Nocturnal cross-LoC gunfire rattles Kamalkote in Uri
Srinagar: The armies of India and Pakistan exchanged gunfire along LoC in Uri in northern Kashmir’s Baramulla district during the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday.Reports said that the two armies exchanged mortar shelling…
Temperatures below freezing point in Kashmir, intense cold wave continues
Srinagar: An intense cold wave continued on Thursday across the Ladakh region with Leh recording minus 8.6 degrees Celsius, a Met department official said.He said the minimum temperatures remained below freezing point in the Kashmir…
Rupee falls 54 paise, touches 71 level against US dollar
Mumbai, Dec 6 The rupee depreciated by 54 paise and hit the 71 per dollar mark in early trade Thursday amid strengthening American currency and weak opening in the domestic equity market.Forex traders said the strength of the US…
Indian Army made way for government to resolve Kashmir:Gen HS Panag
Srinagar: The current situation in Jammu and Kashmir, particularly in the Valley, is a classic example of our dithering political strategy, former GoC Northern and Central command Lt Gen HS Panag has said.Gen Panag in a column for The…
Elderly woman ‘choked to death by tear gas’ in Hajin, police rejects family claims
Hajjin, Dec 05 : An elderly woman died allegedly due to suffocation caused by teargas smoke shelling during the clashes in Hajjin village of north Kashmir's Bandipora district this evening.
Reports reaching GNS said that during a Cordon…
Congress, BJP played villains to democracy in J&K: Rana
Jammu, Dec 05: National Conference Provincial President Devender Singh Rana on Wednesday lashed out at the Congress and the BJP for playing villains to democracy in Jammu and Kashmir, nurtured and sustained by Sher-e-Kashmir Sheikh Mohammad…
jKSSB reschedules counselling, document verification process of Asstt Store Keeper-cum-Clerk Posts
Jammu, Dec 05: J&K Services Selection Board (JKSSB) has rescheduled the Counselling-cum-Document verification process of the candidates scheduled on 6th and 7th December 2018, for the posts of Assistant Store Keeper-cum-Clerk (Food,…
Mushtaq Ahmad Mushtaq bags Sahitya Academy Award for ‘AAKH’
Srinagar, Dec 05 Prominent Kashmiri short-story writer and eminent broadcaster Mushtaq Ahmad Mushtaq bagged this year’s Sahitya Academy Award for his collection of short stories “AAKH’’. The annual awards by the National Academy of…
DGP convenes meeting, reviews functioning of Police Hospital Jammu
Jammu, Dec 05 To review the functioning of Police Hospital Jammu, Director General of Police Dilbag Singh chaired a meeting at Police Headquarters Jammu. The meeting was attended by IGP Personnel PHQ Sh. J P Singh, IGP Headquarter PHQ…
Qayoom Wani grieved over demise of Under Secretary Education’s mother
Srinagar, Dec 05 President of Employees Joint Action Committee (EJAC) and Chairman Teachers Joint Action Committee (TJAC), Abdul Qayoom Wani on Wednesday expressed deep shock and sorrow on the sad demise of mother of Mohammad Yaqoob Malik,…