SRINAGAR — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Batpora village in Kulgam district of South Kashmir on Monday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Batpora village in Kulgam district following the inputs about presence of militants in […]
JAMMU — Senior politician Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday announced the name of his party as Democratic Azad Party (DAP) stating that Azad word in the party’s name should be connected with his personal name as it portrays that the party will be “independent.” He also displayed the party flag having three colours—Mustard, White and […]
KULGAM — Mother-daughter duo were injured due to gas leakage in Yaripora area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Monday morning. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that mother-daughter duo identified as Dilshad Akhtar and Ruhi Jan were injured due to leakage in LPG cylinder. He said that both the injured were […]
BARAMULLA — A family from Baramulla on Monday staged a protest at GMC Baramulla, alleging medical negligence by the medicos at the hospital. According to the family, the 6-months-old baby, was taken to the hospital yesterday morning for the treatment. However, the family was told that the baby is completely alright, they said, adding that […]
SRINAGAR — Sayed Areeba, a young entrepreneur from Srinagar has established her own clothing brand ‘Roches’. ‘Roches’ by Sayed Areeba provides all sorts of services like women clothing, suits, stitching, embroidery, till work, dabka, moti work etc. It is located at 1st floor Parray Complex in Baghat Chowk area of Srinagar. Areeba had pursued her […]
KARACHI — Mohammad Rizwan scored a fluent 88 and Haris Rauf and Mohammed Nawaz took three wickets each as Pakistan edged England by three runs in a rollercoaster finish to the fourth Twenty20 in Karachi on Sunday to square the seven-match series at 2-2. In a topsy-turvy contest, Liam Dawson threatened to snatch victory from […]
SRINAGAR — Partly cloudy sky with light rain is likely in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours, the Meteorological (MeT) department said on Monday. “Partly cloudy sky with chances of light rain is likely in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department said. Meanwhile, Srinagar recorded 14.6 degrees […]
GANDERBAL — At least three shops gutted in a massive blaze in Barosa village of Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district late last night. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that fire broke out from one of the shops in the area on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday. He said that soon […]
HYDERABAD — Virat Kohli’s scintillating strokeplay found its match in maverick Suryakumar Yadav’s batting pyrotechnics as the duo fashioned India’s series- clinching six-wicket win over Australia in the third and final T20 International here on Sunday. Kohli (63 off 48 balls) and Suryakumar (69 off 36 balls) shared a 104-run partnership to lay the platform […]
SRINAGAR — Two infiltrating militants were killed in a gunfight near Line of Control (LoC) in Tekri Nar area of Machil in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Sunday. Jammu and Kashmir Police in a statement said, “Based on specific intelligence inputs recieved from JKP and other intelligence agencies of likely infiltration attempt in Maachal Sector, […]