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 […]
SRINAGAR — The minister of state for Home Affairs on Wednesday said that the internet services were temporarily suspended in J&K for the maintenance of law and order and to ensure the safety and security of public in the Union Territory after abrogation of Article 370. In a written reply to a question in Rajya […]
Mudasir Maqbool PULWAMA — Conservator of Forests, Kashmir South Kashmir Shri Irfan Ali Shah, IFS today reviewed functioning of Forest Department in Awantipora Forest Division, Pulwama. All Forest officers including Range officers of Division attended the meeting. The Conservator of Forests laid stress on making progress on approved deliverables for the Forest Department for the […]
BUDGAM — Divisional Commissioner Kashmir P K Pole on Wednesday said that Muharram processions will be allowed only on permitted routes, which have been already notified by the authorities. Talking to reporters at Budgam, Pole said that decisions regarding Muharram processions have been taken at the appropriate level. “Muharram processions will be allowed only on […]
SRINAGAR — Mohammad Rafique Rather, renowned trade union leader on Wednesday resigned as President (JK EJAC) Jammu and Kashmir Employees Joint Action Committee. Rather in a letter to Senior Vice-President EJAC Mr Shabir Ahmad Langoo cited personal reasons for the resignation. He however said that he will continue to work for the betterment of the […]
SRINAGAR — At least five persons were injured after two vehicles collided along Kupwara-Sopore highway at Awatkul of Natnussa in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district this morning. Reports reaching GNS said that an ‘Alto 800’ bearing registration number JK09A 2951 and ‘Espresso’ car bearing registration number JK09A 6170 collided, resulting in injuries to five persons. The […]