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A gunfight broke out between militants and the security forces in Yarwan woods , area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday afternoon. A police official said that a joint team of army, SOG of Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF men launched a search operation in the woods of…

The second phase of the Jehangir Chowk-Rambagh flyover will be inaugurated and thrown open for vehicular traffic tomorrow on May 22, officials said. This will be after over five years since work on the flyover project started in October 2013 and one year after the first phase thereof was inaugurated…

Normal life here was affected due to a strike called by separatists in view of commemoration day of martyr’s at Eidgah. Authorities have imposed restrictions to prevent  the  separatist-called commemoration march today. Earlier, Hurriyat Conference had called for the march to the Martyrs Graveyard in the Old City’s Eidgah area…

The authorities have ordered closure of all schools and colleges of Srinagar and Budgam district tomorrow. The decision to close the said educational institutions has been taken as a precautionary measure in view of the  shutdown call given by the separatists, said an official.  

After bagging 53rd rank in NIRF 2019 and 51st in QS India University Rankings 2019, the University of Kashmir added yet another feather to its cap by scoring A+ grade in the recent re-accreditation cycle by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). According to the result issued by NAAC, the…

Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan on Monday conducted city tour to inspect various developmental works including face lifting, street lights, drainage, beautification and macadamisation. Divisional Commissioner visited Poloview, pedestrian bridge near GPO, site of KCCI building, TRC, Amar Singh College crossing, Boulevard and other areas. The Div Com inspected…

Militants lobbed a grenade at police station in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Monday night. A police official said that at around 8.20 pm militants threw a grenade at the police station Shopian. The grenade, however, exploded outside the boundary wall of the station, causing no loss of life or…

The members of the Pellet Victims Welfare Trust protested at Press enclave in Srinagar against continuous use of pellet guns in Kashmir by the police and paramilitary forces on Monday.The protesters demanded ban on pellet guns as hundreds of people in all age groups have been rendered completely blind by…

Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was placed under house arrest on Monday in view of “shutdown and Eidgah chalo” called by the separatists on Tuesday. Confirming his detention, a police official said that restrictions will be imposed tomorrow in parts of Downtown Srinagar as a “precautionary measure”. He said…

A complete shutdown will be observed on 21st May,Tuesday in memory of Shaheed-e-Millat, martyrs of Hawal and all the tens of thousands of Kashmir’s martyrs since 1990, according to a statement issued by the Awami Action Committee (AAC) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq.A spokesperson of AAC said, “A complete shutdown will…