JAMMU — Fifteen houses were gutted in a massive fire in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Friday. No one was injured in the blaze that broke out in Chag-Gandhari area of Paddar tehsil on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, they said. Army and police personnel along with the locals […]
SRINAGAR — In the fourth phase, a local Non-Government Organization (NGO), ‘We the helping hands’ have organized the marriage ceremony of 31 couples in Srinagar on Thursday, achieving the target of solemnizing the marriage of 150 couples this year. Talking to the news agency Kashmir News Observer, Umar Wani, Chairman of the NGO, said that […]
SRINAGAR — Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD), an infectious viral disease among cattle continues to affect more cattle worrying farmers in Kashmir. Farmers told news agency Kashmir News Observer that though the mortality rate of LSD is not so high, animals infected with the disease are unable to produce enough milk even after they are cured, […]
PATTAN — A 48-year-old man was crushed to death by a running train in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district, officials said here on Thursday. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that a man died on the spot after a train from Banihal to Baramulla hit him near the Hamray section. They identified him […]
NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated a 2-day ‘Chintan Shivir’ to discuss problems relating to internal security at Surajkund, Haryana, on Thursday. Addressing the inaugural session, Shah said that there has been a 34 per cent reduction in militant activities in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370. At the […]
JAMMU — Police foiled a plan of militants to possibly trigger an IED blast and recovered 18 detonators near the Jammu railway station here, officials said. Police were alerted after an abandoned bag was found in an ‘nallah’ (drain) near the taxi stand, they said. A police team rushed to the spot and took possession […]
SRINAGAR — A Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant has been arrested during an encounter that broke out in Wanseeran area of Taripora woods in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday. A police spokesman in a statement said that acting on specific information regarding presence of militants in Wanseeran Taripora jungle area of PS Sheeri, District Baramulla, joint […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Thursday said that a low intensity blast took place in Aloosa area of Bandipora district while army’s vehicle passer by, however, no loss of life had been reported. Kashmir zone police in a Tweet said that reinforcement has reached to the spot. Police also said that areas was being searched and […]
SRINAGAR — A militant was killed in a brief encounter between government forces and militants at Astan Marg area of Kausarnag in Kulgam district of South Kashmir on Thursday. According to police, an encounter took place at Asthan Marg in general area of Kausarnag, Kulgam district in which one militant got killed. Search operation was […]
GANDERBAL — A local hotel in Haripora area of Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district was damaged in a devastating fire incident on Thursday afternoon. Reports reaching the news agency Kashmir News Observer said that fire broke out this afternoon at Haripora, resulting in extensive damage to the building. Soon after the incident, the fire and emergency […]