ANANTNAG — A carpenter died after he fell off a rooftop of a residential house in Kanelwan locality of Bijbehara in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Sunday afternoon. An official told that the carpenter identified as Manzoor Ahmad Bhat son of Mohammad Ramzan Bhat, resident of Magraypora Kanelwan fell from the rooftop of a residential […]
BUDGAM — A 32-year-old lady allegedly attempted to commit suicide by setting herself ablaze at her home in Hafroo area of Chadoora in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Thursday. Sources told that the a lady (name withheld) from Punjab and married to one at Hufroo tried to end her life after sprinkling some inflammable liquid […]
SRINAGAR — Media personnel boycotted a press conference of a Sikh body after some Sikh leaders tried to manhandle them before the start of the presser here in Kashmir capital Srinagar. Leaders of Sikh Community were scheduled to hold a press conference at Gurudwara Shaheed Bunga Sahib, Baghat Barzulla at 11 AM today. The organizers […]
GANDERBAL — A 75-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance at her home in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Thursday. An official told that the woman was rushed to SMHS hospital for treatment, where doctors declared her dead on arrival. Meanwhile, police have taken cognizance of the incident and have started investigation […]
BANDIPORA — A 52-year-old man of was killed while two others were injured during a scuffle over erection of tent at Kachi Behak (meadow) near Vewan village of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Wednesday. An official told that the three persons including a female of a Bakerwal community from Rajouri were injured during scuffle with […]
SRINAGAR — A Sikh organisation here on Wednesday demanded the implementation of the Inter-Caste Marriage Act and the enactment of an anti-conversion law in Jammu and Kashmir. This comes amid a row over the allegations of alleged forced conversion of four women from the Sikh community to Islam in the union territory. “I, on the […]
SRINAGAR — The family of Shahid Nazir Bhat hasn’t seen him since the morning of June 21, when he left home for a walk. For two days, they did not hear from him till police came knocking on their door saying Bhat had eloped with a woman from the Sikh community and her family had […]
KULGAM — Three local LeT militants were slain in an anti-militancy operation between government forces and militants at Chimmer area in Kulgam district in South Kashmir. The militants slain in anti-militancy operation have been identified as Waseem Ahmad Bangroo from Redwani Kulgam, Shahnawaz Ahmad from Kilbal Shopian and Zakir Bashir from Chimmer Kulgam. Reports said, […]
JAMMU — The winter capital Jammu recorded its hottest day of the season on Wednesday with the mercury settling at 42.9 degrees Celsius “five notches above season”s average, weather office said. The minimum temperature in the city was also 2.4 notches above normal at 28 degrees Celsius, the regional meteorological department official said. Most parts […]
POONCH — A massive fire has broken out in Mendhar along Line of Control in Mendhar, triggering landmine blasts in the hinterland, sources said. They said that the fire broke out of some uncertain cause this evening, following which a team of forest officials rushed the spot to douse off the flames. The team has […]