SOPORE — Locals on Thursday prevented a woman from committing suicide in Sopore area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Quoting an official news agency KNO reported that the woman was spotted by locals attempting to jump into the river Jhelum at Jamai bridge in Sopore. After noticing her doubtful movement, locals rushed towards her and […]
POONCH — Security forces on Thursday detected and defused a 120-mm mortar shell in a field in Kalsian village near the LoC in Poonch district. Villagers informed the security forces about the shell lying in a field in Kalsian village near the LoC on Wednesday evening. Officials said it is a Pakistani shell that was […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological Department office on Thursday forecast light rain and snow in Kashmir valley and cloudy sky in Jammu division during the next 24 hours. The weather was dry and cold during the last 24 hours in the Union Territory. However Srinagar and few other places in Kashmir received little snowfall. “Partly cloudy […]
RAJOURI — A suspected improvised explosive device (IED), planted in a tiffin box, was seized in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Wednesday, a senior police official said. Senior Superintendent of Police, Rajouri, Mohammad Aslam said the object was found from an open field in the town’s Kheora locality in the afternoon. The area was […]
KULGAM — An assistant executive engineer of Power Development Department (PDD) died of a cardiac arrest in Kulgam district of South Kashmir on Wednesday Quoting an official news agency KNO reported that AEE Mohammad Ayoub of Bon Dailgam Anantnag posted as AEE at sub division Yaripora in Kulgam district died when he was on way […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir State Council of Educational Research and Training (JK-SCERT) Wednesday ordered for completion of registration and issuance of admit cards of 8th standard students to conduct term-end examination. The official orders of SCERT issued by the Joint Director of Kashmir Division said that this in a backdrop of conducting of […]
SOPORE — A new born baby was found abandoned in sub district hospital Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday even as police have registered a case in this regard. Quoting an official news agency KNO reported that an unidentified woman delivered a female baby and left it abandoned in the washroom of the […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered a magisterial probe into the encounter in Sidhra area here in December last year in which four militants were killed. Assistant Commissioner, Jammu, Piyush Dhotra has been appointed as an enquiry officer to conduct the probe into the encounter which took place near police check-point at […]
BARAMULLA — The administration in Baramulla and Boniyar areas of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district has asked the residents to vacate the “state land” within three days, failing which strict action would be taken against the encroachers. In a notice issued, the authorities warned the people who have allegedly encroached upon state land to remove encroachments […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological Department (MeT) office on Wednesday forecast a mainly clear sky in Jammu and generally cloudy weather in the Kashmir Valley during next 24 hours. The weather was cold and dry during the last 24 hours in the Union Territory. “Weather is likely to be generally clear in Jammu division and mainly […]