended yesterday also claimed the […]
Chatisighpora Massacre: 18 years on members of Sikh community still awaits justice
Anantnag, : Although 18 years have passed the massacre but members of Sikh community at Chittisinghpora still allege that the government failed to crack the case in which the unknown persons in army fatigue wrecked havoc by indiscriminately firing on the innocent persons. Describing the gory incident of year 2000 when the 34 members from […]
Private Schools in Kashmir reduced to capitalist empires, teachers’ exploitation unabated
Srinagar,): Despite the fact commercial educational institutes including top notch private schools in Kashmir are making mammoth profits in form of tuition fees and other numerous charges, the teachers at these schools mostly females are continuously getting exploited in the worst possible ways like lack of job security, underpaid salaries and most importantly the low […]
Governor reviews Yatra arrangements
JAMMU: Governor N.N. Vohra, Chairman of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, today reviewed arrangements for the forthcoming Yatra, which is scheduled to commence on 28th June, 2018 and conclude on 26th August, 2018. The review meeting was attended by Shri Umang Narula, Principal Secretary to Governor and Chief Executive Officer of the Shrine Board; Shri Bhupinder […]
Publicize tourism places to attract tourist’s inflow in Jammu region: Priya to Tourism Dept
JAMMU: ‘Jammu has an immense potential to be developed as an independent tourist destination and exhorted upon adopting a viable strategy for providing best possible publicity and promotional plan to attract tourists from all over the world to visit the beautiful places in the winter capital of the state. Minister of State for Education, Tourism […]
