SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday asked authorities concerned not to authorize execution of any work or project without proper authorization and asked them to utilize government land for developmental activities. “Authorization of the Competent Authority/Delegation of Powers for according Administrative Approvals etc are a prerequisite for ordering execution of any work/project,” […]
ANANTNAG — Fire broke out in billing section of Superintendent Engineer Office of Power Development Department in Hamzapora area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag on Tuesday. Quoting an official news agency KNO reported that the fire broke out from billing section of the building today morning. He said soon after fire broke out, fire tenders rushed […]
SRINAGAR — Panic has gripped Doulatpora Chadoora as a leopard has taken shelter beneath a vehicle in the area which falls in the central Kashmir’s Budgam district, reports said on Tuesday. They said that the leopard is apparently is full-grown one and continues to rest inside the vehicle, creating panic among the locals. A wildlife […]
SOPORE — A non-local died while another one was hospitalised due to suffocation caused by gas leak in Sopore town of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday. Quoting an official news agency Kashmir News Observer reported that the non-local died while his colleague was hospitalised after suffocation caused by gas leak when they were sleeping […]
SRINAGAR — Weather was dry in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours with Srinagar recording the coldest night of the season so far on Tuesday at minus 2.2. The Meteorological (MeT) office said that dry, cold weather with hazy mornings was expected during the next 24 hours. “At minus 2.2, Srinagar recorded the […]
NEW DELHI — A Special NIA Court here on Monday awarded life imprisonment to five Jaish-e-Mohammed militants, and five year rigorous imprisonment to another in connection with a militant case. The court awarded life imprisonment to Sajad Ahmad Khan a.k.a. Sajjad Ahmed Khan, Bilal Ahmad Mir a.k.a Bilal Mir, Muzaffar Ahmad Bhat a.k.a Muzaffar Bhat, […]
AMRITSAR — The Border Security Force has shot down a drone that sneaked into the Indian side from Pakistan in Punjab’s Amritsar district, officials said on Tuesday. The BSF personnel fired at the drone on Monday night after they noticed it entering the Indian territory near Chaharpur village, around 40 km north of Amritsar city, […]
NEW DELHI — Vivek Agnihotri’s The Kashmir Files is “a propaganda, vulgar movie” and unworthy of being included in the International Film Festival of India’s International Competition section, jury president Nadav Lapid said at the event’s closing ceremony in Panaji on Monday. Addressing an audience that included Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Singh […]
SRINAGAR — The education department in Leh district of Ladakh Union Territory on Monday ordered winter vacation in phased manner for the students’ upto higher secondary level from December 05, 2022. Chief Education Officer (CEO) Leh has issued an order in this regard. The order said that the students studying in pre-primary to 8th class […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday claimed to have busted a militant module of Ansar Gazwat-ul-Hind (AuGH) militant outfit in Sopore town of North Kashmir. Police said that they have arrested four Over Ground Workers (OGW’s) of the outfit and recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition from their possession. Police in a […]