SRINAGAR — A 21-year-old youth from Chadoora area of Budgam district drowned to death in a river in Rajouri district on Monday, officials said here. An official said that the youth, who was persuing B.Sc nursing at GMC Rajouri, drowned to death in Dharli river today. He identified the youth as Shafat Bilal (21) son […]
SRINAGAR — The anti corruption bureau on Monday trapped and arrested tehsildar Shalteng and naib-tehsildar Batamaloo for demanding and accepting bribe. According to a statement, ACB trapped and arrested Mohammad Younis Bangroo, Tehsildar Shalteng, Srinagar and Gh. Rasool Hajam, Naib Tehsildar, Batamaloo while demanding ₹5 lakh and accepting ₹2 lakh bribe as first instalment. The […]
JAMMU — A block development committee (BDC) chairman and other 22 members of the panchayat raj institutions (PRI) resigned from their posts in protest against the alleged failure of the administration to repair a link road in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district. The Nachilana-Khari-Mundakbass link road, which caters to over 30,000 population of the hilly […]
SRINAGAR — Union Minister for Tourism, G K Reddy on Monday said that 1.05 crore tourists have visited Jammu and Kashmir in the first six months of the year 2022. Replying to a query by Mala Roy in Lok Sabha, the Union Minister said that tourism sector in J&K is one of the core sectors […]
POONCH — An Indian Army Captain and a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) were killed in an accidental grenade blast along the Line of Control (LoC) in Mendhar sector of Poonch district last night. Defence spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Devender Anand said that the deceased along with other troops were performing their duties along the LoC in […]
RAJOURI — Five persons were injured in a road accident that took place at Thandikassi near Rajouri town on Sunday afternoon. Reports said that a minibus was on way from Thandikassi to Rajouri when it skidded off the road and fell in a roadside area. They said that five passengers travelling in the vehicle got […]
PULWAMA — An assistant sub-inspector of CRPF, who was injured after militants attacked a joint naka party on circular road near Gongoo crossing in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday afternoon, succumbed to his injuries. A top police official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that militants fired upon a joint naka party of […]
KOKERNAG — A man was killed while another sustained injuries in a road accident at Nagam area of Kokarnag in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Sunday morning, officials said here. An official said that an accident took place at Nagam area when a auto load carrier turned turtle near an agricultural canal, resulting in on […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological department (MeT) on Sunday forecast generally cloudy sky with light rain during the next 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir. “Generally cloudy sky with light rain is likely to occur in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department said. Srinagar had 18, Pahalgam 12.4 and Gulmarg […]
NEW DELHI — An Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) jawan Saturday fire at his three colleagues before shooting himself dead at a camp in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The incident took place around 3:30 pm at the Devika Ghat community centre in the district. Constable Bhupendra Singh shot at his colleagues, leading […]