SRINAGAR — The Meteorological department (MeT) on Sunday forecast generally cloudy sky with light rain during the next 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir. “Generally cloudy sky with light rain is likely to occur in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department said. Srinagar had 18, Pahalgam 12.4 and Gulmarg […]
LAHORE — The Pakistani High Commission, as a goodwill gesture, issued a three-month visa to a 92-year-old Indian woman, Reena Chhibar, who reached Pakistan on Saturday to see her ancestral home, media reports said. As she made her way through the Wagah-Attari border to see her ancestral home, Prem Niwas, in Rawalpindi, she urged the […]
NEW DELHI — On Thursday, shortly after talismanic India batter Virat Kohli was dismissed for 16 in the second ODI against England at Lord’s, Pakistan skipper Babar Azam put out a tweet with a picture of him and Kohli from the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup last year, with the caption reading as “this too […]
NEW DELHI — An Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) jawan Saturday fire at his three colleagues before shooting himself dead at a camp in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The incident took place around 3:30 pm at the Devika Ghat community centre in the district. Constable Bhupendra Singh shot at his colleagues, leading […]
BUDGAM — A youth from Budgam was killed while another one was grievously injured in a road accident on Saturday at Dras Bridge when they were returning from Ladakh. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that two persons, who were returning back after their visit to Ladakh on their motorcycle, met an […]
KULGAM — A carpenter died after he fell off a rooftop of a residential house in Karewa village of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday afternoon. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the carpenter identified as Abdul Hameed Najar son of Abdul Gani of Matregam fell off the rooftop of a […]
GANDERBAL — A minor girl among two people received burn injuries after a fire broke out in a residential house in Yachihama village of Ganderbal district on Saturday. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that fire broke in the house of Abdul Majeed Bajad after LPG cylinder leakage. He said that in […]
SRINAGAR — A man was killed, while his wife was critically injured in a road accident at 90 feet road near Al Khuddam Ahmad Nagar area of Srinagar outskirts on Saturday morning. Reports said that 58-year-old man identified as Farooq Ahmad Wani of Ellahi Bagh and his wife identified as Naseema (55) were critically injured […]
SRINAGAR — The first batch of over 145 pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir returned on Saturday from the annual Haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. As many as 145 Hajis returned on the first day of Haj arrivals at the Srinagar airport, Executive Officer J&K Hajj Committee Dr. Abdul Salam Mir told news agency Kashmir News […]
BUDGAM — Two youth died, while another one was grievously injured in a road accident in Khansahib area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday evening. An official said that three persons, who were riding on a bike, were hit by an unknown vehicle in Khansahib area, leaving them grievously injured. He said that they […]