SRINAGAR — National Investigation Agency (NIA) is carrying out raids at multiple locations in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. Official sources said that NIA sleuths with the assistance of Jammu and Kashmir police and CRPF are carrying out raids in Kupwara, Ganderbal, Pulwama, Shopian and Baramulla district’s Sopore area. Raids are also going […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained dry and partially cloudy in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Saturday as the Met Department predicted mainly dry weather in the next 24 hours. Srinagar had minus 0.9, Pahalgam minus 5.4 and Gulmarg minus 7.5 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature on Saturday. Drass in Ladakh region had minus 18.0, […]
House owner arrested under anti-militancy laws SHOPIAN — A newly recruited local militant and two army personnel were killed in an encounter between government forces and militants at Chermarg village of Zainapora in Shopian district in South Kashmir on Saturday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF […]
SHOPIAN — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Chermarg village of Zainapora in Shopian district in South Kashmir on Saturday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) in Chermarg village of Zainapora following the inputs about presence of militants […]
SRINAGAR — Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid Srinagar expressed grave concern over the fact that the authorities while exhibiting their ‘dictatorial attitude’ today once again prevented the Muslims of Kashmir from performing important duties like Friday prayers at the historic Central Jamia Masjid Srinagar for the 29th consecutive week, which is extremely regrettable and reprehensible. In […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir University’s Media Education Research Centre (MERC) has bagged the first prize at the ‘SONY World of Film Competition’ 2022. As per a varsity spokesman, a university student entry titled ‘An Unknown Environmentalist’ by Muzamil Bhat, Suheel Nissar Paul, Aadil Shafi and Suhaib Rafiq Bhat-3rd semester students from batch 2020-at MERC made it […]
KUPWARA — Peoples Conference Chairman Sajad Gani Lone Friday requested Punjab Police to give justice to the Kupwara family who believes that one of their members selling shawls in Firozpur Punjab has been murdered. Earlier, the body of Kashmir Shawl seller from Sirajpora Handwara was found in Firozpur a day after he had gone missing. […]
SRINAGAR — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested its former Superintendent of Police (SP) and IPS officer Arvind Digvijay Negi for allegedly leaking secret documents to an overground worker of the banned militant organization Lashkar-e-Taiba, its official spokesperson said. The spokesperson said that Negi, a police officer who was promoted to the IPS […]
JAMMU — As a major initiative towards good governance and ease of convenience to the citizens, the Revenue Department is starting issuance of trilingual Land Passbooks in Hindi, Urdu and English to the landholders with effect from 19th of February 2022 from the districts of Jammu and Srinagar. To begin with, 7 Tehsils of Srinagar […]
SRINAGAR — An 8-year-old girl died after drowning in a rivulet in Tekipora in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday afternoon. Reports said that Sania, 8, daughter of Shamsuddin Bhat drowned in Machhar nallah. Soon after the news spread, locals of the area rushed to the site and fished out the girl in unconscious condition […]