Cold wave continues in Kashmir, Drass freezes at minus 22.2

Srinagar The minimum temperatures throughout the valley and the Ladakh region remained several notches below the freezing point. An official of the Met Department said that...

Elderly man found dead in Kulgam

Srinagar A dead body of an old aged man was found on Friday in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. The body has been identified as Abdul Hameed...

Militant killed in south Kashmir gunfight identified

Srinagar A militant who was killed in a gunfight at Rinzipora area of south Kashmir's Pulwama district in the wee hours on Friday has been...

Militant killed in south Kashmir gunfight

Srinagar A militant was killed in a brief shootout after militants attacked army's 55RR patrolling party near Rinzipora area of south Kashmir's Awantipora. Reports said that...

Militants attack army patrolling party in Pulwama village

Srinagar Militants fired upon an army patrolling party of 55 RR in Rinzipora area of South Kashmir's Awantipora. The army retaliated and triggering a brief shootout...

Govt Violating High Court Orders: JKCCS

Srinagar Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) on Thursday issued a statement wherein it took a serious note of an observation by Chief Justice...

Govt to vigorously pursue contempt petitions in High Court

Srinagar In compliance to the directions of J&K High Court, Chief Secretary, BVR Subrahmanyam in a series of meetings over the past one month has...

Dead body of missing girl recovered in Ganderbal

Srinagar A dead body of a missing girl from Kangan area of Ganderbal district was recovered from a power canal at Panzin area of district...

CJM issues bailable warrant against former MLA Abid Ansari in defamation case

Srinagar Srinagar Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) issues the arrest warrant against Abid Ansari and directed Republic TV’s anchor Arnab Goswami to appear before the court...
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J&K Bank Promotes 694 employees across scales

Srinagar As part of Bank’s succession planning policy, Jammu and Kashmir Bank on Thursday promoted 694 employees across various scales out of which  84 employees...

In Hamidi’s Death, Kashmir Lost An Eminent Literary Critic

by Tahir Bhat SRINAGAR: On Thursday, Kashmir lost Professor Hamidi Kashmiri, one of the well-known academician, poet, writer, literary critic and former Vice-Chancellor Kashmir University....

Panchayats to act as fulcrums of rural prosperity: Secy RDD

Srinagar Stressing on the importance of vibrant functioning of Panchayati Raj Institutions, Secretary Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Sheetal Nanda on Thursday said that Panchayats...

Complete languishing projects within stipulated time frame: Div Com to DDCs

Srinagar Divisional Commissioner Baseer Ahmad Khan on Thursday directed the District Development Commissioners (DDCs) of Kashmir division to ensure that languishing projects are completed within...

Empowered Committee clears 174 cases for regularization

Srinagar The Empowered Committee constituted vide SRO-520 held its 5th meeting on Thursday under the chairmanship of Principal Secretary, Finance Navin K Choudhary. The Committee cleared...

Two North Kashmir Districts Achieve Top NITI Aayoq Ranking

Srinagar The border district of Kupwara in north Kashmir has emerged among the top seven districts across the country for having achieved the distinction of...