SRINAGAR — Corporator Danish Bhat, on Friday resigned as advisor to Mayor of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) and alleged that SMC has been made hostage by some people for their vested interests. According to news agency Kashmir Dot Com, in a series of tweets Danish, who is the Corporator from Ward 60 Botshah Mohalla said, […]
SHOPIAN — A policeman died of a cardiac arrest, while he was on leave in the Melhura area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district Friday morning. An official told that a police head constable identified as Manzoor Ahmad Mir of Melhura Shopian died of cardiac arrest this morning at his home. He said that he was […]
ANANTNAG — A PDD lineman died after he was electrocuted while repairing a live wire in Ashmuqam area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag on Friday. An official told that the lineman received an electric shock when he was repairing a wire in Manzigam area of Ashmuqam. He said that he was immediately shifted to a nearby […]
SRINAGAR — Chairperson of district development council Baramulla Safina Baig was Thursday elected as head of Jammu & Kashmir Haj Committee after her name was proposed and seconded by two other members of the panel who are affiliated with the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP). Sources told that Safina Baig was elected as chairman of the […]
SRINAGAR — Partly cloudy sky with light rain in isolated places is likely in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours, said the Meteorological (MeT) Department on Friday. The UT had partly cloudy weather during the last 24 hours. “Partly cloudy with light rain at isolated places is likely during the next 24 hours […]
JAMMU — Two more tremors jolted Jammu and Kashmir on Friday as 11 tremors occurred in the union territory during the last four days. Data revealed by the National Center for Seismology (NCS) recorded two tremors in J&K on Friday. First tremor measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale occurred at 3.28 a.m. with latitude 33.17 […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Thursday said that they have arrested an extornist from Srinagar. He was using a fake pistol for intimidation. Two mobile phones and one laptop were also recovered from his possession, police said. He has been identified as Umer Qadir Dar S/o late Gh Qadir Dar R/o Harnambal Zaffar colony Natipora. A […]
SRINAGAR — Week after the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha claimed that Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is not under any restriction, the Hurriyat chief is expected to lead the congregational Friday prayers on August 26 at the historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar’s downtown after being under curbs for more than three years. In […]
SRINAGAR — Three militants were killed as security forces foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Thursday. The militants tried to sneak into this side of the LoC near near Madiyan Nanak post in the Kamalkote area of Uri sector in north […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Bank aims to tap the benefits of the phase of accelerated growth driven by various measures taken by the Union Territory administration, especially in infrastructure, agriculture and tourism sectors, a top bank official said. “We see a new phase of accelerated growth unleashing in Jammu and Kashmir, especially in infrastructure, […]