POONCH — A 3-storey house was gutted in an overnight fire in Sib Mohalla Dargam in Poonch district, officials said on Tuesday. They said fire suddenly broke out in the house and the 3-storey structure was completely gutted by the time fire was brought under control. A police officer who was part of the rescue […]
SYDNEY — Pakistan coach Matthew Hayden has asserted he will go with the same opening pair of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan in the ICC T20 World Cup semifinal against New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday, despite the duo not quite giving the side a promising start expected from them. While Azam […]
SRINAGAR — Widespread light to moderate rain/snow occurred in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours as the MeT office said on Tuesday that generally cloudy weather is expected during the next 24 hours. “Generally cloudy weather with chances of light rain/snow are likely in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of […]
HANDWARA — At least 20 persons were injured when a vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident in Watayin area of Handwara in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Tuesday. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that a bus turned turtle near Watayin when it was on way to Srinagar. He […]
SRINAGAR — Manpreet Singh Mani, all India Youth Congress Joint Secretary on Monday wished people of Jammu and Kashmir a very happy Gurupurab. Manpreet in a statement said, “Guru Nanak always preached humanity, so on the auspices occasion lets all pledge that we all irrespective of religion and caste will walk on the path of […]
SRINAGAR — Surinder Singh Channi greeted people on the auspicious occasion of Guru Nanak Ji jayanti. Guru Nanak Ji jayanti or Gurpurab is will be observed as the 553rd birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev on November 8 (Tuesday). The JKPCC General Secretary in his message to people said, “I convey my hearty greetings and […]
SRINAGAR — A huge majority of those who received eye injuries due to gun pellets in Srinagar between July and November in 2016 have suffered some degree of vision loss, the Times of India reported. About 80 percent of them have vision limited to “counting fingers”, according to a review research paper on 777 eye […]
SRINAGAR — The government employees and pensioners will get Dearness Allowance at a hiked rate of 38 percent, with an increase of four percent to the existing rate, with effect from 1 July this year. According to an order issued by the Secretary Finance Department, the government employees working in regular pay levels under 7th […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Monday produced a chargesheet against five accused persons including three killed militants for kidnapping and murdering an armyman in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. An armyman Mohammad Sameer Malla on leave was kidnapped and murdered at Lokipora Khag village in Budgam district in March this year. The persons who have been chargesheeted […]
SRINAGAR — The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested four more persons including an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police in connection with Jammu and Kashmir Police Sub-Inspector recruitment scam case. With the arrest of 4 more persons, a total of 13 arrests have been made by the CBI in […]