JAMMU — Police have launched an investigation after a “blast-like” sound was heard near a checkpoint on a vital bridge here, officials said on Wednesday. The sound was heard late Tuesday night near a bridge over the Tawi river, the officials said. There was no report of any casualty or damage in the “blast”, they […]
SRINAGAR — A senior journalist from South Kashmir’s Anantnag district has been arrested by the Police, officials said here on Tuesday. A top police official told the news agency KNO that the senior journalist Khalid Gul of Anantnag has been arrested. He said he was arrested in an old case filed in 2017. Khalid Gul […]
SRINAGAR — The Economic Offence Wing of Crime Branch Kashmir produced a challan against six accused including 3 deceased persons for establishing fake examination centres for class 12 in Kupwara distric. According to a statement, the challan in Case FIR No. 65/2005 U/S 420, 467, 468, 471,201,120-B RPC of Police Station Crime Branch Kashmir against […]
PAHALGAM (ANANTNAG) — A driver in Pahalgam area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag on Tuesday returned gold worth Rs 10 lakh to a Hyderabad tourist. Abdul Rashid Wani, president Taxi Stand Movera Pahalgam told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that Akaash Farooq Wani, a Tavera driver, returned gold worth Rs 10 lakh to a Hyderabad […]
SRINAGAR — Weather was dry and cold in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours as the Meteorological (MeT) office said on Tuesday that mainly dry weather with haze in the Valley was expected to continue. Similar dry and cold conditions would continue in Ladakh also during the next 24 hours. “Mainly dry weather […]
CHANDIGARH — Two samaritans from Punjab on Monday came forward to help a Kashmiri man whose cartons of apples were stolen after his truck overturned in Fatehgarh Sahib district. Rajwinder Singh from Patiala and Gurpreet Singh from Mohali gave a cheque of Rs 9.12 lakh to Shahid, a resident of Sopore in Baramulla district of […]
ANANTNAG — A grid station in Hiller area of Qazigund in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district was partially damaged in a fire incident on Monday morning. Quoting an official news agency KNO reported that the fire broke out in the grid station, located close to Pir Panchal Tunnel, today morning. He said soon after the incident […]
SRINAGAR — As mercury continued its free fall, Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir recorded the coldest night of the season so far at minus 3.4 on Monday. An official of the Meteorological (MeT) department said, “With minus 3.4 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature, Srinagar recorded this season’s coldest night so far. “Due to dry […]
SRINAGAR — The BJP on Sunday demanded a probe into the leak of a list of Kashmiri Pandit employees posted in Kashmir Valley which was circulated on social media after being published by a blog linked to a militant outfit. BJP spokesman Altaf Thakur expressed concern over the blog linked to The Resistance Front (TRF), […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Sunday said that it along with Army busted a militant hideout in Nawapachi area of Kishtwar district of Jammu division. In a handout, the police said that based on specific intelligence inputs, a joint operation of Army and J&K Police was launched in Sarkundu area of Marwah which led to busting […]