GANDERBAL — A tourist from Nagpur died after suffering a cardiac arrest at a tourist resort of Sonamarg in central Kashmir district of Ganderbal on Saturday, official sources said. The deceased has been identified as Akash Vijay Sharma, resident of Saroj Nagar, Nagpur in Maharashtra. He suffered a cardiac arrest at Thajwas Sonmarg. He as […]
POONCH — Body of a mental unsound person was found beneath a bridge in Poonch district on Saturday, officials said. They said the body of the man, who used to wander in the area, was spot by some passerby who informed the police. Accordingly, the body was recovered at around 8:30 hours from the banks […]
GANDERBAL — At least eight labourers were injured after a Tempo, they were travelling in, turned turned turtle at Margund area of Kangan kin Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. An official told, a Tempo was travelling from Sonamerg to Srinagar when it turned turtle at Margund, leaving eight […]
BUDGAM — A 17-year-old youth died while another sustained injuries after a bike they were travelling on met with an accident at Gatiloora Arizal in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday evening. Sources told that a biker lost his control over his bike and collided with a wall, resulting in injuries to both—biker and pillion […]
SRINAGAR — Nearly a dozen District Development Council members on Thursday submitted No-Confidence Motion against the DDC Chairperson Srinagar Aftab Malik. The resolution was submitted to District Commissioner (DC) Srinagar Mohammad Aijaz by the ten DDC members and has called for a special meeting to elect new DDC Chairperson Srinagar. Aftab Malik,who is associated with […]
SRINAGAR — Anjuman-e-Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar expressed deep dismay and anguish that the continued house detention of Mirwaiz of Kashmir, Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq since August 2019 by the authorities, has deprived the people of Kashmir of his soulful rendition of waz-o-Tableeg from the pulpit of the historic and central Jama Masjid Srinagar for the […]
SRINAGAR – Five militants from Lashkar-i-Toiba (LeT) outfit were slain in an anti-militancy operation at Hanjin village of Rajpora in Pulwama district in South Kashmir on Friday. Reports said the anti-militancy operation was launched by the joint team of government forces including Indian Army’s 44 RR, 182/183 BN CRPF and J&K Police in Hanjin area […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir police in North Kashmir’s Baramulla have foiled an exfiltration bid in the Uri area by arresting four individuals, who were on their way towards the Line of Control (LoC) for exfiltration to Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) via the Gowhallan Sector, officials said on Friday. “The Baramulla police received specific […]
SRINAGAR — Questioning the legitimacy of an encounter in which three militants were killed in south Kashmir district of Kulgam on Wednesday, former chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said the government must come clean on the issue. Mehbooba was reacting to allegation made by the family of one […]
SRINAGAR — A video has surfaced of Srinagar woman Zoya, formerly known as Manmeet Kour, in which she is admitting to converting to Islam and marrying a Muslim man out of her own free will and has accused her family of “torturing” her and the Srinagar police of “harassing” her. “I have accepted Islam a […]