SRINAGAR — The anti—corruption branch of the CBI Srinagar is carrying out searches at multiple locations at Mumbai, Delhi, Jammu and Srinagar following registration of a case related to purchase of office space of approximately 65000 sqft area by J&K Bank at Mumbai. These searches are being carried out simultaneously by CBI sleuths at the […]
SRINAGAR — A 42-year-old woman has gone missing from her native forest area in Waderbala of Zachaldara Handwara in frontier north Kashmir’s Kupwara district since last evening. Fazi Begum, wife of Abdul Majeed Mir, as per her family, had gone to bring back the cattle from the nearby forest area. “She hasn’t returned since”, they […]
SRINAGAR — Srinagar Sessions Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of former militant Bitta Karate, after the lawyer appearing for the petitioner claimed that Jammu and Kashmir Police didn’t provide him security despite Supreme Court order. Pertinently, the trial proceedings against former Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Commander had begun nearly after 31 years following a […]
SRINAGAR — A man died while another sustained critical injury after a passenger vehicle hit them in the Batamaloo area of Srinagar city, official sources said. They said that a passenger vehicle hit two persons at Pinchi Mandi Batamaloo. They were shifted to SMHS Hospital where one among them identified as 50-year old Nawaz Ahmed, […]
SRINAGAR — Government of Jammu and Kashmir has sought details related to pre-mature transfers made since April 2021 from each of the administrative secretaries within a period of one week. Detailing out the issue, a directive in this regard says that Para-C of the Government Order Number 861-GAD of 2010 dated 28/07/2010 provides for ‘Tenure […]
SRINAGAR — An escort vehicle of People’s Democratic Front (PDF) chairman turned turtle on Tuesday afternoon at Khansahab area in central Kashmir’s Budgam district, resulting in injuries to two security personnel. Official sources said that an escort vehicle bearing registration number JK02AG-4769 of PDF chairman Hakeem Mohammad Yaseen rolled down in an orchard near Degree […]
SRINAGAR — Windstorm followed dry weather in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours as the MeT office said mainly dry weather with light rain at isolated places is likely during the next 24 hours. “Mainly dry weather with light rain at isolated places is likely in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an […]
SHOPIAN — A civilian was killed and another was injured besides one army personnel was also injured in an encounter that broke out between government forces and militants at Pandoshan village in Shopian district of South Kashmir on Monday. The militants however have managed to flee from the site of encounter. Reports said, two civilians […]
KULGAM — A youth was found dead on Tuesday inside an orchard in Yaripora area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, officials said. An official said that a youth identified as Shahid Ahmad Mochi son of Mohammad Ashraf Mochi, a resident of Khee was found dead by some locals inside an orchard in Zeban, Yaripora on […]
NEW YORK — Kashmiri photojournalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo has won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize award in Feature Photography 2022 category for the coverage of Covid-19 crisis in India. Mattoo has won the award alongside the Reuters team including late Danish Siddiqui, Adnan Abidi, and Amit Dave. Danish Siddiqui was killed in Afghanistan last year while […]