KUPWARA — A recreation barrack of paramilitary CRPF was partially damaged in a fire incident on Wednesday afternoon. While the fire was brought under control, there was no loss of life or injury reported in the incident, official sources said. They said fire broke out in the recreation barrack of CRPF’s 162 battalion at Zangli, […]
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Rains lash Jammu region bringing relief from humid condition
JAMMU — Rains lashed large parts of the Jammu region early on Wednesday bringing relief to the people from humidity with the weather department forecasting intermittent light to moderate rainfall in the next two days. An approach road leading to the Government Medical College in Kathua district was washed away by the heavy rains while […]
PSAJK calls on government to incorporate suggestions of Private Schools before issuing new guidelines for the Fee Fixation Committee
SRINAGAR — Private Schools Association of Jammu and Kashmir (PSAJK) today called on the government to take the suggestion of Private Schools before issuing new guidelines for the Fee Fixation Committee (FFC). The Association said that as is being reported new guidelines are being issued for FFC but strangely nobody has approached the Private Schools […]
Youth’s body recovered in Poonch
POONCH — Body of a 20-year-old youth was recovered from Sangla nalla in Surankote area of Poonch on Wednesday, officials said. The youth identified as imtiaz Ahmed son of Mohammad Bashir of Dandi Dhara had drowned late night, they said. A police official told that body was recovered nearly a kilometer from the spot where […]
DAK urges flu vaccination for children ahead of third Covid wave
SRINAGAR — Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Wednesday urged parents to get their children vaccinated against flu ahead of third Covid wave which is predicted to happen sometime in the fall of this year and is expected to affect kids the most. “Receiving a flu shot could make it easier to tell if your child […]
No forecast for major rainfall in J&K for next 10 days: MeT
SRINAGAR — Weatherman on Wednesday said that there is no forecast for any major rainfall in next ten days in Jammu and Kashmir. While it rained at many places of Jammu and at scattered places of Kashmir, Director of local meteorological department Sonam Lotus said that intermittent light to moderate rain was likely to occur […]
Police raids residences of four journalists in Srinagar
SRINAGAR — Four residences of Journalists were raided by Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday morning in Kashmir Capital Srinagar. Reliable sources told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that the residence of Showkat Ahmad Matta son of Abdul Samad, a resident of Sheikh Hamza Colony Lal-Bazar was raided by SDPO Nehrupark along with a police […]
Anantnag: Shehjar Colony HanjiDantar residents suffer due to bad road condition
WARIS SHAH ANANTNAG — The residents of Shehjar Colony Nowvoth HanjiDantar Anantnag are suffering due to extremely poor condition of the link road which has turned from bad to worst in the last years. The local residents have appealed the concerned authorities to maintain the road to avoid agitation. The condition of road is in […]
18 Rajouri youth arrested in Kerala
JAMMU — Kerala Police have arrested 18 private security guards, all hailing from Rajouri district of Jammu region, from Kalamassery area of Kochi for possessing guns without licenses. During searches at their rented places, Kerala Police have so far recovered 19 double barreled guns and around 100 rounds of ammunition. While five security guards were […]
Pulwama siblings generate employment by manufacturing bio-fertilizers
PULWAMA — Inside a facility in Muran village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, Muneer Ahmad Sheikh along with his brother and a small group of workers are engaged in making bio-fertilizers and bio-pesticides. Sheikh, a post graduate in Biotechnology, tried to set up a small bio- fertilizer unit and a laboratory in 2017 in an […]









