BUDGAM — A five-year-old girl was killed after being hit by a car in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Sunday. An official told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that a car hit the pedestrian girl, Arazo Jan daughter of Khazir Mohammad Mir in the Pakherpora area of the district, resulting in critical injuries to her. […]
SRINAGAR — Five pilgrims have died since the commencement of the Amarnath Yatra this year, even as over 40,000 devotees have so far visited the holy cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said on Sunday. A pilgrim by the name Virinder Gupta is missing from the yatra’s Chandanwari-Sheshnag route, they said. Of the five […]
SRINAGAR — State Investigation Agency (SIA) is carrying out a raid at Bolat Beerwah area in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Sunday morning, sources said. They told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that sleuths of the agency raided the residence of Fayaz Ahmad son of Ali Mohammad, a resident of Bolat-Beerwah who was arrested by […]
JAMMU — Two heavily armed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants, including one of its most wanted commanders, were overpowered by villagers and handed over to the police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Sunday, officials said. LeT commander Talib Hussain, a resident of Rajouri district and the mastermind behind the recent IED blasts in the district, […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained dry and hot in Kashmir division, wet and humid in Jammu division during the last 24 hours as the Meteorological (MeT) department said on Sunday that partly cloudy weather in Kashmir and overcast in Jammu is likely during the next 24 hours. “Rainfall started in Jammu at 6.40 a.m. today. Precipitation […]
GANDERBAL — At least six persons were injured in a road accident that took place in Haknar Gund area of Ganderbal district on Saturday, officials said here. An official said that the acident took place when two vehicles collided head on, resulting in knjures to six persons The injured were identified as Aman Singh, Dileep […]
SRINAGAR — The Kashmir Retailer’s Association (KRA), which is affiliated with Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT)’s Kashmir chapter has appealed to the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to allow markets be be open this Sunday for Eid-Ul-Azha shopping. KRA president Farhan Kitab, in a statement said that as there are only few days left before […]
DODA — Two Over Ground Workers (OGWs) have been booked under Public Safety Act (PSA) for their subversive activities in Doda district, police said here on Saturday. According to a statement, on the basis of Police investigation two OGWs namely Saqib Hussain Mir son of Mohabat Hussain Mir of tehsil Chiralla and Adil Iqbal Batt […]
NEW DELHI — Kashmiri journalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo who recently made it to the prestigious Pulitzer Prize award, on Saturday said that authorities at the Delhi airport have denied her permission to travel internationally as she was scheduled to attend a photography event in Paris. In a tweet, Mattoo, said, “I was scheduled to travel […]
SRINAGAR — The High Court of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh has quashed the detention of a man from South Kashmir’s Shopian under the Public Safety Act. The detenue Muhammad Maqbool Ganaie son of Muhammad Abdullah, a resident of Chitragam Shopian through his Counsel Advocate Bashir Ahmed Tak had challenged his detention under the Public Safety […]