SRINAGAR — Weather remained partly cloudy in J&K during the last 24 hours as the Meteorological (MeT) department forecast on Friday rain, thunderstorms at many places during the next 24 hours. A MeT department statement said, “Today, Rain/Thunderstorm is expected at many places of Kashmir and at scattered places of Jammu especially hilly areas. “Same […]
POONCH — A man was killed after he was struck by lightening on Friday morning in Poonch district, officials said. The deceased has been identified as Irshad Ahmed, son of Jalal Din of Satelaan village at Poonch Mandi. Officials said that a man was at his home when natural lightening struck and he fell unconscious. […]
SRINAGAR — Kothibagh police station was gutted in an overnight blaze while one fire fighter was injured in the incident. An official said that the fire broke out from the upper floor of the building and within no time fire engulfed the whole building. They said that firefighters from F&ES swung into action and soon […]
BANIHAL — A part of a four-lane tunnel under construction on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district collapsed, injuring four people and trapping several others, officials said on Friday. A small portion of the front side of the tunnel at Khoni nallah collapsed on Thursday night during an audit, they said, adding that a […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday said that three accused including two juveniles arrested by Police Station Ram Munshi Bagh for molesting a school girl in Srinagar. A police spokesperson said that On the afternoon of 18.05.2022, a group of drug peddlers allegedly tried to molest a school girl (name withheld), a student […]
SRINAGAR — The High Court of J&K and Ladakh on Thursday reserved verdict on a petition filed by the father of Amir Magray, one of the four persons killed in a gunfight at Hyderpora area of Srinagar last year, seeking the return of his body for last rites. Amir’s father, Mohammad Latief Magray had filed […]
QAZIGUND — An employee of Jal Shakti Department was killed on Thursday after being hit by a speedy vehicle at Bonigam area of Qazigund in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, officials said. An official said that a man identified as Mehraj Ahmad Shah son of Ghulam Nabi Shah, a resident of Yarhole Babapora was injured after […]
SRINAGAR — The High Court of J&K and Ladakh has ruled that a Sessions Judge can make reference to the High Court if the case before it involves validity of any provision of any Act, Ordinance or Regulation and if any question of law arises for consideration. The court made the ruling while disposing of […]
UNITED NATIONS — Pakistan’s new Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir in his meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres here on Wednesday and emphasised that Islamabad desires peace with all its neighbours, including India, which will continue to remain elusive unless the Jammu and Kashmir issue is resolved. Pakistan’s […]
BUDGAM — A live grenade was found on Thursday in Central Kashmir Budgam’s Budran Magam area while digging the surface for an electric pole’s installation. Sourced told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that a live grenade was spotted when a portion of land was being dug for the installation of an electric pole. A bomb […]