SRINAGAR — A couple suffered burn injuries after leakage of gas caused fire in Pampore area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday, official sources said. Official sources told that the fire broke out in a residential house belonging to Mehrajdin Bhat, son of Assadullah Bhat from Pampore. The kitchen of the house suffered damage […]
SRINAGAR — The Crime Branch Kashmir has said that it produced a chargesheet before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Budgam against two accused persons for illegally grabbing state land and selling it off to some other persons. In a statement, a spokesperson said that the Crime Branch Kashmir produced chargesheet in case FIR No: […]
KUPWARA — At least six persons sustained injuries, three of them critically, after a group of cattle strayed in bhang-cultivation in upper forest area in Lolab on Saturday evening, family members of the injured persons alleged. The incident took place in Forest Compartment number 40/41 in Nagmari Bomach between two rival communities belonging to Dardpora […]
SRINAGAR — A woman, who was injured in a mysterious blast in Kupwara on Thursday, succumbed to her injuries on Saturday evening, taking the toll to two. Official sources told that an injured woman identified as Janti Bagum, wife of Abdul Razaq Wani of Taratpora Kupwara succumbed to her injuries at SICU ward 17 in […]
JAMMU — In the wake of opening 100 new Reliance Smart Points in Jammu, the premier traders body of the region, Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), on Friday called for a ‘Jammu Bandh’ on September 22 to protest against the government’s “anti-traders” policy. Addressing a press conference, president CCI, Jammu Arun Gupta said that […]
JAMMU — A case was registered against unidentified persons for allegedly removing the national flag atop a building in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Saturday. “An application was forwarded to Police Station Kandi by the Naib Tehsildar Kotranka wherein it was stated that it was reported in some sections of social […]
SRINAGAR — The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has asked for immediate opening of all the religious places including Dargah Hazratbal and Jamia Masjid Srinagar for devotees that have been closed for Friday Prayers for long. In a statement, Mehbooba said that these revered places remain unjustifiably closed for […]
PUNJAB — The Chief Minister of Punjab Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday resigned from the post amid the ongoing political tussle with Navjot Singh Sidhu who was recently appointed as the chief of the Congress party’s Punjab unit. The resignation was announced by the senior Congress leader’s son Raninder Singh on Twitter. Singh later met […]
NEW DELHI — The suicide bomber who had attacked Kabul airport last month was caught in Delhi five years ago, the Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K) has claimed, according to a report by India today. The ISIS-K claimed that the suicide bomber, named Abdur Rahman al-logri, was arrested in India five years ago when he had […]
SHOPIAN — A policeman was killed in an accident at his native village in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, officials said on Satiurday. They said that the policeman, Zadil Ahmad Bhat son of Bashir Ahmad Bhat of Bandpahoo Chitragam, was critically injured after hit by a speeding load carrier late last evening. Zadil was referred to […]