RAMBAN — Two persons were killed after a vehicle (dumper) met with an accident at Ukhrall in Ramsoo sub division of Ramban district, officials said on Saturday. An official said that a vehicle bearing registration number (JK22B-9290) met with an accident at Kunchi village, Panchal in Ukheral resulting in death of two persons on spot. […]
JAMMU — A woman was arrested by the Cyber Cell here on Friday allegedly for sharing nude pictures and videos of her female friend on social media, police said. The accused had captured the pictures and videos of the victim, a resident of Reasi district, without her knowledge during the COVID lockdown, a police spokesperson […]
SRINAGAR — A division bench of Jammu & Kashmir High Court has stayed the operation of a judgment directing the authorities to exhume the body of Amir Magrey, one of the four persons killed in Hyderpora encounter, till the next date of hearing. A division bench of the High Court, comprising Justice Ali Muhammad Magrey […]
JAMMU — Several Kashmiri Pandits, who have got jobs in the valley under Prime Minister’s employment package, have reached here along with their families and said an environment of apprehension is prevelant in the valley owing to the recent spate in the targeted killings by terrorists. The Pandits said they have heaved a sigh of […]
JAMMU — Amid unabated targeted killings in Kashmir, hundreds of government employees posted in the valley took out a march here on Thursday to demand their immediate transfer to their respective home districts. The protesters were carrying placards in support of their demand and pictures of their colleague Rajni Bala, a school teacher who was […]
HYDERABAD — A woman software employee, who was a native of Jammu and Kashmir, was found hanging in her flat at Nanakramguda in Gachibowli here on Wednesday. She is suspected to have been upset over an unknown issue and died by suicide, police said. The victim was identified as Kirthi Sambyal (27), from Samba in […]
SAMBA — Protests against the killing of a Hindu school teacher in Kulgam continued to rock several parts of Jammu, Samba and Kathua districts of Jammu and Kashmir on the second consecutive day on Wednesday. Rajni Bala (36) was shot dead by militants following which Kashmiri Pandits, employed under the PM package, had threatened to […]
BANIHAL — A man has been booked in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus with his blasphemous comments against Lord Shiva, police said on Monday. In a written complaint submitted to officials at the Kastigarh police post, complainant Rajeshwar alleged that one Basharat Wani has made blasphemous comments […]
JAMMU — Several vehicles were washed away after heavy rains triggered flash floods in Devika river in the Purmandal area on the outskirts of the city, officials said. Hundreds of people had thronged Purmandal, called as Chota Kashi, to pay obeisance at Lord Shiva temple complex on Soma Amavasaya and a makeshift market was set […]
BANIHAL — A 28-year-old construction worker from Uttar Pradesh went missing in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district, prompting police to register a case in this regard on Monday, officials said. The man, identified as Siddharth Singh of Futela village in Sultanpur district of UP, was presently working as construction worker with AFCON company and had […]