BUDGAM — A 12-year-old boy died after receiving a high-voltage electric shock in Mamat area in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. An official told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that one Riyaan Ajaz, son of Ajaz Ahmad Mir, resident of Mamat received an electric jolt at his home during night hours of Tuesday and Wednesday. The […]
KOLKATA — Well-known Bollywood singer Krishnakumar Kunnath, popularly known as KK, died in Kolkata on Tuesday night, officials said. He was 53, and survived by wife and two children. KK performed at a concert organised by Gurudas College at Nazrul Mancha in south Kolkata for almost an hour in the evening. He was “feeling heavy” […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi government will provide free electricity connections to shops run by Kashmiri Pandits in INA market here, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Tuesday. All expenses from installation of transformers to electricity connections will be borne by the Kejriwal government and the entire work will be completed within a month, […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmiri Pandits employed under the PM package hit the streets at various places in the Valley on Tuesday to protest the killing of a woman teacher by militants in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir. Rajni Bala (36), who belonged to Samba district and was posted at a government school in Gopalpora, was […]
SRINAGAR — On world No tobacco day, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Tuesday has sought complete ban on tobacco products in Kashmir. “That would prevent people from cancer,” said DAK President Dr Nisar ul Hassan. Dr Hassan said Jammu and Kashmir (JK) has witnessed 39,041 cases of cancer in the last 3 years with lung […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate for questioning in connection with a money laundering case linked to alleged financial irregularities in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association. Abdullah, the Lok Sabha MP from Srinagar, arrived at the ED office at Rajbagh at 11 am. Before going in, […]
JAMMU — Bhim Singh, founder of the Jammu and Kashmir Panthers Party (JKPP), passed away at a hospital here on Tuesday. “He was unwell for more than a year and passed away at a hospital in Jammu. He was 81. He is survived by wife and a son. The latter lives in London,” family sources […]
BUDGAM — A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper allegedly died by suicide at Humahama in Budgam. An official said that, the deceased has been identified as HC/GD Gulshan Rai of RTC Humama, was found hanging on Tuesday morning. He said trooper was brought to Composite hospital BSF Humhama were doctors declared him brought dead. […]
SRINAGAR — Weather was partly cloudy with light afternoon rain in Jammu & Kashmir during the last 24 hours as the MeT department forecast the same for Tuesday. “Weather is likely to remain partly cloudy with afternoon thundershowers during the next 24 hours in J&K”, an official of the MeT department said. Srinagar recorded 13.7 […]
SRINAGAR — A migrant lady, teacher by profession was shot dead by suspected militants at Gopalpora village in Kulgam district of South Kashmir on Tuesday. Reports said, the migrant lady, a teacher by profession was fired upon by suspected militants inside school premises at Government High School Gopalpora, leaving her critically wounded. They said she […]