BUDGAM — Police on Saturday rescued four families comprising 16 members of nomadic community along with their herd of sheep stuck in heavy winds and snowfall at Nagbal Yousmarg in the higher reaches of central Kashmir’s Budgam. A spokesman of Budgam police said that following a distress call, a team of police from Police Post […]
SRINAGAR — General Secretary J&K Congress and Senior leader Surinder Singh Channi has expressed deep grief and Sorrow over the demise of three members of a nomads family at Noorpora, Awantipora. Incident took place today after temporary residential shelter disintegrated under the debris of soil avalanche due to inclement weather. Channi expressed deep sympathy and […]
SRINAGAR — Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday reviewed the security situation and steps taken to combat militancy in Kashmir Valley in the wake of a spate of attacks on civilians, particularly non-local labourers and minorities. Shah reviewed the security scenario at a meeting held at the Raj Bhawan here and attended by top […]
ISLAMABAD — Former Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar has fired a 160kmph salvo at the New Zealand cricket team, saying that his side’s “real anger is with the Black Caps”, and that the Babar Azam-led side had “no issues with India”. Ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup ‘Super 12’ clash against arch-rivals India on […]
JAMMU — Jammu on Saturday witnessed heavy rains and hailstorms following which the temperatures have dipped in the city. As per the visuals, several farmers felt a bit worried as they feared that their crops might get damaged in the hailstorm. Gulmarg in the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir also received the season’s first […]
SRINAGAR — Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday visited the residence of CID Inspector Parvez Ahmed Dar, who was killed by militants in June this year outside a Majid near his residence in Nowgam area of Kashmir capital Srinagar. According to news agency Kashmir Dot Com, Amit Shah met slain CID Inspector’s wife Fatima […]
SRINAGAR — Three members of a nomad family were killed and another remains critically injured after their makeshift tent came under debris of a soil bund which caved-in amid incessant rains in Noorpora area of Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday. Officials said four members of the nomad (Gujjar Community) family came under […]
JAMMU — The traffic on the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway and the Mughal Road was suspended on Saturday as heavy rains lashed several parts of Jammu with higher reaches experiencing first moderate snowfall, officials said. The Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, was blocked by a […]
JAMMU — A 45-year-old man was killed and another critically injured in a firing incident following a scuffle over a minor issue between two neighbours on the outskirts of Jammu, officials said on Saturday. The scuffle turned violent between the neighbours at Raipur locality of Satwari on Friday night when one of them took out […]
MUMBAI — The coronavirus pandemic, which has affected the lives of people at different levels, has also caused a drop in the life expectancy of the country by almost two years, a statistical analysis by scientists of the city-based International Institute for Population Studies (IIPS) has revealed. The analytical report, which points out the drop […]