IAS officers Girish Chandra Murmu and R K Mathur have been appointed the new Lt Governors of Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh respectively, an official communication said on Friday. While Murmu, a 1985-batch Gujarat cadre officer, is serving as the Expenditure Secretary in the Union Finance Ministry, Mathur, a 1977-batch officer, hasContinue Reading
Normal life remained affected in Kashmir for the 83rd consecutive day on October 26 as the main markets were shut and public transport was off the roads, officials said. Some shops opened for a few hours early in the morning in some areas, including in the commercial hub of LalContinue Reading
Srinagar 25 Oct: Five CRPF jawans were injured in a grenade attack in the Karan Nagar area of Srinagar on Saturday. The jawans were manning a checkpoint when the incident took place. The militants hurled a grenade on CRPF outpost that exploded close to the jawans. All injured jawans haveContinue Reading
Three militants were killed in a gunfight on Tuesday in South Kashmir’s Tral area of Pulwama district. According to officials, on a specific information about the presence of militants, Army along with Police and CRPF launched a search operation in Tral area which later results in an encounter. The militantsContinue Reading
Three militants were killed on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district during a gunfight with the security forces, police said. As incriminating material including arms and ammunition was recovered, police requested people to co-operate and stay away until the area was sanitised. This was the first gunfight in theContinue Reading