SRINAGAR — Police on Monday claimed to have recovered 6Kg of Improvised Explosive Device material on National Highway from a person in Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district. In a statement, the police said that Srinagar police on technical inputs arrested one person namely Zahid Ahmad Mir son of Ab Aaziz Mir resident of Aripanath Beerwah Budgam. […]
SRINAGAR — A 21-year-old youth from Chadoora area of Budgam district drowned to death in a river in Rajouri district on Monday, officials said here. An official said that the youth, who was persuing B.Sc nursing at GMC Rajouri, drowned to death in Dharli river today. He identified the youth as Shafat Bilal (21) son […]
SRINAGAR — The anti corruption bureau on Monday trapped and arrested tehsildar Shalteng and naib-tehsildar Batamaloo for demanding and accepting bribe. According to a statement, ACB trapped and arrested Mohammad Younis Bangroo, Tehsildar Shalteng, Srinagar and Gh. Rasool Hajam, Naib Tehsildar, Batamaloo while demanding ₹5 lakh and accepting ₹2 lakh bribe as first instalment. The […]
SRINAGAR — Union Minister for Tourism, G K Reddy on Monday said that 1.05 crore tourists have visited Jammu and Kashmir in the first six months of the year 2022. Replying to a query by Mala Roy in Lok Sabha, the Union Minister said that tourism sector in J&K is one of the core sectors […]
PULWAMA — An assistant sub-inspector of CRPF, who was injured after militants attacked a joint naka party on circular road near Gongoo crossing in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday afternoon, succumbed to his injuries. A top police official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that militants fired upon a joint naka party of […]
KOKERNAG — A man was killed while another sustained injuries in a road accident at Nagam area of Kokarnag in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Sunday morning, officials said here. An official said that an accident took place at Nagam area when a auto load carrier turned turtle near an agricultural canal, resulting in on […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological department (MeT) on Sunday forecast generally cloudy sky with light rain during the next 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir. “Generally cloudy sky with light rain is likely to occur in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department said. Srinagar had 18, Pahalgam 12.4 and Gulmarg […]
BUDGAM — A youth from Budgam was killed while another one was grievously injured in a road accident on Saturday at Dras Bridge when they were returning from Ladakh. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that two persons, who were returning back after their visit to Ladakh on their motorcycle, met an […]
KULGAM — A carpenter died after he fell off a rooftop of a residential house in Karewa village of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday afternoon. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the carpenter identified as Abdul Hameed Najar son of Abdul Gani of Matregam fell off the rooftop of a […]
GANDERBAL — A minor girl among two people received burn injuries after a fire broke out in a residential house in Yachihama village of Ganderbal district on Saturday. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that fire broke in the house of Abdul Majeed Bajad after LPG cylinder leakage. He said that in […]