Briefing

 TRACED: Interpol has finally confirmed to the court that Major Avtar Singh, a territorial army major responsible for the abduction and murder of lawyer...

SELECTED: Prominent businessman Nazir A Dar was elected the president of Kashmir Chamber of Commerce. He replaced outspoken trade leader Dr Mubeen Shah who...

NOMINATED: The Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma, a project of the ColumbiaUniversity Graduate School of Journalism, has nominated Kashmir Times Delhi bureau chief...

ARRIVED: DIG Satish Golcha arrived in Srinagar with a CBI contingent to investigate the Shopian rapes and murders. After initial reluctance the central agency...

SURVIVED: PDP president Ms Mehbooba Mufti survived a road accident near Jajjar Kotli, 35 km from Jammu, on the Jammu Srinagar highway. She had...

After a long wait, Mushaal Mullick wife of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Yasin Malik arrived to a rousing reception in Srinagar along...

APROVED: From January 2010, J&K will have a new pension scheme (NPS) for the new recruitments. Almost similar to the Contributory Provident Fund (CPF),...

ANNOUNCED: Special Investigation Team (SIT) that has failed to achieve a breakthrough in the twin rapes and murders in Shopian has announced an award...

REOPENED: Sopore’s Jamia Masjid Qadeem was opened for the first time in last 18 years for Isha prayers. Since the security men occupied several...

APPOINTED: Kashmir University appointed Nilofer Khan as its Dean Students Welfare, the first woman to hold this post. A doctorate in Home Sciences, Khan...

VISITED: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi visited Leh. He drove a motor cycle from Himachal to reach Leh using the alternative road to Ladakh...

KOPENED: Yet another road has been reopened. This time it in Budgam connecting Beerwa with Sikandrapora that was closed for over 15 years. Officials...

LAUNCHED: Kashmir Times, Jammu based newspaper launched its Srinagar edition with senior journalist Mohammad Sayeed Malik as its Consulting Editor. The launch coincided with...

PROFITTED: In the first three months ending June, J&K Bank pocketed a net profit of Rs. 117.05 crores. Its business turnover was at Rs...

SNUBBED: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has snubbed state Congress leaders including Ghulam Nabi Azad for questioning “visible administrative inexperience” of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah....