SRINAGAR — At least 17 structures and a maruti car gutted in a fire incident in Parimpora area of summer capital Srinagar on Saturday. An official told Kashmir Dot Com that a fire broke out at Parimpora behind the Police station where about 17 residential teen sheds (Doka’s) besides that one store (Gudam) and a […]
PULWAMA — The body of a missing man was recovered from river Jhelum on Saturday in Awantipora area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. An official said that the body of 65-year-old mann identified as Abdul Gani Bhat, son of Sadeeq Bhat of Sunsaneel area of Pulwama was recovered in river Jhelum near Tehsil office Awantipora […]
SRINAGAR — Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir zone, Vijay Kumar on Saturday visited Kulgam to review security scenario. An official said that IGP along with Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) and DIG CRPF Anantnag visited Kulgam and held meeting with Deputy Commissioner Kulgam, SSP Kulgam, CRPF’s all COs and other police officers there. […]
Mohammad Mufeez TRAL — Scores of devotees thronged the shrine at Sofigund area of Tral to observe the Urs of Hazrat Sheikh Mohammad Bakir Sahib (RA) on Friday. The devotees in large numbers including men, women, children and old aged people in spring tehsil of Tral, Aripal participated in the special prayers at the shrine. […]
PULWAMA — A sarpanch escaped unhurt in a suspected militants attack in Arihal village of Pulwama district in South Kashmir on Saturday. Sources said, sarpanch identified as Ghulam Nabi Kumar was fired upon by suspected militants at his native village. He escapes unhurt in the incident. Soon after the incident, the area was cordoned off […]
BUDGAM — A 23-year-old youth was found hanging in the Brenwar area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Saturday. A police official said that the victim (name withheld), a resident of Brenwar Budgam was found hanging at his home this morning. A case under relevant sections of law has been registered in to the incident, […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained dry and sunny in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh on Saturday as the MeT department forecast dry weather interspersed with periods of sunshine and clouds during the next 24 hours. “Weather is likely to remain dry with periods of sunshine and clouds during the next 24 hours in Jammu & Kashmir […]
NEW DELHI — Implementation of QR-code based Geographical Indication (GI) tag for Kashmiri hand-knotted carpets will discourage their counterfeit production and enable buyers to identify authenticity of carpets produced in the union territory, an official said on Friday. The QR-code based mechanism has recently been introduced for the purpose of testing and certification of hand-knotted […]
SRINAGAR — The government on Friday said that the employees of School Education Department (SED) of Kashmir division, who have been provided government accommodation by estates or other departments have to pay rent of that accommodation to the estates department. In an official communiqué issued by the Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK), “It is […]
SRINAGAR — National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed supplementary charge sheet against two ISIS militants, who hail from Srinagar in a case with regard ‘conspiracy to radicalize and recruit impressionable Muslim youth in India to wage violent jihad against the India’. A spokesman in a statement said that NIA filed supplementary charge sheet against […]