BUDGAM — A 4-year-old girl was mauled to death by a leopard in Ompora, area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Thursday evening, police said. A 4-year-old girl identified as Adha Shakil daughter of Shakil Ahmad, a resident of Housing colony, Ompora area of Budgam was taken by a leopard while playing in the lawns […]
Jammu & Kashmir
CID verification of SKUAST-K employees made mandatory by Govt
SRINAGAR — In order to put a cap on dubious characters of new government employees recruited in Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Science and Technology (SKUAST) Kashmir, the administration has made CID verification mandatory for them. The SKUAST-K has said that the employees whose CID verification has not been submitted so far shall resolve the matter […]
People Protest Against ‘Shifting of Oxygen Plant Machinery’ in Shopian
SHOPIAN — A number of people are protesting since this evening in District Hospital Shopian premises against alleged shifting of oxygen plant machinery. Reports said that the people rushed the venue soon after few trucks appeared this evening, which according to them are being used to ferry the equipments of the high-flow oxygen plant. Traders […]
First International Urdu News Agency all set to operate from Srinagar
SRINAGAR — The J&K is all set to have its own International Urdu News gathering agency and to supply news to all media houses across the globe. The first International News Agency to function from Srinagar will have 24*7 working team to break the news and update the readers across the globe. The development is […]
4-year-old girl missing from Budgam village
BUDGAM — A 4-year-old girl has gone missing in the Ompora area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Thursday evening. Sources told that one 4-year old girl identified as Adha Shakil daughter of Shakil Ahmad, a resident of Housing colony, Ompora area of Budgam has gone missing in the evening hours. A Police official confirmed […]
’Old Rocket Shell’ Recovered, Defused in Kupwara
KUPWARA — Security forces Thursday recovered a 51 MM old rocket shell following which a BDS squad was called in to defuse the explosive at Warsun Kralpora area in Kupwara district. Official sources told that the shell was found lying near Jamia Masjid this morning by a team. A team of Bomb Disposal Squad was […]
Under its “Feed A Family” initiative, Darul Khair starts distribution to 500 households
SRINAGAR — As part of its ‘Feed a Family’ initiative started since last year, owing to the current Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic lockdown, Darul Khair Mirwaiz Manzil has enhanced the distribution of family food kits to at least 500 families each month, badly hit by the lockdown. Darul Khair in a statement said as is the […]
J&K Education Chamber demands rollback of new online class orders
Says education policies can’t be changed on viral video, won’t implement order till consulting experts, get feedback from parents SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Education Chamber (JKEC) on Wednesday demanded roll back of fresh government orders regarding the online classes and claimed that the education policies cannot be changed based on a viral video. ”The […]
Girl dies after tasting ‘poisonous’ grass in Ganderbal
GANDERBAL — There has been an incident of death of a 24-year-old girl after she tasted some leaves of ‘poisonous’ grass in Central Kashmir’s Kanagan area of Ganderbal district. Local sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that a girl (name withheld), daughter of late Nazir Ahmed Var was reaping grass to feed her cattle. […]
Rape charges baseless, locals appeal police to check the antecedents of non-local woman
SRINAGAR — A day after a non-local woman alleged that she was ‘gang-raped’ by three persons in Mehjoor Nagar-Rambagh area of Srinagar city, the locals while refuting the allegations appealed police to conduct thorough probe and also check the antecedents of the woman. Pertinently, a non-local woman who had been married to a man from […]









