Ensure culprits are punished: Mehbooba to GUV
Rape of 13-year-old girl in Ramban…
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti Thursday urged Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik to ensure that the culprits in the rape of a 13-year-old girl in Ramban district of the state are punished. “What can be more blood curdling & disturbing than a case where a 13-year-old minor girl was gangraped in […]
Separatists condemn killing of Sikh youth in Tral
A day after APSCC’s critical statement…
Srinagar: A day after All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) expressed resentment over the silence maintained by separatist leaders over the killing of a Sikh youth, Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) Thursday condemned the killing. They said killing of any human being irrespective of the faith he belongs to deserves highest form of condemnation. In a […]
Bank guard opens fire in Awantipora
Srinagar: After noticing some ‘suspicious movement’ a guard of J&K Bank opened fire in Noorpora area of Awantipora in Pulwama district. Police sources said that guard noticed some suspicious movement near the branch office at Noorpora and fired few rounds in the air. However, no loss of life or injury was reported in the incident, […]
CBI Director Alok Verma ousted by PM-led panel
Kharge expresses dissent to the decision
New Delhi, Jan 10: Alok Verma was Thursday removed unceremoniously as the CBI director after a high-powered panel led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi found that he had not been functioning with integrity expected of him. Verma, whose fixed tenure of two years was to end on January 31, is the first chief in the […]
Man detained for desecrating shrine
Pulwama: One person was caught hold by people and then handed over to police on Thursday for vandalising a local shrine in Pulwama district. Local sources said that the windowpanes of the shrine of Sufi saint Syed Latif-ud-Din Anbali (RA) in Pahoo village were damaged and curtains were tore last night. Locals, who came out […]
4.6 magnitude earthquake hits Ladakh region
Srinagar: A 4.6-magnitude earthquake hit Jammu and Kashmir’s Ladakh region Thursday, officials said. The quake occurred at 8:22 am with its epicentre at 34.39 degrees north and 78.21 degrees east – 63.6 km north of Leh and 193.1 km east of Kargil – in Ladakh region, officials of the Disaster Management Department said. They said […]
Trekker dies of cardiac arrest during Chadar trek
Srinagar: A Mumbai resident died of cardiac arrest during Chadar Trek in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ladakh region, officials said Thursday. The body was found when the Indian Air Force launched an air rescue this morning, they said. Daval Suresh Shah, a resident of Mumbai, suffered cardiac arrest near Tibb Cave on Chadar Trek in Leh […]
CS chairs ICDS Empowered Committee meet
Approves Rs 742.93 cr annual outlay for 2019-20
JAMMU, JANUARY 10: The State Empowered Committee for Anganwadi services met here today with Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam in the chair. The committee deliberated upon the Annual Plan Implementation Programme (APIP) 2019-20 for the ICDS and approved an outlay of Rs. 742.93 crore to be submitted to Union Ministry of Women & Child […]
Flood Control and Irrigation division B’la headless from last one month
“Within a week Ex. Engineer will be posted there”, Secretary FCI Farooq Shah
Baramulla, January 10: Department of Flood Control and Irrigation Division Baramulla has been headless from last one month after the Executive Engineer of the division got promoted and no executive engineer has been posted here due to which contractors and employees of the division are facing hardships. A delegation of contractors told Kashmir Images that […]
Islamia College hosts interactive session for civil services aspirants
District admin to organise coaching for competitive exams at ICSC
SRINAGAR, JANUARY 10: An interactive session with the Civil Services aspirants was held at Islamia College of Science and Commerce (ICSC) here today. District Development Commissioner, Srinagar Dr. Syed Abid Rashid Shah, was chief guest on the occasion. Sajad Ahmad, SP North was also present on the occasion. The session started with the welcome address […]
