RAJOURI — A tipper driver was retrieved dead with his helper still untraced after flash floods swept them away along their vehicle in Rajouri in Darhalli Nallah in Rajouri district on intervening Thursday and Friday night, officials said. They told GNS that two persons Sajad Ahmed son of Mohd Aslam and Abrar Ahmed son of […]
RAMBAN — The traffic movement on Jammu-Srinagar national highway resumed after remaining suspended for over five hours due to a landslide in Ramban area, officials said here on Friday. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the highway has been reopened for traffic after early morning traffic was suspended due to landslides […]
QAZIGUND — The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was blocked for traffic movement on Friday due to fresh landslides and slush at several places on the stretch, officials said here. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the NH-44 has been blocked due to landslides, mudslides and slush at multiple places, it will take […]
UDHAMPUR — Two persons were killed while 38 other were injured after a bus carrying a marriage party guests met with an accident at Ramnagar area of Udhampur on Thursday, officials said. Chief Medical Officer Udhampur, Dr Vijay Basnotra told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that two persons were brought dead to hospital while […]
UDHAMPUR — Many people are feared injured in a bus accident that took place in Ramnagar tehsil of Udhampur district on Thursday evening, officials said here. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that a bus (JK14D-5050) ferrying marriage ceremony guests met with an accident when it fell into a 130 feet deep […]
JAMMU — A soldier who was injured in an accidental firing during a training exercise in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district succumbed to his injuries, officials said on Thursday. The soldier was identified as Sepoy Rishkesh Choubey of the Army’s Mahar Regiment, they said. Choubey was among two soldiers who suffered splinter injuries during a […]
NEW DELHI — A Delhi Court has allowed Jamia Millia Islamia scholar and activist Safoora Zargar, an accused in the alleged larger conspiracy case behind the northeast Delhi riots, to visit her hometown in Kashmir’s Kishtwar for Eid-ul-Adha. Granting permission to leave the capital city where she is currently staying, Additional Sessions Judge Naveen Gupta […]
JAMMU — Two army soldiers were injured in an accidental blast at a firing range in Jhullas area in Poonch district on Wednesday, official sources said. They said that the incident took place around 1400 hours while the soldiers along with other fellow colleagues were engaged in training at the at firing range. The injured—Mukesh […]
SRINAGAR — At least seven persons were injured after a vehicle they were on board fell into a gorge near Tulbagh Kharpora along Srinagar-Jammu highway in Banihal area of Ramban district this morning. Local sources told GNS said that a Tavera vehicle bearing registration number JK01AP 5877 enroute to Srinagar from Jammu skidded off the […]
JAMMU — A mentally-challenged person was on Tuesday detained after he was moving in a suspicious manner in a forward village near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. He has been identified as Shiv Kumar (30), a resident of Nepal, they said. He was detained by the […]