KULGAM — A teenage girl was among two people, who attempted to end their lives in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Tuesday, officials said here. An official told that the girl from HC Gam village of Kulgam appeared near Aharbal waterfall this afternoon and in the blink of a moment jumped into it. He said […]
JAMMU — A BJP leader was found hanging from a tree under mysterious circumstances in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Tuesday, officials said. A villager saw the body of Som Raj hanging from a tree at some distance from his house in Hiranagar town in the morning and informed the police, they said. The […]
SHOPIAN — A woman died due to electrocution at her home in Bemnipora village in South Kashmir’s Shopain district on Tuesday. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the woman died on spot due to an electric shock, while she was cooking. He identified the deceased as Kulsuma wife of Mohammad Rafiq […]
BIJBEHARA — A pedestrian was killed after he was hit by an unknown vehicle in Bijbehara area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag on Tuesday. An official told that an unknown vehicle hit one pedestrian identified Ghulam Mohiuddin Rather son of Moma Rather of Chandpora Kanalwan. He said that he suffered serious injuries and was rushed to […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi High Court Tuesday dismissed a plea by Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Shah Watali, arrested by the NIA in connection with a terror funding case, seeking bail on the ground of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Watali had approached the high court challenging a trial court’s order which had denied him […]
JAMMU — A court in Jammu on Tuesday issued a bailable warrant against Rubaiya Sayeed, after she did not appear for her cross—examination by JKLF chief Muhammad Yasin Malik, whom she had identified as her abductor during last hearing of the case, Advocate Monika Kohli, special public prosecutor for CBI, said that Rubaiya Sayeed did […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha on Tuesday said that Union government and J&K administration is doing every effort to make impossible things possible so that the youth of Jammu and Kashmir reach to their goals. Speaking on the occasion of opening ceremony of 28th Masters National Table Tennis Championship at Indoor […]
JAMMU — Four light intensity earthquakes jolted Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday in less than six hours. The tremors that occurred in Reasi, Doda and Udhampur districts measured 3.9, 2.6, 2.8 and 2.9 on the Richter scale, according to officials. The timings of the quakes were 2.20 a.m., 3.21 a.m., 3.44 a.m. and 8.03 a.m. […]
SRINAGAR — Light rain at isolated places is likely during the next 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir, the Meteorological (MeT) office said on Tuesday. The weather was partly cloudy during the last 24 hours. “Partly cloudy sky with chances of light rain at isolated places is likely in J&K during the next 24 hours,” […]
JAMMU — Two suspected militants were killed as the Army foiled an infiltration attempt along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. The infiltration attempt in Naushera sector was made on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, a defence spokesman said. “The reconnaissance of the […]