ANANTNAG — Indian Army organised a plantation drive with theme of SAGA 2.0 at Anantnag. The drive aimed to promote environmental awareness amongst locals. The drive included plantation of multiple saplings of different species at various locations to include Kashmir University, South Campus in which college students and teachers participated. Locals appreciated the drive which […]
ANANTNAG — A 54-year-old woman died of electrocution after she received a shock from electric heater in Kokernag area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag on Thursday. Official sources told that Asha Begum wife of Mohammad Shafi Dar suffered burn injuries after receiving shock from an electric heater. “She was rushed to a hospital in Kokarnag, where […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir’s Grand Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam expressed his shock and grief over the spate of innocent killings of civilians in Kashmir and stated that it was unfortunate that members of a particular community are being targeted. While condemning the civilian killings, he said that no religion allows the killing of innocent civilians and that this […]
QAZIGUND — A UBGL shell was detected and later defused in Mir Bazar area in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Thursday afternoon, officials said. Official sources told that the shell was detected at Malpora Mir bazar by locals following which police was called and they later informed the BDS. “The BDS rushed to the spot […]
SRINAGAR — Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh Thursday said that killing of unarmed civilians in Srinagar is a move to damage and attack the age-old traditional communal harmony in Kashmir and police has already got some clues about previous killings and will also probe the fresh incident too. He, however, was quick to […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Apni Party President Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Thursday expressed deep shock and grief over the brutal killings of two teachers at Safa Kadal. In a statement issued to Kashmir Independent Media Service – KIMS, Bukhari termed the incident as a dastardly coward act wherein civilians have been targeted mercilessly. “This is […]
SRINAGAR — Unknown gunmen on Thursday shot dead the principal of a school and a teacher in Eidgah area of Srinagar, officials said. An official told that gunmen, suspected to be militants, fired upon the duo—Supinder Kour Wife of RP Singh Principal Govt boys Sangam and Deepak Chand (38) son of Lal Chand, a resident […]
SRINAGAR — The High Court Wednesday directed the government to release a man from south Kashmir’s Pulwama district forthwith while quashing his detention under the Public Safety Act (PSA). A bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar directed the government to release Nissar Ahmad Qazi from preventive custody forthwith provided he was not required in connection with […]
POOCH — A 50-year-old woman and her 18-year-old daughter died when their house caught fire in Surankote area of Poonch district during intervening night of October 6 and 7, officials said. They said the fire erupted around 003 hours in a house of one Muzaffer Hussain Shah son of Sadiq Hussain Shah at Qazi Katha, […]
SRINAGAR — A 19-year-old youth from south-Kashmir’s Kulgam district was killed after a truck he was on board collided with a dumper in Haryana’s Panipat district. Identified as Mohsin Irshad Bhat son of Irshad Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Reenipora Kulgam, the youth as per a family member was fatally injured when a truck bearing […]