SRINAGAR — A shopkeeper was seriously injured after unknown assailants on late Wednesday night attacked him with a sharp-edged weapon in Zoogipora Khag in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district and looted cash from him. A Police official said that prima facie it seems that assailants attacked the shopkeeper to loot a cash-filled bag from him. He […]
SRINAGAR — Partly cloudy weather continued in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Thursday as the Met Department forecast same erratic weather conditions during the next 24 hours. The minimum temperature again dropped below the freezing point in Srinagar on Thursday after three days. Srinagar recorded minus 1.0, Pahalgam minus 4.5 and Gulmarg minus 7.3 […]
JAMMU — A 20-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a man in Rehari Colony area of the old city in Jammu, Hindustan Times reported. The accused has been identified as Mohan Singh, 32 of Chattisgarh, who works as a car washer. “The incident took place on Monday when the victim was alone in her rented […]
JAMMU — The Anti Narcotic Task Force (ANTF) on Wednesday arrested two alleged smugglers with 29 kg hashish from their possession worth crores in the market, officials here said. The ANTF foiled the smuggling bid acting on the information it received about a truck going outside Jammu and Kashmir. According to the information, the truck […]
JAMMU — An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 hit Jammu and Kashmir’s Katra on Thursday morning. As per the National Center for Seismology (NCS), the earthquake occurred at the depth of five kilometres and about 84 km East of Katra at around 3:03 am. “Earthquake of Magnitude:3.5, Occurred on 17-02-2022, 03:02:45 IST, Lat: 33.08 & Long: […]
NEW DELHI — GAIL India Ltd plans to lay a pipeline to Srinagar to take the environmentally friendly natural gas to the Kashmir Valley as it doubles down on efforts to expand infrastructure to helm the government vision of a gas-based economy, its chairman and managing director Manoj Jain said. GAIL will by May 2023 […]
SRINAGAR — A famous Kashmiri trout stream continues to drain into a sinkhole since the last several days due to which several kilometres of the stream have dried leaving aquatic species dead. Brengi stream is one of the most famous trout angling streams. Earlier this week a huge sinkhole developed in the stream draining all […]
SRINAGAR — The Board of School Education (BOSE) on Wednesday declared annual regular results of 10th standard with an overall pass percentage of 78.43 percent. The girl students yet again have outshined boys in the exams. According to BOSE, the total pass percentage includes 78.14 percent in boys and 78.74 percent among girl students. BOSE […]
SRINAGAR — Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today interacted with representatives of Federation Chamber of Industries Kashmir (FCIK), who called on him here today at Civil Secretariat. During a marathon interaction, a range of vital issues pertaining to the industrial sector were discussed in detail. Principal Secretary, Industries and Commerce (I&C), Ranjan Prakash Thakur; […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Government launched a groundbreaking initiative of Mission Youth with the objective to act as a conduit for aspirations and concerns of youth of J&K. The mission is intended to provide a platform for unparalleled transformation of the youth into ambassadors of hope, peace and socio-economic growth through systematic interventions across […]