ANANTNAG — Body of a 65-year-old man was recovered from a Nallah in Ashmuqam area of Pahalgam in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the body of Abul Rehman Khanday (65) son of Late Abdul Aziz of Salia was found in Nallah near his native […]
ADELAIDE — Australia managed to survive a late cameo from Rashid Khan to edge Afghanistan by four runs in their final Group 1 match in Super 12s of Men’s T20 World Cup at the Adelaide Oval on Friday. After Glenn Maxwell made an unbeaten 54 off 32 balls to carry Australia to a competitive 168/6, […]
ADELAIDE — Ireland left-arm pacer Josh Little’s hat-trick went in vain as New Zealand took a big step towards qualifying for the semifinals of Men’s T20 World Cup with a 35-run win in their last Group 1 match in Super 12s at the Adelaide Oval on Friday. New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson played exquisite shots […]
URI — A 32-year-old woman was injured in a landmine blast along the Line of Control in Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday, official sources said. They said the woman, Saleema Begum wife of Abdul Rasheed Khatana, was injured near Chrunda Uri. She has left foot injury and the incident happened while […]
SRINAGAR — The Lieutenant Governor (LG) of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha on Friday said that the government will provide a job to the wife of Kashmiri Pandit Puran Krishan Bhat who was killed by militants in Shopian district in October this year. Sinha informed about providing government job to the wife of Kashmiri Pandit […]
SRINAGAR — The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has provisionally attached the house of Hurriyat leader Shabir Ahmad Shah under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that ED has provisionally attached an immovable property situated at Botshah Colony, Sanat Nagar, Srinagar in the name of Shabir […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking to make Hindi as official language in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, Bar and Bench reported. A bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey and Justice Vinod […]
SRINAGAR — Weather was partly cloudy in J&K as the Meteorological (MeT) office said on Friday that partly cloudy sky with possibility of light rain is expected during the next 24 hours. “Partly cloudy sky with possibility of light rain is expected in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department […]
JAMMU — A criminal involved in looting train passengers was detained on Thursday after being slapped with the Public Safety Act (PSA) here, officials said. A dossier was prepared by the railway police in Jammu incorporating detailed summary of all the unlawful activities carried by the criminal, Angoor Choudhary. Subsequently, the district magistrate slapped PSA […]
JAMMU — The Kashmiri Pandit (KP) employees serving in valley sat on a dharna here with placards carrying their demand, ‘only solution relocation’, as their strike entered 180th day Thursday. They said that they are not only protesting the “selective and targeted killings” in Kashmir but also against “ignoring their plight” by Lieutenant Governor administration. […]