SRINAGAR — Parents along with the students staged a protest in Batamaloo area of Srinagar city against the closure of the school where their wards are admitted. The school namely ‘Islamia Model High School’ has been shut down by the management on the directions of the government without informing the parents. The decision of the […]
JAMMU — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday morning flagged off the first batch of pilgrims for the annual Amarnath Yatra from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in the Jammu city for their onward journey to the Pahalgam and Baltal base camps in Kashmir. The 43-day pilgrimage to the cave shrine will begin from twin […]
SRINAGAR — A woman was electrocuted to death in Balpora area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Wednesday morning. An official said that the woman received electric shock when she was cooking food on an electric heater and she died on the spot. He identified the deceased as Tasneema Jan wife of Fayaz Ahmad Thoker […]
SRINAGAR — A policeman died of a cardiac arrest in Maisuma area of Srinagar on Wednesday morning, official sources said here. Official sources said that a 33-year-old cop identified as Altaf Hussain son of Nazir Ahmad of Tehsil Mohar of Reasi suffered a massive cardiac arrest and fell unconscious at Maisuma. They said that he […]
SRINAGAR — Weather in Jammu and Kashmir is expected to remain hot and dry on Wednesday, a day after Srinagar recorded 33.2 degree Celsius, the season’s highest maximum temperature, as per the Met department. “At 33.2 degrees Celsius, Srinagar recorded this season’s highest maximum temperature yesterday. “Weather is likely to remain hot and dry in […]
BANDIPORA — A motorcyclist has lost his life when he met with an accident in Rakhi Asham area of Sumbal Tehsil in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Tuesday, an official said here. The official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the motorcyclist had lost control over it and died on the spot at […]
SRINAGAR — State Investigation Agency of J&K Police on Tuesday in a crackdown against misuse of SIM cards and their fraudulent sale has booked a SIM card vendor in Kupwara district of North Kashmir. In a statement, SIA said that in the face of ever increasing misuse of SIM cards by militants, their OGW associates, […]
JAMMU — A 60-year-old woman was killed and her four relatives seriously injured on Tuesday when their private car rammed into a parked truck in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The accident took place at Rajbagh on Jammu-Pathankot highway when the driver lost control over the car and hit the truck stationed […]
GANDERBAL — In yet another example of centuries old tradition and communal harmony, Kashmiri Muslims participated in marriage ceremony of a Kashmiri Pandit woman in Lar village of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Locals, while talking to reporters here, said that the Muslim neighbours participated in the marriage ceremony of Meenu Kumari daughter of Late Pandit […]
ANANTNAG — Tragedy befell a family in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district as news about the death of his son in a road mishap, resulted in passing away of father. Officials told GNS that a motorcycle (PB07AK-1407) rider namely Arif Ahmed son of Abdul Rehman, a resident of Panchalthan Chittergul collided with a passenger cab (JK02AB […]