GANDERBAL — A 17-year-old youth was found hanging in Kralampora Kangan area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Monday evening, official said. An official said that the a youth namely Umar Tariq S/o Tariq Ahmad R/o Kralampora Kangan was found hanging from a ceiling fan by his family members at his home this evening. A […]
Jammu & Kashmir
Three LeT militants, seven associates arrested in Bandipora: Police
BANDIPORA — Police on Monday claimed to have busted a militant module of Lashker-e-Taiba by arresting seven militants and their associates including a woman in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. “During the course of investigation of cases regarding the recent Bandipora encounters, Police along security forces busted a militant module of LeT by arresting an active […]
Kashmiri Pandits continue to protest against Rahul Bhat’s killing
SRINAGAR — Protests by Kashmiri Pandits over the killing of Rahul Bhat by militants inside his office last week continued in Ganderbal and Anantnag districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said. Scores of Kashmiri Pandits assembled at Tulmulla in Ganderbal district to protest against the killing of their community member, the officials said. […]
Tourist drowns to death in Sonamarg
GANDERBAL — A tourist drowned to death in Nallah Sindh in Gagangeer area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Monday afternoon. An official said that the tourist identified as Advocate, Mohammed Anwar son of Saeeduz Zafar, a resident of Abul Fazal enclave Okhla, New Delhi drowned in a Nallah at Sonamarg while performing ablution. An […]
J&K Govt sounds death knell for Higher Educational Institutions’ ‘Illegal’ Associations, Unions
SRINAGAR — The government of J&K has decided to put an end to the existence of Associations/Unions, which are ‘illegally’ functional in different Universities and Colleges across J&K. Higher Education Department (HED), J&K, while dispatching an official communique to different Universities of the UT and Director Colleges J&K, pointed out that various Employees/Staff/Teachers’ Association have […]
Partly cloudy weather, thundershowers likely in J&K during next 24 hours
SRINAGAR — Weather remained partly cloudy with thundershowers in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours. The Meteorological (MeT) department said on Monday that partly cloudy weather with thundershowers at isolated places is likely during the next 24 hours. “Partly cloudy weather with thundershower at isolated places is likely in J&K during the next […]
DC Shopian orders magisterial inquiry into young shopkeeper’s killing
SHOPIAN — District Magistrate Shopian has ordered an inquiry into the killing of 22-year-old shopkeeper in the south Kashmir district on Sunday. The young man, Shoib Ahmad Ganie son of Ghulam Mohammad of Turkwangam Shopian, according o police was killed in “cross firing” between militants and joint team of CRPF and SOG Pulwama. “Regarding today’s […]
Heatwave grips Jammu as mercury Settles near 44 deg C
JAMMU — Heatwave gripped most parts of Jammu region with the mercury moving further up and settling at the season’s high of 43.9 degrees Celsius, officials said on Sunday. The day temperature in Jammu was seven notches above normal for this time of the season, they said. The city also marked a rise in the […]
KUTA create ideological-narrative framework for a ‘terrorist-secessionist network’, reveals official report
SRINAGAR — J&K government is all set to dismiss the services of various staffers at Kashmir University who are accused of playing an active role in creating and sustaining the ideological-narrative framework necessary for a ‘terrorist -secessionist network’. The official documents accessed by news agency Kashmir Dot Com reveal that Kashmir University Teachers Association (KUTA) […]
Injured in ‘cross firing’, Shopian civilian succumbs to injuries
SRINAGAR — A civilian injured in crossing firing amid a ‘chance’ encounter between militants and a joint team of police and CRPF in Turkwagam area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Sunday succumbed to injuries, officials said. “(Militants) fired upon joint patrol party of CRPF’s 182 batallion and SOG of Pulwama near the bridge connecting […]









