BANDIPORA — Two persons including an eight-year-old girl were killed while another suffered minor injuries after a tractor turned turtle at Badyara-Ashtangoo village in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Sunday afternoon. An official told that three persons in a tractor were heading towards their orchard when the tractor turned turtle on the bund of a […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir police have started a probe into the “mysterious” death of a pregnant woman in Check Chandegeer village in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Family members told that the woman namely Marifa, wife of Muhammad Shaban Dar, was nine months pregnant, died along with her child after allegedly injected a pain […]
SRINAGAR — A local court in New Delhi has granted bail to a Kashmiri man, who was allegedly involved in planning to kill a religious priest in Delhi and was subsequently arrested by the police from a hotel in Paharganj area of New Delhi. In a judgement, court of additional sessions judge New Delhi granted […]
SRINAGAR — Continuing drive to retrieve illegally grabbed land in the district, the District Administration Srinagar today launched a massive anti-encroachment drive across the summer capital during which about 40 Kanals of State and Kahcharai land worth approximately Rs 35 crore was retrieved from encroachment of land-grabbers. The drive was conducted by the enforcement wing […]
SRINAGAR — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a supplementary charge-sheet against seven accused in a “narco-terrorism” case related to the recovery of over Rs 20 lakh and two kg heroin from a vehicle in Kupwara district of north Kashmir last year, an agency spokesperson said on Saturday. The NIA had filed the first […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) President and Member of Parliament from Srinagar Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Saturday stated that sustainable tourism can be a driving force of job creation, economic growth and development in Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh. Abdullah was speaking in his presidential address at the National Meet on Safety Culture and Energy conservation […]
UMAISAR GULL GANIE KULGAM — Two lecturers, working in the School Education department Saturday claimed to have discovered a “gigantic fossil site” while scouting for fossil samples near world famous Aharbal waterfall in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. As per reports, the gigantic fossil site was discovered by two lectures namely Manzoor Javaid and Dr Rouf […]
SRINAGAR — The United Nations has expressed concern about the “alleged arbitrary detention and intimidation” of journalists in Jammu and Kashmir. UN officials Irene Khan and Elina Steinerte sought a reply from the Indian government within two months about what measures it had taken to ensure that journalists were able to work in a safe […]
SRINAGAR — Senior CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami on Friday filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking an early hearing of the petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Centre’s decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. In his petition, Tarigami said despite the challenge to the constitutional validity of orders […]
RAJOURI — Jammu and Kashmir police arrested a Sarpanch with consignment of narcotics in Rajouri district on Friday. The arrested person is a Sarpanch of a panchayat near Line of Control (LoC) as well as an advocate in Jammu. In a press conference, Superintendent of Police Sheema N Qasba told that a team of Sunderbani […]