SHOPIAN — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Baskuchan village in Shopian district of South Kashmir on Monday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Baskuchan village in Shopian district following the inputs about presence of militants in […]
SRINAGAR — A 28-year-old non-local labourer died apparently due to alcohol overdose at a brick kiln in Chadoora area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district, officials said on Monday. A police officer told GNS at around 1300 hours, body of the labourer Ajay Kevat son of Sat Narain Kevat of Kurba Chattisgarh, working at Brick Kiln–A-16 […]
SRINAGAR — Body of a man with bullet marks was found in Shopian district on Monday morning, officials said here. An official told that the body was spotted by some passersby, following which they informed the police. He said that soon after getting the information, a team of police reached to the spot and recovered […]
NEW DELHI — The Meteorological (MeT) department on Monday forecast mainly cloudy sky with light rain in Kashmir Valley and light to moderate rain in Jammu division during the next 24 hours. “Mainly cloudy sky with light rain is likely in the Valley and light to moderate rain in Jammu division during the next 24 […]
SRINAGAR — In a first, security forces on Sunday claimed to have recovered magnetic improvised devices in Sopore village in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. In a statement, a spokesperson said that a suspect namely Saqib Shakeel Dar was apprehended with war like stores in a joint operation by security forces on Friday based on a […]
SRINAGAR — Weather was mainly clear in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours. However, the MeT office on Sunday predicted partly cloudy weather/light rain in the Valley while light to moderate rain in Jammu division. “Weather is likely to remain partly cloudy with chances of light rain in the Valley and light to […]
KUPWARA — A couple was injured after an unexploded shell went off in Kuth Nard Bahek area in Tangdhar in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Saturday. An official told that the incident took place this afternoon when the couple was on way to forests for grazing their cattle. He said that they were shifted to […]
QAZIGUND — The district development council (DDC) member Vessu Qazigund, Bilal Ahmad Deva today thank Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha led government for bringing Panzath Wanpora in tourist development programme and said the area has vast potential to emerge as a new tourist destination. “This is a big occasion for Panzath Wanpora Village and its adjacent […]
SRINAGAR — A migrant labourer died while another was injured while unloading construction material at an under construction hotel in Rajbagh area of Srinagar on Saturday, reports said here. Reports reaching to the news agency Kashmir News Observer said that two labourers identified as Rohit Yadav (21) and Ladoo Kumar (19) were critically injured when […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board chairperson, Darakshan Andrabi on Saturday said that donation boxes of “salesmen” have been removed from shrines and some people are trying to play politics over it. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function here, Andrabi said that the order issued about unethical practices at shrines cannot […]