GANDERBAL – In order to make quick bucks from hapless labourers, staffers from Dr Lal Path Lab conducted RT-PCR tests in an open forest and charged Rs 1800 per head without seeking permission from Chief Medical Office Ganderbal here in Central Kashmir. There are scores of labourers from different parts of Kangan town of Ganderbla […]
SRINAGAR – A man from Iqbal Abad area of Bemina Srinagar on Thursday appealed authorities to release his 22-year-old son Nayeem Ahmed Mir and others languishing in Agra jail from last four years. Abdul Hameed Mir was quoted by news agency Kashmir News Trust saying, “Besides my son there are other young boys who are […]
PULWAMA – Unidentified burglars made an unsuccessful bid to steal cash from a branch of Jammu Kashmir Bank in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Sources told that during the intervening night of 19 and 20 May, some unknown burglars tried to steal cash from Drabgam branch of J&K Bank in Pulwama district. The burglars managed to […]
SRINAGAR – A family from Hyderpora area of Srinagar city Thursday appealed Inspector General of Police to personally intervene and get the ‘murderer’ arrested. The aggrieved family alleged that Parimpora Police Station is resorting to dilly dally tactics and is not arresting the murder accused. Bilal Ahmed Beigh, a resident of Gulshan Abad Hyderpora arrived […]
SRINAGAR – Dr Tarannum Riyaz, a noted Urdu fiction writer and wife of former Kashmir University Vice Chancellor, Riyaz Punjabi, passed away on Thursday. The family sources told local daily that Dr Tarannum died at a hospital in New Delhi at around 9.30am today. She had tested positive for Covid19 and was put on a […]
KUPWARA – The Jammu and Kashmir Police Tuesday claimed to have arrested two persons along with 6 live grenades in main market in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district. A police spokesman in a statement, said that based on a specific information regarding the movement of some individuals, Kupwara Police established a special Naka in Kupwara main […]
URI – Police with the help of locals fished out the dead body of a shepherd who was drowned in a nallah while grazing the cattle in Uri area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Quoting police sources news agency Kashmir News Trust reported that a shepherd slipped and fell into Jabla nallah in Uri when […]
SRINAGAR – With the fresh stock of Covid vaccines being made available by authorities, the halted vaccination drive resumed in Kashmir Valley on Wednesday albeit at a slow pace. Officials said the drive resumed after J&K received a fresh consignment of Covishield vaccine on Tuesday. According to a daily media bulletin, 556 persons above the […]
BANDIPORA – The Bandipora-Gurez road, which remains closed during winters due to intense snowfall, was officially thrown open for two way traffic on Wednesday. An official told News Agency Kashmir Dot Com that the Bandipora-Gurez road was thrown open for two-way vehicular traffic on Wednesday by the Bandipora administration. He said that the road opening […]
SRINAGAR – Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory on Wednesday directed all the DC’s (Deputy Commissioners) and Health Department to ensure 5-bedded Covid Care Centre in every Panchayat of J&K. In a series of tweets, LG Manoj Sinha said, “Directed DCs & Health Department to ensure 5-bedded Covid Care Centre in every Panchayat […]