SRINAGAR — A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sarpanch was shot dead by suspected militants at Goshbugh area of Pattan in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday evening. Reports said a sarpanch identified as Manzoor Ahmad Bangroo, son of Mohd Sadiq Bangroo, a resident of Goshbugh was shot dead by suspected militants at his native village. […]
Raouf Dar ANANTNAG — A teacher in Government Middle School at Tengan village in Kulgam district was suspended by authorities on Friday for forcing students to clean washrooms of the school. Sources told Kashmir Independent Media Service – KIMS that when the issue came in notice of the principal of the school, he tried to […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday accused the BJP of bulldozing the Constitution and the saffron party’s leaders of “outdoing each other in stripping Muslims” of their homes and livelihood. She was referring to the Khargone district administration in Madhya Pradesh demolishing at least 50 “illegal” structures of people accused of pelting stones […]
BAREILLY (UP) — Two people have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly for playing Pakistani songs on their mobile phones. An FIR was registered on Wednesday against Naeem and Mustkim of Singhai Murawan village in the district’s Bhuta area. The incident was reported in Singhai Kalan village under Bhuta police station. A video of the […]
JERUSALEM — More than 150 Palestinians were injured at dawn on Friday as the Israeli police stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Anadolu Agency reports. The Palestinian Red Crescent said that 152 Palestinians were injured during clashes with the Israeli police in the courtyards of the mosque. The Palestinians were injured by rubber bullets, tear […]
NEW DELHI — India registered 949 fresh Covid cases in the past 24 hours, a marginal decline against 1,007 infections reported on previous day, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry said on Friday. In the same time span, six Covid-related deaths were recorded, taking the total number of fatalities to 5,21,743. Following a continuous […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained cloudy in J&K and Ladakh on Friday as the MeT department forecast dry weather in the two UTs during the next 24 hours. “Weather is likely to remain dry in J&K and Ladakh during the next 24 hours”, said an official of the MeT department. Srinagar had 7.0, Pahalgam 1.2 and […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir Valley registered six new covid-19 cases while there was no infection recorded in Jammu region in the last 24 hours, officials said on Thursday. There was no death due to it reported across J&K, the officials told GNS. They said that two cases each in Kashmir Valley were reported in Srinagar, Baramulla […]
BUDGAM — A non-local labourer was killed, another got injured after a bonded iron rod fell upon them while working at Thukerpora Gudsathoo area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Thursday. Sources told News Agency Kashmir Dot Com that a non-local labourer died on the spot when he was occupied in his work. Another non-local […]
SHOPIAN — Four local militants of Lashkar-i-Toiba (LeT) outfit were killed in an encounter that broke out between government forces and militants at Badigam village in Zainapora area of Shopian district in South Kashmir on Thursday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) […]