KUPWARA — Police found an old mortar shell in a play-ground at Dardson Kralpora area of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Sources said that Police informed Bomb Disposal Squad who have rushed to spot to destroy the 84mm shell. The area has been sealed and public movement restricted. — (KNT)
SIKANDER GULZAR PULWAMA — A middle-aged man died after falling from a walnut tree in south-Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday afternoon. Reports said that a 45-year-old man identified as Ghulam Mohammad Wani resident of Chokura fell from the walnut tree and was immediately evacuated to a nearby hospital. However upon assessment, the doctors declared the […]
SRINAGAR — A Hizbul Mujhaideen militant was apprehended by police and security forces in a joint operation in Androosa Khrew area of Awantipora on Thursday, police said. “Based on specific information, Awantipora Police, Army 50 RR and CRPF 185 Bn launched a joint cordon and search operation in Androosa Khrew area of Police district Awantipora. […]
JAMMU — A selection grade policeman of IRP killed himself with his service rifle at Talwara in Reasi district, officials said on Thursday. A police official told that soon after being informed, a police team of the concerned police station reached the spot. SHO of police station Reasi Vijay Sharma told policeman identified as Javed […]
SRINAGAR — The civic body Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has ranked Chanapora Ward as ‘Number-One’ in cleanliness and sanitation while Hyderpora Ward has been categorized as the ‘poorest’ one. In Ward wise cleanliness ranking, Chanapora Ward (31) has obtained 275 marks out of 300. Sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that Project Management Unit […]
SRINAGAR — Three shops were gutted in a massive blaze that broke out at a shopping complex in Soura area of Srinagar on Thursday morning. Official sources told that fire broke out in a commercial shopping complex of Abdul Hameed Teli in Soura today morning, in which three shops got completely damaged. They said that […]
PULWAMA — The administration of District Hospital in Pulwama has made a bizarre arrangement by posting volunteers and non technical staff in Operation Theatre while technical hands have been placed in casualties and other wards, risking patients. The hospital has six anaesthetist assistants who have qualification and training in their respective areas but the administration […]
SRINAGAR — A man who was running a poultry farm was found dead in the Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, police said. A police official told that a 26-year-old man’s body was found near Akram School in Sopore area. He identified the deceased as Showkat Ahmad son of Abdul Gani, a resident of […]
SRINAGAR — J&K government directive allowing conditional reopening of schools for Class 10 and 12 students has evoked a lukewarm response among the students and their families in the Valley. This has found a reflection in the low turnout in the school campuses across Kashmir. On September 5, which is observed as the Teacher’s Day, […]
SRINAGAR — Police in Kashmir raided the homes of four journalists on Wednesday, triggering concerns of a further crackdown on press freedom in the region. After the raids in Srinagar, the region’s main city, the four journalists were summoned to a local police station where they were briefly questioned but detained the whole day. Police […]