JAMMU — A Pakistani intruder was killed and another arrested on Tuesday as the BSF foiled their separate attempts to infiltrate into this side from across the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir, a spokesperson of the border guarding force said. The infiltration attempts were scuttled by the alert troops in Arnia sector of […]
CIANJUR (INDONESIA) — A powerful earthquake killed more than 160 people in Indonesia’s West Java province on Monday, with rescuers searching for survivors trapped under the rubble amid a series of aftershocks. The epicentre of the 5.6 magnitude quake was near the town of Cianjur in mountainous West Java, about 75 km (45 miles) southeast […]
NEW DELHI — A dozen human rights organisations including Amnesty International on Monday called for immediate release of Kashmiri activist Khurram Parvez who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a militant funding case last year. On May 13, NIA had filed a charge sheet against seven people, including Parvez and said the […]
RAJOURI — A non-local resident was on Monday arrested by Jammu and Kashmir police in Rajouri for allegedly murdering his friend, who hails from Bihar. Addressing a press conference, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rajouri said that Mohammad Aslam said that in the morning hours on 18 November, an unidentified body was found lying in […]
KULGAM — A PDD daily wager died after he was electrocuted while repairing a live wire in Frisal area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam Kulgam on Monday. Quoting an official news agency Kashmir News Observer reported that the daily wager received an electric shock when he was repairing a transmission wire in Chanpora Chinigam area of […]
KULGAM — Deputy Superintendent of Police from south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, who had gone to Saudi Arabia for performing Umrah, died of a cardiac arrest on Monday afternoon. Quoting an official news agency Kashmir News Observer reported that Rukhsar Ahmad, a DySP rank officer from Chandian Pajan area of Kulgam died of cardiac arrest in […]
SRINAGAR — The School Education Department Kashmir Monday said some leading private schools were misleading the parents by issuing examination date sheet illegally and in violation of the government guidelines. According to a notice, Central Joint Director of DSEK said it has come to the notice of DSEK that some leading private schools in Srinagar […]
SRINAGAR — The authorities will exhume body of a baby to conduct DNA after a family from Budgam district alleged that they were given body of a female baby instead of male baby at JVC Bemina. Quoting an official news agency Kashmir News Observer reported that the body of the baby will be exhumed today […]
SRINAGAR — Weather was dry in J&K during the last 24 hours as the MeT officials said on Monday that dry weather with partly cloudy sky is expected during the next 24 hours. “Dry weather with partly cloudy sky is likely in J&K during the next 24 hours,” an official of the MeT department said. […]
JAMMU — Three girls including two teenagers, who were reported abducted from Poonch six days ago, were recovered from nearby Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, police said. An information was received at Police Post Behramgalla in Poonch on November 14 that three girls – aged 16, 17 and 20 years – have […]
