News Topic:Pulwama

A couple of people who claim to run an ‘NGO’ in the interest of public in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district are allegedly using social media to tarnish the image of officials, politicians and government employees.

Over 20 students, who have completed their quarantine period, are not being discharged.

Bad weather has plunged orchardists in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district into desperation as the crop has been severely damaged due to intermittent hail and windstorms.

Contractual lecturers appointed in Government Women’s Degree College Pulwama on Friday alleged that they celebrated this year’s Eid-ul-Fitr with drenched eyes as college authorities denied to release their pending salaries.

Jammu and Kashmir Police claimed to have traced the link between the Santro car with close to 40 to 45 kgs of IED aimed for a militant attack and its owner, who it said is an active Hizbul Mujahideen militant.

Several residential houses suffered partial damage after government forces defused an IED in Avengund village of southern Kashmir's Pulwama district.

The district administration Pulwama on Thursday ordered probe against Block Medical Officer (BMO) Tral for discharging of six inmates from a quarantine center in Tral without waiting for their test report.

Security forces on Wednesday thwarted last year’s Pulwama-type fidayeen attack by recovering a 45-kilogram explosive laden car left behind by a possible suicide bomber at Ayegund area of Rajpora in southern district of Pulwama.