ANANTNAG — A minor girl was allegedly kidnapped and later raped in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, official said on Wednesday. An official said that while conducting routine track clearance, a team of railway police spotted a girl along with two boys in a railway hut. While investigating the matter, the girl (name withheld) alleged that […]
SRINAGAR — Anti-corruption branch of the CBI Srinagar has registered a case over the alleged embezzlement of public money at J&K Grameen Bank, Mirgund branch. An official said that Ishtiyaq Ahmad Parray, then the branch head of the bank had sanctioned number of car loans worth crores in favour of non-existing borrowers on the basis […]
SRINAGAR — The villagers in Bakhar area of Rajouri have blocked Jammu Rajouri Poonch national highway over death of a local man killed in grenade explosion on Tuesday at a newly opened wine shop in Baramulla. Locals told that the family members and other villagers of deceased have blocked the main highway connecting Rajouri and […]
SRINAGAR — J&K Peoples Conference on Wednesday hit back at the NC for calling PC President Sajad Gani Lone a former militant. Senior NC leader Javid Rana had, during a rally in Mendhar in presence of NC vice president Omar Abdullah, dubbed Sajad Lone as a former millitant. In a series of tweets on its […]
SRINAGAR — A 62-year-old tourist from India’s state Gujarat died of suspected heart attack at SMHS in summer capital Srinagar on Wednesday. Sources told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that one tourist identified Rashid Mansuri (62) son of Abdul Gani Mansuri, a resident of Gujarat fell ill at Tangmarg from where he was immediately shifted […]
SRINAGAR — Traffic headquarters office was partially gutted in a pre-dawn fire at Molana Azad (MA) road in Kashmir capital Srinagar on Wednesday, officials said. They told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that a fire broke out on the last floor of the Traffic headquarters office this morning. Fire engines were rushed to spot immediately […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained cloudy with light rain in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours as the Meteorological (MeT) department forecast mainly clear to partly cloudy sky during the next 24 hours. “Weather is expected to remain mainly clear to partly cloudy in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the […]
NEW DELHI — India recorded a single-day rise of 1,829 new coronavirus infections, raising the tally to 4,31,27,199, while the active cases have declined to 15,647, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday. The death toll due to the pandemic has climbed to 5,24,293 with 33 fresh fatalities, the data updated by the ministry at […]
SRINAGAR — One person was killed and three others were injured after militants attack wine shop in Baramulla district of North Kashmir on Tuesday. Reports said militants lobbed grenade on newly opened wine shop at Dewan Bagh locality in Baramulla district resulting in injuries to four persons. All the injured persons were shifted to nearby […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Tuesday said that they have arrested three persons including a Juvenile for allegedly kidnapping and sexually assaulting a minor girl in Malbagh area of Soura in Srinagar district. In a tweet Srinagar police wrote, “Three accused including one Juvenile apprehended for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a minor girl in Malbagh, Soura. […]