GANDERBAL — A police man was injured in a road accident in Kangan area of central kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Monday morning, officials said here An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that accident took place near Thune area of Kangan, when a Truck collided with a Scooty. He said that in the […]
SRINAGAR — Mainly cloudy sky with light to moderate rain is likely in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours, according to the Meteorological (MeT) department. “Mainly cloudy sky with light to moderate rain is likely during the next 24 hours in J&K”, a MeT department official said. Meanwhile, Srinagar recorded 17 degrees Celsius, […]
KOKERNAG — An elderly woman was mauled to death by a bear in Kokernag area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said here on Thursday. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the woman identified as Zeba Banoo wife of Abdul Rahman Chopan from Bathipora Gadole area of Kokarnag was attacked and […]
SRINAGAR — Widespread light to moderate rain is likely to occur in J&K during the next 24 hours, the MeT department predicted on Thursday. Srinagar recorded 19.4 degrees Celsius minimum temperature, Pahalgam 17.1 and Gulmarg 12.6, an official of the MeT department said. In Ladakh region, Drass registered 13 degrees Celsius minimum temperature, Leh 11.3 […]
GANDERBAL — Amid inclement weather conditions and heavy overnight rains the Amarnath Yatra was suspended on Thursday. Officials said that no yatri was allowed to undertake the yatra from base camp Baltal and Pahalgam towards the cave. They said the decision to allow yatra will be taken after improvement in weather conditions. Meanwhile a mud […]
BUDGAM — A 19-year-old girl died in a cloud burst incident in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday, officials said here. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the girl identified as Rubeena daughter of Alam-Ud-Din a was injured when cloudburst occurred at Khariyan Khansahib. He said that she was rushed to […]
NEW DELHI — Another Kashmiri journalist was on Tuesday barred from travelling abroad as authorities at IGI airport in New Delhi stamped his boarding pass with ‘cancelled without prejudice’. “Immigration officials at IGI airport New Delhi barred me from boarding a flight to Colombo, Sri Lanka. I was headed to report on the current crises […]
BUDGAM — A young man, famous for his batting skills, died after suffering cardiac arrest while playing cricket at a local playground in Badipora area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday. Sources told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that Raja Nisar (24), son of Ghulam Ahmad Rather, a local from Badipora Charar-e-Sharief, fell on […]
NEW DELHI — The Centre on Wednesday said there were no significant protests in Jammu and Kashmir against the report of the Delimitation Commission even though various political parties have expressed different views on the report. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said this in Rajya Sabha replying to a question whether there […]
SRINAGAR — In a laudable achievement, a 26-year-old youth from North Kashmir’s Bandipora district here has hand-written the Holy Quran on a 500-metre-long paper scroll – a calligraphic feat he completed in three months. Mustafa-Ibn-Jameel, a resident of Tulail area of the frontier Gurez, in the north Kashmir district, had embarked on the project last […]