SRINAGAR — A Kashmiri journalist was arrested by the J&K Police after he was accused of rape, extortion and trafficking. Police said that a local journalist operating in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, Nadeem Nadu was arrested for interrogation after he was accused by a university teacher of rape, extortion, intimidation and trafficking. Police said that […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological (MeT) department on Monday forecast mainly dry weather in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours. “Weather is likely to remain dry in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department said. Meanwhile, Srinagar recorded 9.6 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam 4.9 degrees and Gulmarg 4.6 degrees as […]
DUBAI — A UAE-based business conglomerate, which has more than 50 supermarkets in the GCC countries, is showcasing Kashmiri apples in its stores, giving a boost to the export of the superior quality apples from India to the international market. The flavoursome premium apples native to Kashmir are considered one of the best quality apples […]
JAMMU — J&K Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh Sunday said that in the recent two back to back explosions in Udhampur district sticky bombs fitted with timers were used and that person involved in the act is a local who was an active militant in 2005, arrested and then released. The DGP said […]
SRINAGAR — A policeman was killed while as CRPF personnel got injured in a militant attack at Pinglena village in Pulwama district on Sunday. Reports said, militants fired upon joint naka party of CRPF and Police at Pinglena village in Pulwama, leaving them injured. The said that both the injured were shifted to hospital for […]
SRINAGAR — A local militant, affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant outfit was killed in an encounter that broke out between government forces and militants at Baskushan village in Imamsahib area of Shopian district in South Kashmir on Sunday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched […]
SRINAGAR — The higher reaches of popular ski-resort Gulmarg in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district received the season’s first snowfall on Sunday while weather remained overcast in the plains. The Affarwat hills in Gulmarg received snowfall much to the delight of the locals. In the rest of the union territory, the weather was mainly dry during […]
SRINAGAR — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Baskushan village in Imamsahib area of Shopian district in South Kashmir on Sunday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Baskushan village of Imamsahib area in the district following the […]
SRINAGAR — Secretary, Tribal Affairs Department, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary attended the International Conference on Sustainability and Bio-cultural Heritage of Transhumance at University of Molise, Italy, representing India at the international collaboration hosted by the Republic of Italy. The conference focuses on sustainable efforts for inclusive development of migratory population in more than 15 countries. […]
SRINAGAR — The Divisional Administration Kashmir (DAK) today rebutted news published by Dainik Bhaskar on October 01, regarding movement of apple trucks from the valley to other parts of the country. In an official handout issued by Divisional Administration, the observations made in news were termed as unfounded, misleading and mischievous. In the handout the […]