ISLAMABAD — At least 282 people have been killed and 211 others injured in separate rain-related incidents in Pakistan since June 14 as heavy downpours continued to lash the country, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said. A total of 160 women and children are among the dead, the NDMA said in a situation report […]
SRINAGAR — After remaining closed for a day due to landslides and shooting stones at multiple locations, the Jammu- Srinagar National highway has opened for one way traffic, officials said on Friday. The priority is to clear the backlog of stranded vehicles and the Amarnath Yatra convoy. “Jammu -Srinagar NHW single way road clear at […]
SRINAGAR — In a mass marriage ceremony, at least 51 couples from different areas of Kashmir tied a nuptial knot in Srinagar on Thursday. The mass marriage ceremony was once again organised by the NGO— “We the Helping Hand Foundation” which has already solemnized a series of such ceremonies in the last few years. “We […]
NEW DELHI — Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) here for her questioning in the National Herald money laundering case. Gandhi, 75, arrived at the federal probe agency’s headquarters located at Vidyut Lane flanking A P J Abdul Kalam Road in central Delhi a little after noon escorted by […]
ANANTNAG — As unemployment rate in Jammu and Kashmir is rising at an alarming rate, two highly qualified youth from Dooru area of Anantnag have started a small business venture by selling food items on a Mobile Van. The duo have named Mobile Van as “Chai Daam”. Aqib Hamid Dar, PhD in Mathematics and Mohammed […]
SRINAGAR — Three students who had purportedly gone missing two days before from frontier north Kashmir’s Kupwara district are currently at Jaipur in Rajasthan, said one of the youth’s cousin. “We received a call today morning from them wherein they informed themselves to be at Jaipur”, the family member said. “When enquired about how come […]
KULGAM — In a shocking development, Dextrose Normal Saline (DNS) was not available in a primary health center (PHC) at Nehama area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district, thereby making patients suffer. A local told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that DNS was not available at the government hospital, forcing him to buy it from […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological department (MeT) on Thursday predicted a generally cloudy weather with light rain and thundershowers during the next 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir. ‘Light to moderate rain/thundershower in Jammu region and cloudy weather with light rain in are likely in Kashmir region. ‘All yatris and yatra managers are advised to remain […]
SRINAGAR — At least four residential houses were damaged in a fire incident in Lone Mohalla near Marriage Hall Khanyar in Srinagar on Thursday morning, reports said here. Reports said said that four residential houses belonging to Bilal Ahmad Haroon and Muneer Ahmad Haroon, Mohammad Yaqoob Lone, Mushtaq Ahmad Dandroo and Mohammad Anwar Dandroo, Mushtaq […]
BUDGAM — Two notorious drug peddlers have been booked under Public Safety Act in central Kashmir’s Budgam district, police said here on Thursday. According to a statement, two drug peddlers identified as Shabir Ahmed Sofi alias JK son of Abdul Khaliq Sofi of Mazhama Magam and Asif Nazir Rather son of Nazir Ahmed Rather of […]