ANANTNAG (KIMS) — At least nine passengers who were stranded at Sinthan Top in Anantnag district of South Kashmir due to heavy snowfall were successfully rescued, police said on Friday. The incident occurred when a vehicle (Tavera) traveling from Kishtwar to Daksum skidded into a water drain at Sinthan Top, leaving its occupants stranded in […]
SRINAGAR — Several parts of Kashmir received fresh snowfall, including the season’s first in many areas, on Friday, with a slight increase in the minimum temperatures at most places in the valley, officials said. A western disturbance hit Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, bringing light snowfall in many areas of the valley, the officials said. […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — In view of inclement weather conditions in the Kashmir Valley, the University of Kashmir has postponed all examinations scheduled for Saturday, December 28. According to an official communiqué, all examinations of the University of Kashmir scheduled for December 28, 2024, stand postponed. Fresh dates for the postponed papers will be notified separately. […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Friday expressed grief over former prime minister Manmohan Singh’s demise, saying his biggest legacy was that he tried to keep India united and spread love across the nation. “Singh was an excellent economist. His biggest achievement was that he tried to keep India united. He opened […]
JAMMU — The shutdown in Katra against the proposed Vaishno Devi ropeway project entered its third day on Friday, with more people sitting on the hunger strike to demand the release of those detained during earlier demonstrations. The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Sangharsh Samiti called for a 72-hour shutdown, which began on Wednesday. It announced […]
LAHORE — Mumbai attacks alleged mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s brother-in-law and banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa deputy chief Hafiz Abdul Rahman Makki died of heart attack here on Friday. According to the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), Prof Abdul Rahman Makki had been ill for the past few days and was undergoing treatment following high diabetes at a private hospital in Lahore. […]
SRINAGAR — Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday said he was saddened by the passing of former prime minister Manmohan Singh, describing him as a statesman committed to harmony. Singh, the architect of India’s economic reforms and a consensus builder in the rough world of politics, died at the All India Institute of […]
SRINAGAR — Intense cold continued in the Valley on Friday as the weather office forecast light rain and snowfall during the next 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir. The MeT department officials said that light rain in the plains of Jammu division and snowfall in the higher reaches of the Valley is likely to occur […]
JAMMU — One person was killed while another one was injured in a road at Bari Brahmana area of jammu district. Officials told GNS that on thursday evening one trailer truck bearing registration number PB07CA lost its control near Bari Brahmana and hit a motorcyclist. In this incident the motorcyclist was killed on spot where […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday attached the properties of three absconding militants currently operating from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) in the Rajouri district, officials said. The attached land, measuring 7 kanals and 15 marlas, belongs to Khadim Hussain of Kandi, Muneer Hussain of Gakhrote, and Mohd Shabir of Panjnara, they […]