BARAMULLA — A policeman has died of a cardiac arrest at a training centre in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday. Quoting an official news agency KNO reported that a Jammu and Kashmir Police Constable Fayaz Ahmed of Khan Sahib Budgam died of cardiac arrest at a training centre in Sheeri Baramulla. He was taken […]
JAMMU — A fireman died after falling from a four-storey building during an operation in Prem Nagar locality of Jammu. Officials said fire tenders were rushed to the commercial-cum-residential building to douse the blaze that broke out late Friday night. During the fire-fighting operation, selection grade fireman Satish Raina slipped from the first floor of […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Home Department on Saturday ordered transfer and posting of two IPS officers in Srinagar. According to an order, Gaurav Sikarwar has been posted as Incharge Superintendent of Police, South Srinagar against an available vacancy while Shree Ram has been posted as Incharge Superintendent of Police, East Srinagar against an […]
SRINAGAR — A snow avalanche has hit Jurniyal village in Tulail area of Gurez in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Saturday. Snow avalanche hit Jurniyal village of Tulail today. However, no damage has been reported, news agency KNO quoted an official as having said. He said the teams have been already activated in the area […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory received widespread light to moderate snowfall in the last 24 hours which affected the normal life in the valley. The land and air traffic was also badly hit. Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir received season’s first snowfall while higher reaches were lashed by heavy […]
SRINAGAR — Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar Friday expressed its deep regret that its head and the top religious leader of Kashmir, Mirwaiz Dr Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq continues to be under detention for the past three and a half years. As a result of this detention, he is unable to perform his official duties […]
KULGAM — A tragedy struck a family in Gujjar Basti Avil Manzgam area of Damhal Hanjipora in south Kashmir’s Kulgam on Friday after an elderly man died on Friday while his residential house gutted in a fire incident a few hours after his death. Tehsildar Damhal Hanjipora, Rouf Ahmad Lone said that an elderly man […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir State Disaster Management Authority on Friday issued avalanche warning in several districts of Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of heavy snowfall since morning. According to a communication, avalanche with high danger level is likely to occur above 2000 metres of Bandipora and Kupwara districts in the next 24 […]
SRINAGAR — Due to snowfall in Kashmir valley, all flights at Srinagar International airport were cancelled on Friday. The airport authorities informed about cancellation of flights in a tweet. “All flights for today at our airport have been cancelled due to continuous bad weather”, the tweet said. The airport authorities informed that the passengers of […]
JAMMU — A 9-year-old boy, who was injured in mysterious firing in Surankote area of Poonch district yesterday, died at Government Medical College Jammu on Thursday. Sources said that the boy identified as Afran Ahmed son of Mohammad Sharief of Sangla Tehsil was shifted to GMC Jammu from GMC Rajouri for advanced treatment. However he […]