KUPWARA — One militant was killed as the army foiled an infiltration bid at Tangdar sector along the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Kupwara on Friday. Official source said that militants were trying to infiltrate along LoC and were intercepted by the troops. “One militant was killed amid on going operation,” they said, […]
URI — A village-level worker (VLW) of RDD was arrested with over 10 kilograms of heroin worth crores of rupees in Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, police said on Friday. A senior police officer told GNS that during routine checking by a joint team of Police and army on Srinagar-Muzaffarabad highway, narcotics weighing […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained partly cloudy in J&K during the last 24 hours as the Meteorological (MeT) department forecast on Friday rain, thunderstorms at many places during the next 24 hours. A MeT department statement said, “Today, Rain/Thunderstorm is expected at many places of Kashmir and at scattered places of Jammu especially hilly areas. “Same […]
POONCH — A man was killed after he was struck by lightening on Friday morning in Poonch district, officials said. The deceased has been identified as Irshad Ahmed, son of Jalal Din of Satelaan village at Poonch Mandi. Officials said that a man was at his home when natural lightening struck and he fell unconscious. […]
SRINAGAR — Kothibagh police station was gutted in an overnight blaze while one fire fighter was injured in the incident. An official said that the fire broke out from the upper floor of the building and within no time fire engulfed the whole building. They said that firefighters from F&ES swung into action and soon […]
NEW DELHI — India logged 2,259 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 4,31,31,822, while the active cases declined to 15,044, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,323 with 20 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases […]
BANIHAL — A part of a four-lane tunnel under construction on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district collapsed, injuring four people and trapping several others, officials said on Friday. A small portion of the front side of the tunnel at Khoni nallah collapsed on Thursday night during an audit, they said, adding that a […]
NEW YORK — Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that his country’s relationship with India has been “particularly complicated” by New Delhi’s decision to abrogate Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and the recent recommendation by a delimitation commission, underlining that at this moment the “practical space” for economic activity, dialogue and diplomacy […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday said that three accused including two juveniles arrested by Police Station Ram Munshi Bagh for molesting a school girl in Srinagar. A police spokesperson said that On the afternoon of 18.05.2022, a group of drug peddlers allegedly tried to molest a school girl (name withheld), a student […]
SRINAGAR — The High Court of J&K and Ladakh on Thursday reserved verdict on a petition filed by the father of Amir Magray, one of the four persons killed in a gunfight at Hyderpora area of Srinagar last year, seeking the return of his body for last rites. Amir’s father, Mohammad Latief Magray had filed […]