BUDGAM — A man was killed on Friday late evening after hit by a vehicle in Chadoora area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. However, family members of the deceased held protest and alleged that he was murdered. Family members said that, yesterday about 8. 30 pm he was at home when someone called him to […]
SRINAGAR — A female tourist from Gujarat died due to a cardiac arrest in summer capital Srinagar on Saturday. An official said that the tourist identified as Salma Siddiqui, wife of Siddiqui Bhai Mansoor, a resident of Ahmedabad Gujarat, who was staying at a local hotel complained of chest pain and was shifted to SMHS […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant in Rohama area of Rafiabad in North Kashmir and recovered arms and ammunition from his possession. According to police statement, “on the intervening night of 13 May, on receipt of specific input from JKP of the movement of one unidentified militant in […]
RAMBAN — An army soldier allegedly shot himself dead with his service rifle in Banihal area of Ramban district, officials said on Saturday. Officials said that a soldier identified as Ravi Kumar son of Ratan Singh, a resident of Haryana allegedly shot self to death at Neel army camp in Banihal. “He was from 12 […]
SRINAGAR — The India Meteorological Department on Saturday forecast hot and dry weather for Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh during the next 24 hours. “Hot and dry weather is expected in J&K and Ladakh during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department said. Meanwhile, Srinagar registered 14.2 dgrees Celcius, Pahalgam 5.8 and […]
NEW DELHI — India’s COVID-19 caseload increased to 4,31,19,112 on Saturday with 2,858 fresh infections, while the number of active cases came down to 18,096, according to Union health ministry data. The death toll climbed to 5,24,201 with 11 more fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases comprise 0.04 per cent […]
JAMMU — Border Security Force (BSF) personnel deployed along the International Border (IB) here fired several rounds at a drone coming from the Pakistani side on Saturday morning, forcing it to retreat, an official said. A massive search operation was launched in the area to ensure no weapons or narcotics were dropped by the flying […]
NEW DELHI — As many as 27 people died and 12 got injured as a massive blaze ripped through a four-storey commercial building in outer Delhi’s Mundka on Friday, police said. The fire started from the first floor that houses the office of a CCTV cameras and router manufacturing and assembling company, they said, adding […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the Centre, Jammu, and Kashmir administration, and Election Commission of India (ECI) on a plea of two Kashmir residents challenging the government’s decision to constitute the delimitation commission for redrawing the assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in the Union Territory. A bench of […]
SRINAGAR — Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said that she has been placed under house arrest in Srinagar as she wanted to visit the slain Kashmiri Pandit’s family for condolences. “Wanted to visit Budgam to express my solidarity with Kashmiri pandits protesting against GOIs failure […]