SRINAGAR — Candlelight marches were held at several places in Kashmir Valley on Sunday in protest against the killing of Kashmiri Pandit farmer Puran Krishan Bhat by militants in Shopian district a day ago. Officials said marches were taken out in Srinagar, Baramulla, Bandipora, Anantnag, Kulgam, Kupwara, Ganderbal and Shopian districts. People from all walks […]
JAMMU — Dismissing accusations about the liquor mafia having taken control of the trade in Jammu and Kashmir after the introduction of e-auction, a top excise official said 100 per cent of the liquor licences for wine shops have been issued to domiciles of the Union Territory with revenue realisation touching an all-time high of […]
SRINAGAR — The killing of a Kashmiri Pandit of Chandergund, Shopian by militants, Sunday evoked widespread condemnation from religious scholars across Kashmir who termed the incident as barbaric and against basic tenets of Islam. The religious scholars, including Imams and Khateebs while quoting quranic verses said that the “killing any innocent amounts to killing of […]
SRINAGAR — A man was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Bemina area of Srinagar on Sunday morning, reports said. Reports reaching the news agency Kashmir News Observer said that Jameel Ahmad Labroo of Noorbagh was critically injured after being hit by an unknown vehicle near FSL in Bemina today morning. They said that the […]
SRINAGAR — A woman from Pulwama who was injured in a road accident near Aali Masjid In Idgah area of Srinagar has succumbed to her injuries after 8 days, officials said here on Sunday. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that a 32-year-old woman identified as Aroosa of Arigam village of Pulwama […]
SRINAGAR — Weather was mainly dry in J&K in the last 24 hours as the MeT office said on Sunday that fair to partly cloudy weather is likely during next 24 hours. “Fair to partly cloudy weather is expected during the next 24 hours in J&K.” “Light to moderate rain/snowfall (over high reaches) very likely […]
KULGAM — Union Minister of State for Education, Dr. Subhas Sarkar who is on visit to Kulgam under Central Government Public Outreach Programme today held interaction with SHG members and beneficiaries of various schemes at Mini-Secretariat Kulgam. On the occasion, the Deputy Commissioner Dr.Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat briefed the Minister that there are 3200 SHG groups […]
SRINAGAR — Officers of District Judiciaries Kulgam, Budgam, Anantnag, Pulwama, Shopian, Baramulla, Bandipora and Kupwara led by their Pr. District & Sessions Judges Tahir Khursheed Raina, Mohammad Ashraf Malik, Naseer Ahmad Dar, Mehraj ud din Sofi, Riyaz ul Haq Mirza, Mohammad Yousuf Wani, Mohammad Ibrahim Wani and Tasleem Arif today called on Justice Ali Mohammad […]
GANDERBAL — Body of a youth, who was missing since September 24, was found in Yangora area of Safapora in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Saturday evening. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the youth was found dead near Elvi Agro Breeding Farm & Hatchery in Yangora, where he was working […]
SRINAGAR — The Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha and political leaders of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory including former chief ministers have condemned the killing of Kashmiri pandit Pooran Krishan Bhat at Chaudrigund village in Shopian district of South Kashmir on Saturday. The Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha in a tweet said, “Attack on Puran […]