Kashmir

ANANTNAG — Three persons died and another was injured after a mud house collapsed in the Daksum area of Kokernag in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Manzoor Ahmad Gorsi son of Mohammad Abdullah, Hajra Begum wife of Mohammad Hussain Gorsi and Manzoor Ahmad son of Manzoor Ahmad, all residents […]

SRINAGAR — Additional Deputy General of Police (ADGP) Kashmir, Vijay Kumar on Saturday said that religious preachers booked under PSA were instigating youth despite being warned several times. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a cricket tournament at Baramulla, Kumar said that they had warned these people many times, but they didn’t budge. “There […]

SOPORE — A 17-year-old boy drowns in a Nallah in Hardshiva village of Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Sunday afternoon. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the boy drowned while taking a bath in Marbal Nallah, however a rescue operation has been launched to retrieve his body. He identified […]

SRINAGAR — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha inaugurated Multipurpose Cinema Halls at Pulwama and Shopian districts. “Today is a historic day for J&K UT. Multipurpose Cinema Halls at Pulwama and Shopian will offer facilities ranging from movie screening, infotainment and skilling of youth”, said the Lt Governor. Students, Youth and people from all walks of life […]

SRINAGAR — Weather was partly cloudy in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours and the Meteorological (MeT) office said on Sunday that the same is likely to continue. “Weather is likely to remain dry in J&K during the next 24 hours,” an official of the MeT department said. Srinagar had 12.4, Pahalgam 6.1 […]

SRINAGAR — The Government of India (GoI) is set to grant land ownership rights to West Pakistan refugees (WPR) in Jammu and Kashmir. The exercise to provide rights was started after Government of India abrogated the special status of Jammu and Kashmir in August 2019. Through the exercise, ownership rights will be granted to the […]

SRINAGAR — Shifting of prisoners from Jammu and Kashmir to outside the Union Territory is a purely administrative exercise undertaken due to overcrowding of jails, Director General Prisons, H K Lohia, said here on Saturday. Lohia was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a function at Central Jail Srinagar. “It (shifting of prisoners) is […]

SRINAGAR — Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU), an amalgam of several religious organisations in Jammu and Kashmir, Saturday condemned the booking of clerics under the Public Safety Act by the union territory administration. “During the last two days, arresting more than half a dozen religious scholars and preachers of Kashmir and booking them under PSA is condemnable,” […]

BANDIPORA — Bandipora police on Saturday said that they have solved the case of the killing of migrant labourer by arresting three militants in Sadunara area of Hajin in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Senior Supritendent of Police Bandipora, Mohammad Zahid while addressing a press conference said that on intervening night of 11-12 August, a migrant […]