SRINAGAR — Advisor to Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, RR Bhatnagar on Saturday said that blood donation camps under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav are being organised across the Union Territory so as to ensure no body dies due to unavailability of blood. While talking to reporters after inaugurating a blood donation camp at SMHS Srinagar, […]
KULGAM — A 50-year-old pedestrian was killed after he was hit by an unknown vehicle in Qaimoh area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that a vehicle hit one pedestrian identified as Ajaz Ahmad Malla (50) of Turak Tachloo on Srinagar-Jammu national highway near his […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological (MeT) department on Saturday forecast light rain in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours. “Light rain is likely to occur at many places in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department said. Meanwhile, Srinagar registered 16.2 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam 9.1 and Gulmarg 8.5 degrees […]
SRINAGAR — Police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday arrested Sarjan Barkati, a religious preacher, three days after two other clerics were apprehended under the Public Safety Act (PSA). Barkati’s family members told the media that he was arrested Saturday morning and they were told that he has been booked under the PSA. […]
GANDERBAL — Jammu and Kashmir police on Friday refuted the reports of kidnapping of a minor child by some unknown non-locals in Yanihama locality of Lar in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. In a statement, a spokesperson said that some media groups have circulated news on social media platforms that some unknown non locals tried to […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained dry in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours as the Meteorological (MeT) office said on Friday that the same conditions are 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 14.2, Pahalgam 8.8 […]
SRINAGAR — Seven clerics, including two prominent religious scholars, were arrested under the Public Safety Act (PSA) in the past 24 hours in the Kashmir Valley. Quoting a senior police officer The Hindu reported that on Thursday that two religious figures and five Jamaat-e-Islami activists were arrested under the PSA so far. According to the […]
SRINAGAR — Five people, including two influential clerics, from south Kashmir were detained under preventive laws on Thursday, officials here said. Among those detained are Moulana Mushtaq Ahmad Veeri and Abdul Rashid Dawoodi, they said. The authorities are contemplating booking the clerics under the Public Safety Act and shifting them to a Jammu jail, they […]
SRINAGAR — Body of a 42-year-old woman was found and retrieved from river Lidder in Pahalgam of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district this afternoon. Preliminary reports reaching GNS, suggest that the woman drowned while she was taking bath in the river. Some passersby on spotting the body informed the police, who on reaching the site retrieved […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological (MeT) office on Thursday said dry weather conditions will continue for the next 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir. The union territory had pleasant skies and sunshine in the last 24 hours. “Clear sky with pleasant sunshine is expected in J&K during the next 24 hours,” an official of the MeT […]