ANANTNAG — Army’s 19 Rashtriya Rifles on Saturday organised a 10 kilometer cycle race for school children in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. The cycle race was organised by 19 Rashtriya Rifles Fateh Company Dailgam in collaboration with Rashtriya Samajik Samarta with an aim to motivate the children to incorporate a healthy lifestyle and sports into […]
SRINAGAR — Directorate of Health Services Kashmir on Saturday said that there are 70 health facilities and 100 ambulances available for Amarnath Yatra this year. Addressing a press conference here, Director Health Kashmir, Dr Mushtaq Ahmad Rather said that they have kept 70 health facilities from Jawahar Tunnel to the holy cave on both routes […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained dry in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours as the MeT department forecast the same to continue on Saturday. “Dry weather with clear sky is likely to continue in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department said. Srinagar recorded 13.7, Pahalgam 6.3 and Gulmarg […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on June 27 a plea filed by a man seeking a direction to exhume the body of his son, who was dubbed a militant and killed in an encounter in November 2021, and hand it to his family for last rites. A vacation bench […]
NEW DELHI — COVID-19 vaccines prevented over 42 lakh potential deaths in India in 2021, according to a modelling study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal, reported Press Trust of India (PTI). The study based its findings on the estimates of “excess” mortalities in the country during the pandemic. Globally, the study based on […]
BUDGAM — Jammu and Kashmir on Friday claimed to have busted a narco-militancy funding module by arrested four associates of LeT outfit in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. According to a statement, Police along with 53 RR and 181 BN of CRPF arrested four associates of LeT and also recovered incriminating materials, explosives, ammunition and vehicles […]
BANDIPORA — Body of an elderly man, who was missing since yesterday, was recovered from river Jehlum near Naidkhai Bridge in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Friday afternoon . Official sources told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that some locals spotted the body near the bridge in river Jehlum and subsequently informed the concerned […]
Kashmir Kashmir SRINAGAR — The Lt Governor led administration has ordered premature retirement of nine employees of the Housing and Urban Development Department under Article 226(2) of the Jammu and Kashmir Civil services Regulations on charges of ‘corruption’. The charges against the officers were confirmed by the Departmental Committees and upheld by the designated review […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea of Zakia Jafri, the wife of slain MP Ehsan Jafri, challenging the Special Investigation Team’s (SIT) clean chit to 64 people, including then Chief Minister Narendra Modi, in the 2002 Gujarat riots case. A bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar upheld the Special […]
SRINAGAR — A man was killed in a hit and run case in Rajbagh area of Srinagar on Friday morning, official sources said here. Official sources told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that a 36-year-old man identified as Bashir Ahmad Bhat of Dragmulla Kupwara was killed when an unknown vehicle hit him in Rajbagh. […]