QAZIGUND — At least 25 Amarnath pilgrims were injured when a bus carrying pilgrims for the Amarnath Yatra crashed into a dumper-tipper at Badragund area of Qazigund in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district along the Srinagar-Jammu highway on Thursday, officials said. An official told that a bus bearing registration number (JKP2Y-0869) en route to Amarnath cave […]
JAMMU — A link road in Kanachak area of Jammu district was closed for vehicular traffic after a fire extinguisher cylinder was spotted in a suspicious condition on Thursday. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that fire extinguisher cylinder was seen lying in a suspicious condition alongside the link road, following which […]
SRINAGAR — Inclement weather continued in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours as the MeT department said on Thursday that light to moderate rain will occur during the next 24 hours. “Light to moderate rain is likely to occur at many places in J&K during the next 24 hours,” an official of the […]
LAHORE — Two members of Hafiz Saeed’s Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD), who were returning from a mosque after offering their Eid al-Adha prayers, were allegedly shot dead by members of a rival organisation in Pakistan’s Punjab province. The incident took place on Sunday in Jaranwala Chak 97 district in Faisalabad, which is situated 130 kms from Lahore. […]
BIJBEHARA — A Jammu and Kashmir police personnel was killed and another injured in a road accident at Bijbehera area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag on Thursday morning, officials said. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that two off-duty cops on way to home were injured after a vehicle hit their motorcycle at […]
JAMMU — Chief of banned JKLF Yasin Malik on Wednesday requested a special court here for physical appearance in a case related to the kidnapping of former chief minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed’s daughter Rubaiya, failing which he would sit on an indefinite hunger strike, officials said. They said that Malik, who is undergoing a life […]
SRINAGAR — Militancy in Kashmir will not end until the government wins the hearts of the people in the Valley and seeks a solution by talking to Pakistan, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah said on Wednesday. Condemning the killing of a police officer by militants in the city on Tuesday, he said people will keep […]
BANDIPORA — Body of 15-year-old boy, who had drowned in Nallah Madumati near Goiwar area of Sonerwani in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district late last evening has been retrieved. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the boy had drowned in the Nallah last evening, while the matter was reported to the police […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological Department (MeT) on Wednesday forecast a cloudy weather with widespread light to moderate rainfall in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours. “Widespread light to moderate rain is likely in both Jammu division and Kashmir division during the next 24 hours. “Same weather is expected to continue for the next […]
BANDIPORA — A 15-year-old boy has drowned in Nallah Madumati near Goiwar area of Sonerwani in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district late last evening even as rescue operation has been launched to trace his body. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the boy had drowned in the Nallah last evening, while the […]