JAMMU — A 27-year-old Special Police Officer (SPO) was killed after being run over by a speeding truck at Narwal bypass here early Wednesday, police said. The truck driver also suffered injuries when he lost control of his vehicle and hit another parked truck, Station House Officer (SHO) of Bagh-e-Bahu Police Station Sikander Singh Chouhan […]
SRINAGAR — The Income Tax department on Wednesday raided multiple business units of Khyber group in Kashmir. Quoting sources, news agency KDC reported that sleuths of the Income Tax department along with police raided the residential house of Abdul Rouf Tramboo, son of Ghulam Ahmad at Gogji-Bagh. Tramboo is the owner of Khyber business group. […]
SRINAGAR — Weather was generally dry in J&K during the last 24 hours as the MeT office said on Wednesday that dry weather with partly cloudy sky is expected during the next 24 hours. “Dry weather with partly cloudy sky is expected in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department […]
SRINAGAR — Five journalists working for a local newspaper in Kashmir have resigned after militant threats appeared against them on social media. Militants recently put out a list of over one dozen journalists who were accused of working for security agencies. The names on the list included two editors of local newspapers. Of the five […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested four associates of militant outfit The Resistance Front (TRF) in Srinagar. Police said that four associates of militant outfit The Resistance Front (TRF) were arrested in Srinagar. These militant associates were involved in grenade attacks in Srinagar and used to provide logistical support to active militants […]
SRINAGAR — A Sarpanch has been arrested for demanding and accepting bribe in Awantipora area of Pulwama district on Tuesday, ACB said. According to press release, Anti-Corruption Bureau received a complainant against Gulam Mohammad Dar, S/o AsadUllah Dar, R/o Panzgam, Awantipora, Pulwama, Sarpanch, Halqa Panzgam, Awantipora, for demanding bribe of ₹5,000 for passing and signing […]
BHADERWAH — A 38-year-old woman saved her two sons before losing her life when a rain-triggered landslide hit their mud house in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district on Tuesday. The mud house at Butla village of Sartingal panchayat, few kilometres from Bhaderwah town, came under the landslide around 7.30 am, trapping Kirna Devi (38) and […]
JAMMU — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Tuesday said that Pahari community will be given reservation but there will be no tempering with the reservation status being already enjoyed by Gujjars and Bakerwal community in J&K. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function, LG Sinha said that some people are playing politics over the […]
SRINAGAR — A man was killed after hit by a moving train in Watalpora area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Tuesday. Quoting a police official, news agency KDC reported that thee person identified as Mohammad Yaqob Dar, son of Mohd Shaban, a resident of Shahgund Bandipora, was hit by moving train along Mazhama-Budgam railway […]
SRINAGAR — Night temperatures dropped further across Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh on Tuesday as the Drass town froze at minus 15. Rain and snow occurred in the two UTs during the last 24 hours as the MeT office forecast dry weather during the next 24 hours. “Weather is expected to remain dry in J&K […]