SRINAGAR — The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad accompanied by Senior Superintendent of Police, Rakesh Balwal Wednesday visited the family of Rafiya Nazir of Saderbal Check in Hazratbal area of the district who was killed in a grenade explosion at Amira Kadal on Sunday to provide ex-gratia relief and express solidarity with the […]
SRINAGAR — A Sarpanch affiliated with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was shot dead by unidentified persons at Khonmoh area of Srinagar outskirts on Wednesday evening. Official sources said that a Sarapnch identified as Sameer Ahmad Bhat was fired upon by unidentified gunmen at Khonmoh area. He was immediately shifted to SMHS hospital here where doctors […]
MUMBAI — Kashmir-based lyricist Peer Zahoor has bagged the ‘upcoming lyricist award’. Peer Zahoor, a KPS officer from Kashmir received the award for penning down ‘Rubaru’ song that was part of the Bollywood movie ‘Ginny Weds Sunny.’ Sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that among the five persons nominated under ‘ Best Upcoming Lyricist’ […]
MUMBAI — Bombay High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking to stop the release of the film ‘The Kashmir Files’. The film can now be released on its scheduled date of March 11. The petition had sought to prevent the release of the movie claiming that it is a “propaganda movie” to hurt the […]
JAMMU — One person was killed and 14 injured in an IED blast in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Wednesday in Wednesday, police said. The blast took place at Salathia Chowk near the tehsil office in Udhampur. Talking to reporters at the site of incident. Additional Director General of Police, Jammu, Mukesh Singh said […]
HANDWARA — The body of a 37-year-old man, who drowned two days ago, was fished out on Wednesday from a river at Mawer area of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. An official said that the body of Muhammad Amin Bhat, son of Ghulam Mohidin Bhat of Langate who drowned while extracting sand two days […]
SRINAGAR — Expressing his disappointment over traffic management in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah said painting pretty flyover pillars will not solve the mess on roads. No new infrastructure was being created to solve “one of the biggest” problems in the city, he pointed out. “One […]
SRINAGAR — Additional Spokesperson, Tahir Sayeed on Wednesday resigned from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Tahir Sayeed confirmed this to news agency Kashmir Dot Com and said “I am resigning from the post of additional spokesperson of PDP because of some personal reasons.” “I thank my party president Mehbooba Mufti for providing me the opportunity […]
SRINAGAR — National Investigation Agency (NIA) with assistance of Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF raided multiple locations on Wednesday in Kashmir valley in connection with a case registered against banned organization Jamaat-e-Islami. Official sources told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that multiple locations were raided by the probing agency NIA with assistance of Jammu […]
NEW DELHI — The Civil Aviation Ministry on March 8 announced that it will resume regular international flight operations from March 27. “After having recognized the increased vaccination coverage across the globe and in consultation with the stakeholders, the Government of India has decided to resume scheduled commercial international passenger services to/from India from 27.03.2022, […]