(By Ruhail Maqbool Sheikh) “We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.” It’s almost impossible to imagine life without running water, so long as it’s clean. But there are millions of people in the world who don’t have access to clean drinking water. They spend their days collecting dirty water in […]
BARAMULLA — A teenage girl died while 10 others were injured in a road accident in Rafiabad area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday afternoon. Quoting an official news agency KNO reported that a collision took place between three vehicles on Baramulla-Handwara highway in Rafiabad, leaving a teenage girl dead and 10 injured others […]
SRINAGAR — Senior superintendent (SSP) SDRF Kashmir, Firdous Iqbal on Wednesday said they have been putting every possible effort to retrive the body of a teenage girl, who had jumped into the river Jhelum in Sopore around 10 days ago. After taking first hand report of the search and rescue operation in Sopore today, he […]
SRINAGAR — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Wednesday said that whosoever would be found part of the “terror ecosystem” will face action as per the law and that it was the prime duty of police and security agencies to trace such people. “Whosoever is found to be part of terror ecosystem will face action, none will […]
RAJOIRI — A 55-year-old man was injured in a mysterious blast near Garhi firing range area of Rajouri district on Wednesday. Quoting official sources GNS reported that around 9:00 am, some kind of blast, either due to grenade or shell, took place in which a civilian namely Harbansh Singh (55) son of Santosh Singh of […]
SRINAGAR — The High court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh on Wednesday ordered 15 day winter vacation in subordinate courts in Kashmir province and parts of Jammu and Ladakh from January 02. According to an order, subordinate courts located in Kashmir province, Kishtwar, Doda and some courts in Ramban will observe 15 days of […]
RAJOURI — A woman was found dead under mysterious conditions in-front of her house on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday in Gundha village of Rajouri district even as police have started investigation. Quoting an official news agency KNO reported that woman’s body was found in-front of her house with injury marks on her […]
KABUL — The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has announced the suspension of university education for female students all across the war-torn nation, the latest in a series of restrictions against women rights. A letter issued by the regime’s Education Ministry on Tuesday said the decision, which will further restrict women’s access to formal education, was […]
SRINAGAR — At minus 4.2 degrees Celsius, Srinagar recorded the coldest night of the season so far on Wednesday as the Meteorological (MeT) office said that cold and dry weather will continue in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. “With minus 4.2 as the minimum temperature, Srinagar recorded the coldest night of the season so far […]
SRINAGAR — A man has been arrested for committing unnatural sexual offence with 13-year-old boy (name withheld) in Srinagar, police said on Tuesday. Police said that the accused namely Amir Ah Khan (Football Coach), a resident of Lachmanpora Batmaloo was arrested for committing unnatural sexual offence with a minor boy. They said the the accused […]