JAMMU — The winter capital Jammu recorded its hottest day of the season on Wednesday with the mercury settling at 42.9 degrees Celsius “five notches above season”s average, weather office said. The minimum temperature in the city was also 2.4 notches above normal at 28 degrees Celsius, the regional meteorological department official said. Most parts […]
POONCH — A massive fire has broken out in Mendhar along Line of Control in Mendhar, triggering landmine blasts in the hinterland, sources said. They said that the fire broke out of some uncertain cause this evening, following which a team of forest officials rushed the spot to douse off the flames. The team has […]
BUDGAM — Authorities Wednesday sealed a brick kiln for operating within the radius of 8 kilometers of Srinagar Airport. Sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that a team led by Naib Tehsildar sealed a brick kiln at Madbal village of Chadoora. As per norms no brick kiln can operate within a radius of 10 […]
SRINAGAR — Saying goodbye to the 149-year-old official practice of rotating the seat of governance between the twin capitals of Srinagar and Jammu on six-monthly basis called the ‘Darbar Move’, J&K government on Wednesday cancelled the practice and the accommodations given to employees who would shuttle between the twin capitals. Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha had […]
SRINAGAR — Police have registered a case against unknown persons for resorting to stone-throwing in Narbal area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Narbal area witnessed stone-throwing after the killing of a LeT commander Abrar Nabi in Maloora HMT area of Srinagar outskirts. Police sources told KNT that an FIR vide number 145/2021 under sections 147, […]
GANDERBAL — Authorities seized at least 5 fruit-laden Tata-mobile vehicles whose drivers were allowed to ply from Srinagar to Kargil despite one way traffic from the opposite direction. Sources said that Assistant Regional Transport Officer Ganderbal seized these vehicles at Zero Point Zojila at 12 midnight after he came to know that staffers posted at […]
NEW DELHI — India on Wednesday extended the suspension on international commercial flight operations till July 31, 2021. “In partial modification of circular dated 26-06-2020, the competent authority has further extended the validity of circular issued on the above subject… regarding scheduled international commercial passenger services to or from India till 2359 hrs IST of […]
SRINAGAR — After all parties meet in New Delhi the Delimitation Commission under the chairmanship of Justice (Retd) Ranjana Prakash Desai on Wednesday said that the members have decided to visit the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir from July 06 to 09 July 2021. Reliable sources told that the commission will meet leaders of […]
SRINAGAR — A Gujarat Court acquitted a Kashmiri youth after 11 years of his detention. Bashir Ahmed Baba, from Rainawari area of Kashmir capital Srinagar, who was arrested in Gujarat for allegedly being a member of Hizbul Mujahideen, was acquitted today after more than 11 years. His brother Nazir Ahmed told Kashmir News Trust that […]
BARAMULLA — A 24-year-old youth was found hanging inside his room in Vagila village of Wagoora in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday morning. An official told the youth was found dead in inside his home in the morning today. He said that the family informed that when they went inside the room he was […]