JAMMU — As many as 2,783 underground bunkers have been completed for the safety of civilians along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. District Development Commissioner, Rajouri, Vikas Kundal chaired a meeting of the officers concerned to review the progress on the border bunkers being […]
Jammu & Kashmir
Police arrests man in Budgam for kneading flour dough with feet
SRINAGAR — Police on Saturday said that it has arrested a lotus stem fritters/tea stall vendor after a video went viral showing him making unhealthy food items (Nadur Munji) by kneading the flour dough with feet in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. In a handout, the police said that, Budgam Police swung into action by arresting […]
SIA files Chargesheet against ex-minster, two others in militant funding case
SRINAGAR — State Investigation Agency of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday filed Chargesheet against ex-minister Jatinder Singh (Babu Singh) and other two persons in connection with militancy funding case at a Jammu court. In a handout, the SIA said that today the State Investigation Agency Jammu has filed Chargesheet against Jatinder Singh @ Babu […]
Two non-local labourers shot at, injured in Pulwama village
PULWAMA — Suspected militants on Saturday evening shot at and injured two non-local labourers at Kharbhatpora, Ratnipora village in Pulwama district. The duo were shifted to nearby hospital for treatment where there condition is said to be stable. The duo has been identified as Shamshad Ahmad son of Islam Sheikh and Faizan Qadri son of […]
Mayor, deputy mayor Jammu Municipal Corporation resign
JAMMU — In a major political development mayor and deputy mayor of Jammu Municipal Corporation on Saturday resigned from their posts. Sources told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that JMC mayor Chander Mohan Gupta and deputy mayor Advocate Purnima Sharma resigned today after facing opposition from own councillors. They said that there was infighting […]
KU assures ‘Justice’ after BA LLB 10th Semester students allege out of syllabus paper
SRINAGAR — Amid claims by students of BA LLB 10th semester that examination paper of ‘Child Law and Juvenile Justice” was out of syllabus, Kashmir University on Saturday said genuineness of the claims would be ascertained by an expert committee in a time-bound manner. “Some examinees of BA LLB 10th semester have claimed that their […]
Man dies after tree he was cutting falls on him in Budgam
SRINAGAR — A-32-year-old man died on Saturday when a tree he was cutting fell on him in forest area in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. An official told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that one person identified as Muhammad Rafiq Khokhar, son of Habibullah Khokhar, a resident of Kokerbagh Khag, was cutting a tree in the […]
Two rusted mortar shells found along IB in Jammu, Samba
JAMMU — Two mortar shells were found in the forward villages along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Samba districts of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. A live mortar shell was noticed by villagers at Pragwal in Akhnoor sector on the outskirts of Jammu this morning, they said, adding the bomb disposal […]
SIA raids multiple locations in Kashmir
SRINAGAR — State Investigation Agency (SIA) is carrying out raids at multiple locations in central and north Kashmir on Saturday morning as part of its investigation into narco financing of terror activities in the Union territory, sources said. Sources told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that the sleuths of the investigating agency with the assistance […]
Partly cloudy sky, light rain likely in J&K: MeT
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological (MeT) department on Saturday forecast partly cloudy sky with light rain in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours. “Partly cloudy sky with possibility of light rain is likely in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department said. Meanwhile, Srinagar recorded 16.6 degrees Celcius, Pahalgam […]








