SRINAGAR — A number of Poplar trees were uprooted and rooftops of various houses damaged after gusty winds accompanied by hailstorm hit several areas in north Kashmir. Reports said that areas including Sopora, Pattan, Bandipora, Hajin, Ajas and others this afternoon saw gusty winds which resulted in uprooting of trees and damage to the houses. […]
Sheikh Nadeem SRINAGAR — With an aim to provide a platform for wheelchair – bound people to ‘live equal and independent’ through cricket’, Indian Army’s 19 Rashtriya Rifles Charlie Company under Supervision of Major Pankaj organised a cricket tournament for Disabled players at Kokernag. A total of 30 players from various parts of the Kashmir […]
SRINAGAR — An old female tourist from Maharashtra died due to a cardiac arrest in summer capital Srinagar on Monday. An official source told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that the tourist identified as Sushma Girgankar wife of Mukand Girgankar, a resident of Maharashtra, who was staying at a houseboat in Dal Lake complained of […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Monday said that they have arrested two persons in the killing of a 25-year-old youth at Kachwari in central Kashmir’s Budgam district Police in a statement said that the accused have been identified as Tahir Bashir Khan son of Bashir Ahmed Khan and Hilal Ahmed Lone son of Abdul Ganie Lone, […]
SHOPIAN — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Heff Shirmal village in Shopian district of South Kashmir on Monday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Heff Shirmal village following the inputs about presence of militants in the […]
SRINAGAR — An old live shell was found on Monday by locals at Tosamaidan, a tourist destination, area of Khag tehsil in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Reports said that the locals of the area spotted the live shell today morning and informed the concerned police about it. After receiving the information, police went to the […]
RAMBAN — Rescue operation entered second day on Monday to locate the two youth who drowned while bathing in river Chenab in Maitra area of Ramban district on Sunday, officials said. SHO Ramban Sandeep Charak said that on Monday morning search and rescue operation resumed again to trace the youth who drowned yesterday in River […]
BUDGAM — A 25-year-old youth was killed on Monday morning after he was hit by an unknown person when he was travelling on motorcycle at Gurwaith Khansahib area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Sources said that a person was on a bike and an unknown person hit him on his head with some blunt object […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained hot and dry in J&K during the last 24 hours as the Meteorological (MeT) department said on Monday that same weather conditions are likely to continue during the next 24 hours. “Hot and dry weather is likely to continue in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT […]
NEW DELHI — India logged 3,207 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,05,401, while the active cases dipped to 20,403, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,093 with 29 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases […]