KULGAM — A youth was found dead on Tuesday inside an orchard in Yaripora area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, officials said. An official said that a youth identified as Shahid Ahmad Mochi son of Mohammad Ashraf Mochi, a resident of Khee was found dead by some locals inside an orchard in Zeban, Yaripora on […]
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Kashmiri photojournalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo wins Pulitzer Prize
NEW YORK — Kashmiri photojournalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo has won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize award in Feature Photography 2022 category for the coverage of Covid-19 crisis in India. Mattoo has won the award alongside the Reuters team including late Danish Siddiqui, Adnan Abidi, and Amit Dave. Danish Siddiqui was killed in Afghanistan last year while […]
Encounter breaks out in Pandoshan Shopian
SHOPIAN — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Pandoshan 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 Pandoshan village following the inputs about presence of militants in the area. They […]
Windstorm: Woman in Anantnag killed, another sustains injuries in Ganderbal
Waris Shah SRINAGAR — A 34-year-old woman was killed after she came under tin-sheet blown away from a rooftop during gusty winds in Botengo area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday. Official sources said that the woman, Meenu Jan wife of Khursheed Ahmad, came under the sheet during a heavy windstorm near Habkhatoon petrol […]
Cloudburst hits bricklin in Budgam, three non-local labourers dead
SRINAGAR — Three labourers were dead after a cloudburst hit a bricklin in Chandpora area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Sources told that a cloudburst fell on star BDB bricklin at Chandpora resulting in the onspot death of three labourers from Uttar Pradesh. After the incident, all three labourers were shifted to district hospital Budgam […]
J&K reports 4 new Covid-19 cases
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported four new covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the pathogen in the last 24 hours, officials said on Monday. They said that three of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu division and one from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 454113—166374 in Jammu and […]
Hybrid LeT militant arrested in Baramulla: Police
SRINAGAR — Police on Monday claimed to have arrested one Lashkar-i-Toiba militant in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. In a statement, police said that Joint forces of Baramulla Police, Army 46 RR, 53 Bn CRPF & 2nd Bn SSB established routine MVCP near Juhama crossing Baramulla. During checking the party observed movement of one person who […]
Gusty winds, hailstorm uproots trees, damage rooftops of houses in North Kashmir
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. […]
Wheelchair Cricket Tournament concludes in Kokernag
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 […]
Female tourist dies of cardiac arrest in Srinagar
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 […]









