GULMARG — A nomad family from North Kashmir’s Baramulla district claimed that on Friday night 20 sheep were killed after lightening struck Bootapathri Dhok near Gulmarg. The sheep belonged to one Muhammad Iqbal Cheechi son of Ghulam Qadir Cheechi, a resident of Katianwali area of Baramulla Iqbal told news agency Kashmir News Trust over phone […]
SRINAGAR — Stating that authorities have not taken any decisions for opening of schools upto class 8th, Director School Education Kashmir Tasaduq Hussain Mir said there will be 30 percent reduction in syllabus for students and examinations will begin from first week of November. “There will be 30 percent reduction in syllabus and students will […]
HANDWARA — A 40-year-old Kashmiri shawl seller belonging to north-Kashmir’s Handwara area of Kupwara district was found dead in Haryana on Saturday morning, reports and officials said. Mohammad Shafi Shah son of Mohammad Satar Shah, a resident of Lillam in Ramhall Handwara, as per the family was found dead at his rented accommodation at Shalferi […]
SRINAGAR — Anganwari helpers Saturday staged a protest making an emotional appeal to the government asking it to stop disengaging them. Scores of Anganwari Helper to supervisor amid rains assembled at Press Enclave on Saturday saying that government without giving any second thought disengaged over 900 helpers to supervisors in Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) […]
GANDERBAL — Anti Narcotic Task Force J&K recovered 1,000 kilogram of poppy straw from three Punjab based trucks in Sonmarg and Ladakh. Official sources said that ANTF received an input regarding smuggling of narcotic substance in two trucks plying from Valley to Leh. Upon receipt of this information a team of ANTF was constituted which […]
GANDERBAL — An LP driver died in a road accident when his truck fell into a deep gorge near Chini Nallah Zojila pass on Srinagar-Leh highway on Saturday. Police sources told a truck (JK13D-4115) that was on way from Kargil to Srinagar skidded off the road and fell into 300-ft deep gorge near Chini at […]
HAROON NABI SRINAGAR — A Special Court in Srinagar on Saturday granted bail to two persons accused in a high profile “Kashmir fight” blog case. After hearing prosecution and defence counsel advocate Aamir Masoodi, the Court of Special Additional and Sessions Judge TADA/POTA Srinagar Manjeet Singh Manhas said that grounds invoked by accused in bail […]
SIKANDER GULZAR PULWAMA — Two army soldiers were injured in an accident at Kadlabal Chursou area of Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday. A police official told that the injured soldiers with minor injuries have been hospital. The accident took place after driver of the army truck lost control and the vehicle fell […]
SRINAGAR — Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Saturday said people can receive Covid and flu vaccine at the same time. “You can get jabs for the flu and Covid on the same day,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. “Receiving the Covid-19 vaccine and flu shot together is safe and won’t […]
SRINAGAR — The LG of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha on Saturday said that the administration was trying to vaccinate all students and staff of college to resume the academics at earliest. Sinha said, “We are trying to vaccinate the students above 18 years of age and the professors and the teacher in academic institutions […]