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Thursday, May 2, 2024
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Briefing

News nuggets about the interesting happenings in Jammu and Kashmir and the people who are in the focus of around those developments

A Revealing Story

The J&K Police is the biggest villain for the Central Reserve Personnel Force (CRPF) deployed in the Valley according to a 23-page study -...

News Notes

Remembering TUFAIL     The trauma returned this week when Kashmir observed a shutdown to remember all the youth killed during 2010 civilian unrest. The tragedy...

BRIEFING

SRINAGAR Justice Mahesh Mittal Kumar is the new Chief Justice of J&K High Court.  Born in 1953, he graduated in law from Punjab University,...

Newsmakers

CLUBBED: Mohammed Akbar Lone, Speaker Legislative Assembly decided to club two relevant petitions filed by two groups of BJP. One group headed by Prof...

Newsmakers

HIRING: Department of posts, J&K circle, has decided to recruit 274 youth, 113 from Kashmir and 161 from Jammu as Grameen Dak Sewaks within...

Newsmakers

ELECTED: Mohammed Shahnawaz Chaudhary has been elected the President and Pranab Shagotra as the Vice President of J&K Youth Congress. Chaudhary bagged 1,555 votes...

Briefing

Now comes Bollywood boost. Katrina Kaif whose father is presumed to be a Kashmiri, would fly in for the first time to shoot for...

News Notes

Another COMMITTEE     Finally state government has constituted a Task Force headed by the Administrative Secretary, General Administration Department, to look into the circumstances leading...

Briefing

SIACHEN    An investigation is underway about the crashing of a Cheetah chopper over the Siachen glacier. Its pilot Major Chandrashekhar Singh (Hajipur, Patna) was killed...

News Makers

DETAINED: Five members of Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena (BSKS), a Delhi based organization, were detained for few hours for locking the main gate of...

News Notes

Home Secretary’s VISIT  The recent visit of Union Home Secretary R K Singh to Kashmir is being seen as a significant one as it comes...

Briefing

SRINAGAR J&K Bank board recommended an all time high divided of 33.5% for the fiscal 2011-12 in which its profits soared to more than Rs...

Newsmakers

ATTACHED: State High Court attached two under-construction bungalows to the Lakes and Waterways Development Authority till further orders. The bungalows near Dachigam National Park violated...

Newsmakers

ARRESTED: Arif Gilkar resident of Khanyar has been arrested for his alleged involvement in stone pelting and cyber crime. Police says his name figured...

MUZAFARABAD

At least four PaK residents are being held in Jammu since 1965 when they were arrested at the peak of war. Identified as Alam Sher, Brakat Hussain, Sakhi Muhammad