SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir registered nine new covid-19 cases while there was no death due to it in the last 24 hours, officials said on Friday. They said that the eight cases were reported from Jammu and one from Rajouri districts while no case was reported from Kashmir Valley. The fresh cases take the […]
BUDGAM — A 17-year-old youth drowned to death in Sukhnag Nallah at Magam area of Budgam district in Central Kashmir on Friday. Reports said that the youth drowned in the Sukhnag Nallah when the police were chasing some miscreants who have pelted stones on them. The deceased youth has been identified as Shabir Ahmad Mir […]
SRINAGAR — Two non-locals were injured after a leakage in a gas cylinder in a local restaurant in Sanath Nagar area of summer capital Srinagar, officials said. They told news agency KDC that two non-locals identified as Suman (20) son of Badee, a resident of West Bengal and Badshah (28) son of All-u-Din, a resident […]
SRINAGAR — Scores of women on Friday staged a protest in Gaw-Kadal area of summer capital Srinagar against Power Development Department (PDD) for frequent power cuts in the holy month of Ramadan. Reports reaching news agency Kashmir Dot Com said that groups of women assembled at Gaw Kadal area of Srinagar’s Maisuma and raised slogans […]
SRINAGAR — Education sector has been reeling in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district as nine educational zones are headless out of thirteen, with principals and staff not placed in several educational institutions, said official sources on Friday. They told news agency KDC that out of 13 educational zones in the district, posts of nine Zonal Educational […]
ANANTNAG — The residents of Sarimarg Gujjar-Basti in Tanjloo area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district had to carry a patient on a cot and walk few kilometers on foot to reach the nearest hospital due to lack of road connectivity. Reports revealed that an accident victim from Sarimarg Gujjar-Basti Panchayat halqa Tanjloo was suffering from […]
SRINAGAR — Army on Friday said to have rescued 16 people stranded in heavy snowfall at Sinthan Pass of Kishtwar district yesterday. A statement reads that on 21 Apr 2022, at around 3 PM, an information was received from Civil administration about 16 civilians having stranded on NH 244 somewhere near Sinthan Pass amidst heavy […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir’s Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh Frdiay said that two militants killed in Sunjwan, Jammu encounter were wearing fidayeen vests and were tasked to carry out major suicide strike to sabotage the upcoming visit of Prime Minister Narendera Modi. He said both the slain belong to Jaish-e-Muhammad outfit and […]
SRINAGAR — Widespread light to moderate rain occurred in J&K and Ladakh on Friday as the Meteorological (MeT) department forecast mainly cloudy weather in the two union territories during the next 24 hours. A statement issued by the MeT department said, “Today, weather is most likely to remain cloudy at most places of J&K and […]
JAMMU — Two militants and a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) officer were killed during a fierce gun battle near Sunjwan Military station in Jammu Friday. Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Jammu region, Mukesh Singh said that two militants have been killed while a security officer has lost his life and four others were […]