SRINAGAR — Peoples Conference (PC) Chairman, Sajad Gani Lone on Thursday said all the leaders who participated in the recently held all party meeting in New Delhi on June 24, made their people proud. Addressing a news conference, Lone, who was accompanied by Imran Raza Ansari and Basharat Bukhari said, the participants from Jammu and […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu Kashmir High Court has quashed the detention of senior Hurriyat leader and close aide of Syed Ali Geelani for the second time and directed police to get Syed Imtiyaz Hyder released from Haryana jail. Syed Imtiyaz Hyder-a resident of Gojra village of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district was arrested besides 9 persons including […]
JAMMU — The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested an employee of power development department, Jammu for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. 6,000/- from a complainant. In a statement, a spokesperson said that a case was registered on a complaint against an employee, working in the office of AEE, PDD sub-division-III Jammu […]
KATHUA — Two persons hailing from Uttar Pradesh died while seven others were injured in a road accident that took place at Logate Morh in Kathua district on Thursday afternoon. Officials told that a vehicle hit highway divider at Logate Morh, resulting in injuries to nine passengers. The official said that among the nine passengers, […]
BUDGAM — A 56-year-old man who was working as a sweeper at Tehsil office Beerwah was found dead in Nallah Sukhnag at Beerwah in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Thursday. An official told that today morning a group of people found the body and accordingly informed the police. He said that the body was later […]
ANANTNAG — A carpenter died after he fell off a rooftop of a residential house in Kanelwan locality of Bijbehara in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Sunday afternoon. An official told that the carpenter identified as Manzoor Ahmad Bhat son of Mohammad Ramzan Bhat, resident of Magraypora Kanelwan fell from the rooftop of a residential […]
BUDGAM — A 32-year-old lady allegedly attempted to commit suicide by setting herself ablaze at her home in Hafroo area of Chadoora in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Thursday. Sources told that the a lady (name withheld) from Punjab and married to one at Hufroo tried to end her life after sprinkling some inflammable liquid […]
SRINAGAR — Media personnel boycotted a press conference of a Sikh body after some Sikh leaders tried to manhandle them before the start of the presser here in Kashmir capital Srinagar. Leaders of Sikh Community were scheduled to hold a press conference at Gurudwara Shaheed Bunga Sahib, Baghat Barzulla at 11 AM today. The organizers […]
NEW DELHI — Prices of Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) were on Thursday hiked by oil marketing companies. The price of domestic LPG cylinder has been increased by Rs 25.50 per cylinder with effect from today and domestic cylinders weighing 14.2 kg will now cost Rs 834.50 in Delhi, sources told ANI. “The price of 19 […]
GANDERBAL — A 75-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance at her home in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Thursday. An official told that the woman was rushed to SMHS hospital for treatment, where doctors declared her dead on arrival. Meanwhile, police have taken cognizance of the incident and have started investigation […]
