New Delhi: A 19-year-old Kashmiri is battling for life in hospital after he was critically injured in an attack by goons in Punjab’s Patiala district on Sunday, police and his colleagues said. The injured, who works as a catering boy in Patiala city, has been identified as Danish Kumar, a resident of the Dooru area […]
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MeT predicts snowfall from Saturday
Srinagar: The Meteorological Department has said that a wet spell was likely to begin from Friday night and there would be a “moderate spell of snowfall during Saturday and Sunday night.” The forthcoming wet spell can cause disruption in both air and surface traffic, the MeT has warned. Director MeT, Sonam Lotus, in the latest […]
31-Member Parliamentary Delegation to visit Kashmir today to review the Tourism, Culture, road and transport sectors
Srinagar: A Parliamentary delegation comprising 31 delegates will arrive in Kashmir today (Wednesday) to review the Tourism, Culture, road and transport sectors in the valley. Special Secretary to the Government and Secretary Tourism, Sarmad Hafeez confirmed the visit of the Parliamentary Delegation and said the guests will meet the officials from Tourism department and other […]
Infiltration bid foiled along LoC in Akhnoor sector, 3 militants killed, 4 army soldiers injured
Jammu: Three infiltrators were reportedly killed and four army soldiers injured overnight on the line of control (LoC) in J&K’s Jammu district where the army foiled an infiltration bid, officials said on Wednesday. Defence sources said Pakistan Army started heavy shelling in Khour area of LoC’s Akhnoor sector on Tuesday evening to facilitate infiltration of […]
Shopian police seeks general public’s help in identifying male dead body
Shopian: Today District Police Shopian, recovered a dead body of an elderly man aged about 55 years, from Orchards of Awneera area of Zaianapora in Shopian. It’s requested to general Public to help us in identifying the dead body. If anyone has the knowledge about the whereabouts of the the said deceased, may please contact […]
Former DC Pulwama Mehraj Ahmed Kakroo, 12 others booked in ‘Roshni Scam’
Jammu: The CBI has booked then Deputy Commissioner of Pulwama Mehraj Ahmed Kakroo and 12 others in connection with the alleged illegal conferment of ownership rights on unauthorised occupants of the State land in Jammu & Kashmir under the now repealed Roshni Act. The case pertains to land that measuring six kanals, 10 marlas and […]
JeM militant module busted in Anantnag, militant, associate arrested: Police
Anantnag: The Jammu and Kashmir police Tuesday claimed to have busted a JeM militant module in Anantnag by arrested a recently recruited militant and a militant associate during two separate Naka checking. In a statement police said that Anantnag Police along with Army’s 1st RR unit laid nakas at multiple places and conducted intensified checking. […]
‘Will remain silent if our sons turn out militants’ Give me the body of Athar, will bury him in middle of the night: Father
Srinagar: A day after Inspector General of Police Kashmir Zone Vijay Kumar said that bodies of 3 ‘militants’ killed in Srinagar encounter won’t be handed over to families in wake of Covid-19 pandemic, the father of one of the slain youth today said that he will give in writing that there will be no problem. […]
Intense cold wave sweeps Kashmir valley
Srinagar: Minimum temperatures across Kashmir stayed several degrees below the freezing point as an intense cold wave sweeps the region, a meteroelogical department official said on Tuesday. Several water bodies, including the surface of the famous Dal Lake here, have frozen, while a thick layer of ice has formed on several roads in Srinagar and […]
Mechanical Irrigation Department gets over Rs 34.50 crore bill from PDD for a single water pump station
Bandipora: Mechanical Irrigation Department Shadipora Division here in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district was shocked when the Power Development Department (PDD) sent them over Rs 34.50 crore, electricity bill for the month of October, 2020. The total bill dispatched by PDD to ‘Baba Jangi Flood and Irrigation Pump Station’, located in Shilvat Sumbal is Rs 34 […]









