Case Registered, Accused Arrested: Police HANDWARA – A man, presumed to be in his forties, has sustained grievous injuries after an inter-family scuffle broke out of a land dispute in Humpora Langate in Handwara of north-Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Reports said that the incident occurred on Monday last evening after members of a family entered into […]
Experts warn UT set to record over 5,000 cases per day in coming weeks SRINAGAR – Unending SOS calls for oxygen cylinders and non-stop ringing of phones for food and medicine at the Valley-based NGOs portray a grimmer picture of the COVID-19 pandemic than the hospitals, where oxygen-supported beds were almost running full with infected […]
SRINAGAR – Dry, pleasant weather continued in Kashmir and Ladakh on Tuesday as the Meteorological Department (MeT) forecast light to moderate rain for the next few days. “Light to moderate rain/thundershower may occur at isolated to fairly widespread places during May 5 to 8.” “There is no forecast of any major rainfall till next 10 […]
SRINAGAR – Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Jagmohan dies at the age of 94 after a brief illness in Delhi on Monday. Jagmohan Malhotra better known as Jagmohan was born on September 25, 1927 was former civil servant who held several key posts in his career, including the Governorship of Jammu and Kashmir. He served […]
Despite repeated attempts, parents didn’t receive call, body in mortuary: Medical Superintendent SRINAGAR – In a shocking incident, a two-month-old baby, who tested positive for Covid-19 and died in Jammu hospital yesterday, was abandoned by none other than his own parents, who fled from the hospital without taking the body of their baby along. News […]
SHOPIAN – In a tragic incident, a youth lost his life after coming under his own vehicle in a village in South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Monday. News Agency KNO reported that a youth had parked his vehicle on a road-side slope and was selling vegetables in Khasipora Shopian when it suddenly moved and crushed […]
SRINAGAR – J&K Students Association Monday said it has written to External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr S. Jaishankar urging him to facilitate travel of over 100 Kashmiri medical students to Bangladesh. In a statement, spokesperson of J&K Students Association Nasir Khuehami said that over 100 Kashmiri medical students pursuing studies in Bangladesh, currently stuck in […]
SRINAGAR – Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Monday said pregnant women should get the Covid-19 vaccine. “Expecting mothers are now considered a high-risk group and we should extend the vaccine to them on a priority basis,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. Quoting a new study published in the American Journal […]
SRINAGAR – Executive Magistrate (First Class) in whose shop police claimed that it busted a ‘hideout’ last year in May in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district is among the three employees dismissed by Jammu Kashmir Government in the ‘interest of security of the state’. A teacher from North Kashmir’s Kupwara district has already been dismissed while […]
PULWAMA – A 30-year-old man, working as labourer with IRCON, was crushed to death by a running train in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday Quoting an official news agency GNS reported that the accident took place near ’44 point’ in Kakapora Pulwama and the man identified as Mohammad Iqbal Dar son of Abdul Majid […]