SRINAGAR — A barbecue seller was found injured after being allegedly kidnapped by some unknown persons in Khudpora village of Khansahib area in central Kashmir’s Budgam district, sources said. They told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that one barbecue seller identified as Jehangir Ahmad Wani (22) son of Abdul Rashid, a resident of Khudpora was […]
KARGIL — Three people were rescued from flash floods by the administration and the Army in Kargil district of the Union territory of Ladakh, officials said on Tuesday. The administration was informed on Monday evening that three people were trapped in Taisuru’s Youljuk village due to a sudden rise in the water level in a […]
BUDGAM — Lack of mobile connectivity and ATM services at two famous tourist resorts—Yousmarg and Doodhpatri in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district has been leaving the visiting tourists disappointed The locals from the area said that both the places, Yousmarg and Doodpathri, have no mobile connectivity and ATM machine which results in tremendous hardships to those […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Government will not tolerate any wrongdoings in selection process for jobs in public sector as merit is the only criterion for entering into government service, Chief Secretary A K Mehta said on Monday. “You should have faith that merit will be the only basis for selection (in government jobs). We […]
JAMMU — Twenty-one persons, including nine policemen, were rescued from flash floods in Kathua and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said. Three trucks parked on the Mughal Road in Poonch got damaged due to shooting stones, they said. Acting on information about a dozen of persons trapped in flash floods in […]
POONCH — At least three trucks got damaged due to shooting stones near Bufliyaz area on the Mughal Road, however, no loss of life or injury has been reported in the incident, officials said here on Monday. An official said that three trucks were parked on the Mughal Road near Bufliyaz when shooting stones hit […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha on Monday said that a committee headed by Principal Secretary GAD has been constituted to examine the long pending demand of transfer policy for reserved category employees. Office of J&K LG on its official Twitter informed that the committee will examine all the aspects and submit […]
RAMBAN — Death toll in Ramban road accident has mounted to six, as two women injured in the road mishap, succumbed to their injuries at Srinagar hospital, officials said here on Monday. An official said that two injured women identified as Naza Begum (45), wife of Mohammad Iqbal Sohil of Neel Tehsil Ramsoo and Naseema […]
SRINAGAR — One person was killed and five persons including a minor boy were injured in separate road accidents in Kashmir valley on Monday morning. According to Kashmir News Observer, a family of three from Rajouri district of Jammu were injured after their vehicle collided with a Dumper at Tengen area of Nowgam in Srinagar […]
JAMMU — A Border Security Force (BSF) sub-inspector allegedly shot himself dead at a post along the India-Pakistan international border here on Monday, officials said. Ramdev Singh was found lying in a pool of blood and his personal assault weapon was found by his side when a junior rank soldier reached his room around 6.35 […]