JAMMU — A 45-year-old man was killed and another critically injured in a firing incident following a scuffle over a minor issue between two neighbours on the outskirts of Jammu, officials said on Saturday. The scuffle turned violent between the neighbours at Raipur locality of Satwari on Friday night when one of them took out […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir administration has set fresh guidelines to regulate pilgrims at Vaishno Devi temple to prevent the spread of COVID-19 pandemic which mandated valid and verifiable RT-PCR/Rapid Antigen Test not older than 72 hours of arrival at the Union Territory. The order issued by the Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday further […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir University postponed all UG examinations of the varsity scheduled on Saturday. “In view of inclement weather, all UG examinations of the University of Kashmir scheduled today (23-10-2021) are hereby postponed,” PRO of the varsity told, adding, “Fresh date for the conduct of deferred examinations will be notified later.” — (GNS)
SHOPIAN — The season’s early snowfall has caused damage to apple orchards in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, reports said on Saturday. Reports said that the villages comprising Keller, Saloo, and Herpora of Shopian received light snowfall, which has caused damage to apple orchards as the fruit was still on trees when snowfall occurred. Chief horticulture […]
SRINAGAR — Incessant rains drenched most parts of Jammu and Kashmir even as light to moderate snowfall was reported at several places including Shopian, Pahlagam, Gulmarg, Gurez In Bandipora, Zojila, Drass, Zanskar and other higher middle reaches in J&K and Ladakh, officials said on Saturday. The weather system has led to the closure of several […]
JAMMU — Three persons including a mother-son duo were killed and four others injured when a load carrier they were travelling in turned turtle near Chaklass Mahore in Reasi district on Saturday, officials said. They said the load carrier—Tata Mobile (JK20B-3982), on its way from Pulwama to Chinka Arnas met with the accident at Firdousi […]
SRINAGAR — The higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir received fresh snowfall on Saturday, while heavy rain lashed the plains in the union territory. A Met Department official said moderate to heavy rain continued in the plains while Sonamarg, Pahalgam, Gulmarg and other places in the higher reaches received fresh snowfall. “Moderate to heavy rain […]
SRINAGAR — Security has been beefed up across Kashmir ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s maiden visit to the Valley after the abrogation of Article 370 on Saturday, officials said. They said a thick security cover has been thrown around the BJP office at Jawahar Nagar in the city where Shah is likely to […]
SRINAGAR — Central Government has sent additional security forces to Jammu and Kashmir in view of the increasing militant related activities. New bunkers are being put on the ground to cut down on the free movement of militants. According to the report of NDTV, 50 companies of additional paramilitary forces are being inducted to strengthen […]
SRINAGAR — Various businesses dealing in home delivery of products and services have alleged the police drive to seize two-wheelers in Kashmir over the past three days has severely affected their operations, PTI reported. As per the news agency, residents of the city have alleged that the middle class, lower-middle class and students have been […]