Shabir Shah arrested at Banihal
Srinagar, Apr 12: Police on Thursday arrested the senior Hurriyat Conference (M) leader and chairman of Democratic Freedom Party Shabir Ahmad Shah along with his other associates at Banihal on Srinagar-Jammu highway. “Shabir Shah was on his way to Baderwah. The police first tried to stop him More

2 killed, 7 injured in Rajouri mishap
Rajouri, Apr 2: Two persons were killed and seven others injured when a vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a gorge here on Thursday morning. The incident took place when a tempo traveller on way to Rajouri from Badaal, skidded off the road and fell down into the gorge at Danna, this More

Expecting mother dies in Kupwara

SHAHID RAFIQ

Kupwara, Apr 12: An expecting mother died today after she could not reach hospital on time as the road connecting the village was washed away due to incessant rains.  Reports said Hajira Begum wife of Amir War resident of War Patti Kachama, nearly 30 kilometres from district headquarters More

Woman dies in nursing home

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Srinagar, Apr 12: A 35-year-old woman died allegedly due to the negligence of doctors at a nursing home in Islamabad (Anantnag) district of south Kashmir, police said today. Shahzada, a resident of Brad village of Aishmuqam, was admitted in S K J Hospital in Anantnag, 55 kms from here, yesterday More

Headmasters appeal CM
Srinagar Apr 12: In-charge headmasters of school education department have appealed to the chief minister Omar Abdullah and the secretary school education Farooq Ahmad Faktoo for the issuance of formal regularization orders. “The cabinet last year ordered the regularization of the services of all in More

Sehrai pays tributes to Zubair Bhat
Srinagar Apr 12: The general secretary of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Jammu Kashmir Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai on Thursday paid glowing tributes to Shaheed Zubair Ahmad Bhat son of Ghulam Hassan Bhat of Mohalla Jamia Qadeem, Sopore, on his second martyrdom anniversary. “Zubair was forced to jump into river More

BK Pora zone without ZEO

R M BHAT

Budgam, Apr 12: Government School Teachers of Bagaat- I- Kanipora (B K Pora) zone in Budgam district have not been paid salary for past two months.   The affected teachers and staffers said inordinate delay in release of their salary has been caused as the authorities have failed to More

Tanvir accorded warm welcome
Srinagar, Apr 12: Assuring to come up to expectation of the party and people, newly appointed National Conference spokesman Tanvir Sadiq today assumed his office at Nawa-i-Subh amid warm welcome by party leaders and workers. The provincial President Ali Muhammad Dar and other leaders of the More

TeM condemns Zargar’s arrest
Srinagar, Apr 12: Tehreek-e-Muzahamat Jammu Kashmir on Thursday strongly condemned the arrest of its central leader Muhammad Salim Zargar by the Police from Pampore. “Zargar was arrested outside Pampore hospital by the police on Wednesday just after three hours his wife gave birth to a male More

Gujjar maha panchayat in JK on April 16

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jammu, Apr 12: To discuss future course of action with regard to reservation for the community, Akhil Bhartiya Gujjar Mahasabha will hold a one-day maha panchayat in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on April 16. "We demand reservation for the community," Mahasabha president Eshfaq-ul-Rehman More

Jada sans basic amenities

ISHFAQ SAYEED

Karnah, Apr 12: Jada village here sans basic amenities causing immense inconvenience to people.  Having a population of more than 1000 souls, the village has no healthcare facility. “There is no paramedical staff in the village. We have to travel to Tangdhar for receiving health care assistance More

Army organizes picnic
Srinagar, Apr 12: Army on Thursday said th at 13 Rashtriya Rifiles (KUMAON) organized an excursion for the students of Army Goodwill School (AGS), Hajan. Students were taken to Tulip garden, Nishat and Dal Lake, an army spokesman said.     “Our aim is to provide multitude More

  • Kashmir

Centre spends Rs 3583 cr since 1989 on JK security: MHA report

IMRAN MUZAFFAR

Srinagar, Apr 12: A report released by Ministry of Home Affairs has revealed that central government has spent Rs 3,583 crore in Jammu and Kashmir for security related expenditure from 1989 to 2011.   More



  • Srinagar City

More of girls study at Govt Boys Middle School Batamaloo

No playfield, no toilet; Institution lacks basic infrastructure

FAZIL QAYOOM

Srinagar, Apr 12: Though its name is Government Boys Middle School Lachmanpora, Batamaloo, seventy percent of the students are girls while the institution running for the past five decades craves for basic More




  • Jammu

Retired employees run Election Deptt in JK

2 more get extension

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Apr 12: With over a dozen employees serving on extension, the Election Department in Jammu and Kashmir is virtually being run by the retired government employees. Official sources said that More



  • South Asia

Chudhary seeks Intl community’s support to settle Kashmir dispute

Baker urges India, Pak to resolve issues peacefully

NISAR AHMED THOKAR

Islamabad, Apr 12: Terming Kashmir as an unfinished agenda of the partition of Indian subcontinent, Pakistan Administered Kashmir (PaK) Prime Minister, Chudhary Abdul Majeed has said the Britain should More



  • World

5 dead in Indonesian quake: Officials

Jakarta, Apr 12: Five people died and at least seven were injured as massive earthquakes struck off Indonesia's Sumatra Island, officials said today. They said they believed at least two people died More



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