SRINAGAR — Weather remained mainly clear to partly cloudy in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours as the MeT department forecast the same for Monday. “Mainly clear to partly cloudy weather is likely to continue in J&K during the next 24 hours”, MeT department official said. Srinagar recorded 15.8 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam 8.8 […]
URI — A 12-year-old boy has gone missing from a forest area in Uri of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district with the family suspecting the minor may have been taken away by some wild animal. Reports reaching GNS said that a boy namely Shahid Ahmed son of Abdul Jabbar Ganai of Trikanjan Boniyar had taken his […]
GANDERBAL — A 55-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a road accident at Main market Kangan after he was hit by a truck on Sunday. Officials said that a motorcycle bearing registration number JK16A-4421 ridden by Muhammad Ismail Bijard, son of Ghulam Nabi of Babanagri Wangath was hit by a truck bearing registration number JK13F-3017, resulting […]
SRINAGAR — A local militant affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant outfit was killed in an encounter that broke out between government forces and militants at Kreshbal Palpora area of Srinagar city on Sunday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Kreshbal Palpora […]
GANDERBAL — Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board chairperson, Dr Darakshan Andrabi Sunday said that all the previous bungling in waqf money will be investigated and those involved will be made accountable. Talking to reporters at Baba Dariya Deen Shrine at Ganderbal, she said that there have been huge bunglings in waqf money. “Irony is that […]
SRINAGAR — The MeT department on Sunday said that mainly clear to partly cloudy weather is likely during the next 24 hours. Srinagar recorded 16.3 degrees Celsius temperature, Pahalgam 10.6 degrees and Gulmarg 7.5 degrees as the minimum temperature. Drass in Ladakh registered 5.8 degrees, Leh 7.3 degrees and Kargil 11.4 degrees as the minimum […]
BUDGAM — A 30-year-old labourer, who had suffered burn injuries in Budgam district, succumbed at Srinagar hospital on Saturday late evening, official sources said on Sunday. Official sources told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that a 30-year-old non-local labourer identified as Mohammad Ehsaan of West Bengal, who was working as a labourer at Plywood […]
JAMMU — Senior journalist Ashok Pahalwan, 65, died here on Saturday, according to people close to him. Pahalwan was ailing for some time. He belonged to a Kashmiri Pandit family from the Shadipora-Manasbal area of Ganderbal district. He is survived by his brother. Pahalwan started out as a reporter for Hind Samachar in the late […]
PULWAMA — Three local militants of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant outfit were killed in an overnight encounter that broke out between government forces and militants at Drabgam village in Pulwama district of South Kashmir on Saturday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at […]
SRINAGAR — Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) Deputy Mayor Parvaiz Ahmad Qadri along with Joint Commissioner (Works), SMC, Assistant Executive Engineer Sub Division Nowpora Right River Works Division SMC, Assistant Executive Engineer JKPCC Srinagar, and other Officers of the corporation and JKPCC reviewed the status of a Marriage hall executed by Jammu and Kashmir Projects Construction […]