SRINAGAR — Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kashmir zone Vijay Kumar has been promoted as additional director general of police (ADGP). Three other IPS officers of 1997 batch were also promoted to the ADGP rank on Thursday following an order by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). The sources have revealed that IPS officers Garib Das […]
NEW DELHI — Days after China and Pakistan voiced concerns over reports of India planning to hold events relating to G20 in Jammu and Kashmir, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday that there is no need to speculate on the issue at this stage. MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said a large number […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Thrusday claimed to have arrested a hybrid militant affliated with outfit Al-Badr in South Kashmir’s Awantipora. In a statement, the police said that on a specific information regarding movement of militants in Beigund, Awantipora, Police alongwith Army (42RR) & CRPF (130Bn) established a joint checkpoint in the said area. During checking, […]
UDHAMPUR — Two persons were killed while 38 other were injured after a bus carrying a marriage party guests met with an accident at Ramnagar area of Udhampur on Thursday, officials said. Chief Medical Officer Udhampur, Dr Vijay Basnotra told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that two persons were brought dead to hospital while […]
UDHAMPUR — Many people are feared injured in a bus accident that took place in Ramnagar tehsil of Udhampur district on Thursday evening, officials said here. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that a bus (JK14D-5050) ferrying marriage ceremony guests met with an accident when it fell into a 130 feet deep […]
JAMMU — A soldier who was injured in an accidental firing during a training exercise in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district succumbed to his injuries, officials said on Thursday. The soldier was identified as Sepoy Rishkesh Choubey of the Army’s Mahar Regiment, they said. Choubey was among two soldiers who suffered splinter injuries during a […]
SRINAGAR — The Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU), the apex body of Islamic scholars and preachers in Kashmir, on Thursday urged the Jammu and Kashmir administration to allow Friday prayers at the Jamia Masjid in Srinagar’s old city. In a resolution passed unanimously during a meeting, the MMU also expressed anguish over the “illegal detention” of its […]
SRINAGAR — A scooty rider and his pillion died in a road accident that took place near Margund area of Kangan in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Thursday afternoon. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that a scooty collided head-on with a sumo near Margund, resulting in on spot death of scooty […]
KULGAM — A 12-year old girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in Yaripora area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Thursday, officials said here. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the girl (name withheld) from Yaripora hanged herself at her home today and she died on the spot. The official […]
KUPWARA — A 34-year-old woman died after ‘slipping’ into a well in Cherkote area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday, official sources said. They told GNS that Tasleema Begum, wife of Mohammad Ramzan Peer, resident of Nadpora village Cherkote ‘slipped’ and fell into the well this morning, adding, she was rescued and taken to […]