KULGAM — The security forces on Saturday called off the operation at Mishipora-Kujjar area of Yaripora hamlet of Kulgam after five days, officials said. The operation was called off due to bad weather conditions, they said. An official said that after killing of two local Hizb militants on Thursday, no fresh contact was established with […]
BUDGAM — A 30-year-old man was killed while another sustained injuries in a road accident at Khansahib area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. An official said that an accident took place at Khansahib when a Tata mobile turned turtle near IPTS school, resulting in on spot death of one person and injuries to another. He […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah has declined to be the joint Opposition’s presidential candidate, saying that the Union Territory needs him to “help navigate these uncertain times” and that he has “a lot more active politics ahead of me”. “I am honoured to have had my […]
SAMBOORA (PULWAMA) — The body of Farooq Ahmad Mir, a J&K Armed Police Sub-Inspector will be buried in the evening once her daughter arrives home. She is pursuing medicine (MBBS) in Dhaka Bangladesh. Mir is survived by another daughter and teenager son besides wife and ailing aged father. Mir was abducted and later shot dead […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained partly cloudy with light rain in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh during the last 24 hours, as the India Meteorological Department said on Saturday that generally cloudy weather with intermittent rain is likely during the next 24 hours. “Generally cloudy with intermittent rain/snow over higher reaches, passes etc. from today till […]
BARAMULLA — Security forces on Saturday morning detected and diffused an explosive object along Baramulla-Handwara highway in Ganapora area of Langate, officials said. Soon after the suspicious device was detected, police rushed to the spot and subsequently called a bomb disposal squad (BDS),” the officials said. “Later BDS team of army’s 30-RR blasted the suspicious […]
ANANTNAG — At least four residential houses were gutted in a massive fire in Shirpora area of Anantnag district last night. Report reaching GNS said that a massive fire break out in a residential house in Shirpora Anantnag, which later spread to other nearby houses. They said that in the incident four residential houses were […]
PAMPORE — A bullet riddled body of police sub inspector was found under mysterious circumstances in Pampore area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. An official said that body of police sub inspector was spotted in paddy fields of his native village in Samboora Pampore and accordingly police rushed to the spot and took body into […]
Sheikh Nadeem ANANTNAG — There is a saying that “youth is the foundation of the country” and if the foundation is strong then the country will be strong. The much awaited T-10 Cricket league commenced on Thursday in Palpora Dailgam village in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Around 32 teams from adjacent villages are participating in […]
BANDIPORA — A mother-son duo were killed after a tree fell on their temporarily erected residential tent during strong winds in Lashkoot forest in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Friday. Official sources told news agency Kashmir News Observer that a woman identified as Zareena Begum, wife of Shair Mohammad Kasana and her son Yasir Ahmad […]