SRINAGAR — Weather remained dry in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours as the MeT department forecast the same conditions to persist on Thursday. “Weather is likely to remain dry in J&K during the next 24 hours”, said an official of the MeT department. Srinagar registered 15 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam 7.9, Gulmarg 7.4 […]
GANDERBAL — Seven people were killed and one was critically injured after a vehicle rolled down a deep gorge along Zojila Pass in Sonamarg in central-Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Officials said that a Tavera car JK12/6477 travelling from Kargil to Sonamarg skidded off the road and fell into the 400-ft deep gorge at Zojila pass Mandir […]
SRINAGAR — Three militants of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit and one army porter were killed in an encounter that broke out between government forces and militants at Jumagund village in Kupwara district of North Kashmir on Thursday. Reports said an encounter started when the infiltrating militants were intercepted by army and police based on a specific […]
SRINAGAR — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Jumagund village in Kupwara district of North Kashmir on Thursday. Reports said an encounter started when the infiltrating militants were intercepted by army and police based on a specific input developed by Kupwara police regarding infiltration attempt of militants in Jumagund village in […]
BUDGAM — A woman was killed while as her nephew sustained injuries after unknown gunmen fired upon them at Hushroo village in Chadoora area of Budgam district in Central Kashmir. Reports said, a woman identified as Amreena Bhat, daughter of Khazir Mohd Bhat from Hushroo Chadoora and her 10-year-old nephew was fired upon by unknown […]
SRINAGAR — After being convicted in a terror funding case on May 19, a Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Wednesday pronounced two life imprisonment punishment to Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief and Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik. Malik was brought to Patiala House Court in New Delhi amid tight security in […]
NEW DELHI — Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, who has been convicted in a militant funding case, told an NIA court on Wednesday that he will accept hanging if the intelligence agencies prove any militant-related activities involving him. During the course of the hearing before Special NIA Judge Praveen Singh, Malik said: “I will not […]
SRINAGAR — Parts of Srinagar observed a spontaneous shutdown on Wednesday ahead of a court’s verdict on the quantum of sentence for separatist Yasin Malik, who has been convicted in a terror funding case, officials said. Most of the shops and business establishments in Maisuma and adjoining areas, including some shops in Lal Chowk, were […]
SRINAGAR — A “faith healer” has been arrested along with two other persons by police in Shopian following the death of a woman allegedly after she was beaten up last night in the south Kashmir district, officials said on Wednesday. A police official told GNS that the woman, Souby Jan wife of Muzzafar Ahmad Sheikh […]
ANANTNAG — At least 250 sheep were killed by lightning in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, official sources said on Thursday. “The incident took place in a pasture in Hoksar area of Kokernag tehsil in Anantnag district during the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday,” they said. Sheep from different low lying areas of the […]