Thousands of stranded vehicles cleared along NH
Banihal/Jammu: Thousands of stranded vehicles were cleared off the Jammu-Srinagar national highway on Wednesday despite rocks sliding intermittently from a hillock overlooking the strategic road, officials said. The 270-km highway was closed for vehicular traffic Tuesday morning following multiple landslides in Digdole area of Ramban district. The highway was reopened for vehicles early Wednesday after […]
Pakistan’s airspace to remain shut for Indian flights till May 30
BY: M Zulqernain Lahore: Pakistan on Wednesday decided not to lift its airspace ban for Indian flights till May 30, as Islamabad is awaiting the outcome of the Lok Sabha polls in India. Pakistan fully closed its airspace after an Indian Air Force strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror camp in Balakot on February 26. […]
PSAJK, Hurriyat M call it ‘politicization of education’
AICTE directives on admission in PaK colleges
Srinagar: Private Schools Association of Jammu and Kashmir (PSAJK) on Wednesday said that AICTE directive asking students from Jammu and Kashmir not to take admission in educational institutes in Pakistan Administered Kashmir (PaK) negates the basic principle of SAARC cooperation. “India is part of SAARC group and all educational institutes in all the countries should […]
Officer found hanging in apartment
KAS Officers Association expresses shock
Jammu: A Kashmir Administrative Services (KAS) officer was found hanging from the ceiling in his apartment in Jammu on Tuesday evening, police said. A 2004 batch KAS officer, Sushil Atri, was the deputy director of Integrated Child Development Services and he lived in Ansal Apartments in Sainik Colony area, they said. After getting information, police […]
Dir Edu appeals students to resume class work
Srinagar: Director School Education, Kashmir, Mohammad Younis Malik, has appealed to the students to resume their normal class work so that the ongoing academic session is not disturbed which shall put the students in a disadvantageous position. In a statement, the Director School Education said that the law enforcing agencies have taken cognizance and ordered […]
One dead in hit-and-run case in Kathua, driver arrested
Jammu: One person was killed Wednesday when he was hit by a vehicle in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The accused driver was arrested within an hour of the incident, they said. Sansar Singh, a resident of Pallad village, was hit by a rashly driven Punjab-bound load carrier at Kalibari on Jammu-Pathankot […]
Geelani hails release of prisoners by India, Pak
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani Wednesday hailed the goodwill gesture by India and Pakistan to release prisoners from their respective jails and called for use of such measures as permanent feature of relations between the two countries. Thirteen Pakistani nationals, including four fishermen, were repatriated to Pakistan on Tuesday through the […]
Protests continue in Kashmir over minor girl’s rape
College students clash with police
Srinagar, May 14: Protests continued in Kashmir Valley on Tuesday over the alleged rape of a three-year-old girl in Bandipora district of north Kashmir. The state police have constituted a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the rape case and one person has been arrested. Even as authorities had closed several educational institutions in the […]
Kumar assures swift probe into Sumbal rape incident
Srinagar, May 14: Advisor to Governor, K Vijay Kumar, Tuesday assured speedy investigation into the horrific Sumbal rape incident and said that the culprit would be given an exemplary punishment as per the law. The Advisor said that in the present case special medical team would go into ascertaining the age of the accused. He […]
Pak condemns rape of 3-yr-old girl
Islamabad, May 13: Pakistan on Monday condemned the alleged rape of a three-year-old girl in Bandipora district, terming it as a “horrific” incident. Foreign Office spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal also condemned the use of pellet guns on protesters in the Valley. Images News Netwokthekashmirimages.com
