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Clashes, fire in central jail, Srinagar

Clashes, fire in central jail, Srinagar

Srinagar, Apr 5 : Clashes followed by fire broke in the Central Jail in the downtown Srinagar, where security forces had to use force to restore peace, official sources said on Friday. They said there were clashes between inmates and security forces inside the jail late Thursday night. Mobile internet has been suspended in most […]

Delegation of JKCA Members meets Governor

Delegation of JKCA Members meets Governor

Jammu, April 4: A delegation of Members of the J&K Cricket Association (JKCA) led by Sh. M.L. Nehru, former General Secretary JKCA and Sh. Mehboob Iqbal, former Chairman JKCA met Governor Satya Pal Malik at the Raj Bhavan here today. Sh. BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary was present in the meeting. The delegation apprised Governor about […]

Advisor Kumar briefs Governor

Advisor Kumar briefs Governor

Jammu, April 4: Sh. Vijay Kumar, Advisor to Governor met Governor Satya Pal Malik at the Raj Bhavan here today. Sh. Kumar briefed Governor about various administrative issues relating to the Departments under his charge and the to-date status of law and order situation in the State.

Highway closure: Israel policy will turn Kashmir into Palestine: Shah Faesal

SRINAGAR, APR 04 : Former IAS officer Shah Faesal reacted on government’s decision to close the national highway for civilian traffic on every Wednesday and Saturday. He tweeted, “‘policies imported from Israel will turn Kashmir into Palestine”. In the tweet, he also questioned Mr. Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister. He asked, ‘how will employee attend […]

Four more persons detained during night raids in Shopian

Four more persons detained during night raids in Shopian

  Shopian  04 Apr:   Government forces on Wednesday night picked up four more persons during night raids in Vehil and Choudrigund villages of south Kashmir’s Shopian district. Reports said that Anayat Ullah Malik son of Mohammad Syed Malik, Tanveer Ahmad Wagay son of Gh. Hussain Wagay, Sajad Ahmad Khan son of Abdul Hamid Khan, […]

Gautam should stick to cricket as he doesn’t know much about J&K: Omar

Gautam should stick to cricket as he doesn’t know much about J&K: Omar

Srinagar, Apr 2 : Hitting out at Gautam Gambhir, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said the former cricketer should stick to tweeting about IPL as he does not know much about J&K. ‘Gautam, I never played much cricket because I knew I wasn’t very good at it. You don’t know […]

Pakistan again violates ceasefire on LoC in Poonch, schools shut

Pakistan again violates ceasefire on LoC in Poonch, schools shut

Jammu, Apr 2  :  Pakistan on Tuesday yet again violated the ceasefire by firing unprovoked along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. “Pakistan fired unprovoked and shelled forward villages in Shahpur Kerni area of Poonch,” official sources here said. They said that Indian Army effectively retaliating to the cross border […]

Karvan-e-Aman bus remains suspended for 5th week

Karvan-e-Aman bus remains suspended for 5th week

Srinagar, Apr 1 : The Karvan-e-Aman bus, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) remained suspended for the fifth consecutive week on Monday, official sources said. “No bus will operate today”, official sources said. Repair work was still going on at Aman setu, peace bridge at Kaman post, the last Indian […]

DYSS Officer Kupwara conceals official vehicle at relative’s home, attached

DYSS Officer Kupwara conceals official vehicle at relative’s home, attached

Kupwara, March 30  : District Election Officer has attached District Youth Services and Sports Officer Kupwara Ghulam Hassan Sheikh for “misleading” the election conducting authorities by a making false communication regarding attaching of an official vehicle and parking the same in the premises of his relatives in the north Kashmir district. The officer, who also […]

One-way traffic resumes on Srinagar-Jammu highway

One-way traffic resumes on Srinagar-Jammu highway

Srinagar, Mar 30  :One-way traffic was resumed on Saturday on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway, the only all weather road connecting Kashmir valley with rest of the country after remaining suspended for several hours due to landslides and shooting stones in Ramban area. Fresh traffic will be resumed today only after all Kashmir bound vehicles, stranded […]