2 infiltration bids foiled: Army

Srinagar, Aug 5: Army on Friday claimed that it foiled two infiltration bids along the Line of Control (LoC) in frontier district of Kupwara.    “The attempts by militants to sneak into the Kashmir Valley from across the LoC were plugged by soldiers stationed at Bangus valley and Keran More

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Army organizes educational tour

Srinagar: Army has organized educational-cum-motivational tour to Devsar-Jammu-Bengaluru-Mysore-Chennai and back for 35 school children of various districts in south Kashmir, an Army spokesman said. The spokesman said the tour comprises of 35 children of eight different schools from Anantnag More

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KU condoles Bakshi’s demise

 Srinagar:  Department of Students Welfare at the University of Kashmir Friday held a meeting to condole the demise of Abdul Qyoom Bakshi, an active member of the Cancer Society of Kashmir who breathed his last on Thursday. The meeting was chaired by Prof Nilofar Khan, Dean Students More

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Mufti Azam meets Governor

Srinagar: A delegation led by Moulana Mufti Muhammad Bashir-ud-Din Ahmad, Mufti Azam of J&K, called on Governor NN Vohra, Governor here this evening. During the meeting, Mufti Azam and members of the delegation, discussed with the Governor the obtaining security situation in Jammu and Kashmir More

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Body retrieved

Baramulla: Body of an 8-year-old Sahil Maqbool son of Muhammad Maqbool of Baghi Islam Baramulla was retrieved from river Jehlum here on Friday.  Sahil drowned in the river on Wednesday while taking a bath near Khanpora Bridge. More

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School edu employees stage protest

Srinagar: Scores of employees of the school education department on Friday staged protest demonstration in the directorate complex, M A Road, here.   The protest was organized by the School Education Non-Teaching Employees’ Forum (SENTEF) president Nusrat Ahmad Beigh in support of the Joint More

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Bakshi sent on judicial remand

Srinagar, Aug 5: Senior separatist leader Shakeel Ahmad Bakshi has been sent to central jail Srinagar till August 13 on judicial remand. Bakshi was rearrested from Kot Balawal jail on July 24 after a court had granted him bail. He was arrested by the police on February 17 this year from his More

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Attention Hajj Pilgrims 2011

Srinagar, Aug 5: According to Executive Officer, State Haj committee Srinagar, all those Pilgrims who have opted JOHFA as Meeqat are hereby informed to deposit an additional amount of Rs 1219 towards transportation charges through Core Banking system in any branch of State Bank of India. More

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