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 […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) – The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory on Monday has greeted the journalists on the occasion of ‘World Press Freedom Day’. He said that the media plays a catalytic role in a country’s development. He also appreciated journalists for role being played by them in the challenging time of COVID19. […]
GANDERBAL – The Jammu and Kashmir police, SDRF and wildlife officials have resumed the rescue operation to trace the youth who went missing after bear attack in Dumail Naranag forest area in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. An official told that a team of Kangan Police, SDRF unit Ganderbal, locals and wildlife officials intensified the rescue […]
JAMMU – In a first in over two months, Pakistan on Monday violated ceasefire in the Samba sector of Jammu and Kashmir at 6 am, said the Border Security Force. This comes after the announcement of a ceasefire from midnight of February 24 to 25 between India and Pakistan. After discussions between the Director Generals […]
SRINAGAR – Dr Bilqees Shah, wife of jailed Hurriyat leader Shabir Shah on Saturday appealed Central and UT government to release her husband, on the payroll in wake of the growing number of Covid-19 caseloads in Tihar jail. Expressing grave concern over the growing covid cases, in Tihar, Dr Bilquees said that she came to […]
GANDERBAL – Two youth were rescued while one is still missing after a bear attacked them when they were fishing at tourist place of Naranag in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that three young men from Wangath village of Kangan had gone to Naranag for fishing on Sunday. They […]