SRINAGAR — Taking full advantage of Covid-19 related lockdown, some Srinagar Municipal Corporation employees are allowing people to go for illegal construction in Safakadal area of Srinagar city. Insiders told news agency Kashmir News Trust that SMC Ward Officer and Building Inspector are facilitating illegal constructions in Ward number 18 in Safakadal. They said no […]
ANANTNAG — Armys 19 Rashtriya Rifles Dailgam COB under Major Rahul organised counselling career cum motivational event for the local youth belonging to below poverty line and orphan to guide them and prepare to get jobs for their bright future. The aim of the event was to guide poorer youths regarding opportunities to get jobs […]
SHOPIAN — Sarjan Barkati, a famous religious preacher, who was arrested two days after delivering a speech on Eid-ul-Fitr was on Saturday released. Family sources told that Barkati, who was arrested by Zainapora police around three weeks ago, was released today. Meanwhile, an official said that Sarjan had delivered a speech on Eid day in […]
BANIHAL — Five people, including a CRPF jawan, were killed and one other was critically injured on Saturday when a cab skidded off the road and fell into a 300-meter gorge along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Jammu and Kashmir”s Ramban district, police said. The SUV was on its way to Jammu from Srinagar and the […]
PULWAMA — Three youngsters were booked on Saturday in Pulwama district of Southern Kashmir under the Public Safety Act (PSA) on the charges of ‘stone-pelting.’ The detained youth were identified as Sameer Mushtaq Lone, son of Mushtaq Ahmed lone, a resident of Kakapora Pulwama, booked under PSA Order No. 22/DMP/PSA/21; Dated 02/06/2021, Mudsir Ahamad Lone, […]
BUDGAM — Wildlife Department officials along with Jammu and Kashmir Police caught a leopard in Khudpora village of Khansahib in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Saturday morning. An official told Kashmir Dot Com that the wild animal was roaming in the residential areas of Khansahib locality and other adjoining areas posing a threat for the […]
SRINAGAR — Srinagar Municipal Corporation received 1210 applications for building permission since the Joint Commissioner Planning Ghulam Hasan Mir assumed charge on 17 February 2020. The official data which is in possession of news agency Kashmir News Trust reveals that out of these 1210 applications, permission has been granted to 834 applicants while 39 applications […]
NEW DELHI — India on Saturday logged 1,20,529 new Covid infections in 24 hours, the lowest since April 7. During the same time span, 3,380 more people succumbed to the pandemic, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry said. The fatalities witnessed a spike, crossing 3,000 mark on Saturday once again after recording over 2,000 […]
RAMBAN — At least three persons were killed while two others were injured and another went missing in a road accident in Digdole area of Ramban district on Saturday morning. Quoting officials news agency Kashmir News Observer reported that a passenger vehicle carrying at least six persons fell into a gorge near Digdole. In the […]
LEH — A truck met with an accident in the mountainous pass of Leh resulting into the death of the driver and injuries to the Conductor. Both the driver and the conductor (cousins) hail from Haknar Gund area of Kangan town in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. The accident occurred at Fotu-La Pass when the driver […]