NEW DELHI — The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted four weeks to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to respond to a reply filed by separatist leader Yasin Malik to its appeal seeking death penalty for him in a terror funding case, and listed the matter for hearing on April 22. As Malik, who was […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Meteorological Department (MeT) on Wednesday said that Jammu and Kashmir is likely to witness a fresh spell of rain and snowfall from February 1, while the weather is expected to remain mostly dry till then. According to the Meteorological Department, light rain or snowfall is expected at a few places across […]
SRINAGAR — Flight operations to and fro Srinagar International Airport resumed on Wednesday, a day after all flights were cancelled due to snowfall in Kashmir, officials said. “The first flight has landed at 9.25 am. We expect normal flight operations through the day if the weather conditions hold,” an official of the Airport Authority of […]
SRINAGAR — A man from Uttar Pradesh was found dead inside his hotel room near the Dal Lake in Srinagar late Tuesday might, officials said. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that the man was found unconscious inside his room around midnight, and was immediately shifted to SMHS hospital. He said that […]
KULGAM — A 32-year-old man died of suspected suffocation after sleeping in his car with the heater on while waiting outside District Hospital Kulgam, where his wife was admitted, officials said. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that the man, a resident of Kulgam, had parked his car near the hospital and […]
SRINAGAR — Braving treacherous weather and waist-deep snow, a doctor posted in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday proved that a sense of duty can triumph over even nature’s harshest challenges as he reached his hospital atop an excavator to attend to patients. Dr. Basharat Pandit, a resident of south Kashmir’s Pulwama and currently […]
SRINAGAR, Farhan Kitab (KIMS) — Human Rights Defender and Chairperson ATVK Tasleema Akhter has expressed deep sorrow over the demise of the father of Deputy Commissioner Anantnag Syed Fakhruddin Hamid, who passed away at GMC Anantnag. In her condolence message, Tasleema Akhter extended heartfelt sympathies to the bereaved family and said the loss is irreparable. […]
SRINAGAR, Farhan Kitab (KIMS) — Mahila Congress District President Pulwama Jozia Tariq on Tuesday visited the Marwal Kakapora area of Pulwama district to meet families affected by recent windstorm and assess the damage caused by the severe weather. During the visit, Tariq interacted with the affected families, listened to their grievances and expressed solidarity with […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Fresh snowfall that occurred across the Kashmir Valley since last night disrupted land and air traffic on Tuesday. According to traffic officials, vehicular movement has been suspended from both sides on the Srinagar–Jammu National Highway due to snowfall in and around the Navyug Tunnel. The Mughal Road, SSG Road, and Sinthan–Kishtwar Road […]
NEW DELHI — A little over seven months after the Kashmir line became fully operational, the Railways have facilitated the arrival of the first-ever full railway rake of foodgrains in the Valley. On Thursday, the 42-wagon train laden with rice arrived at the Anantnag goods shed from Sangrur rail terminal in Punjab. Northern Railways’ Chief […]