BUDGAM — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday visited the residence of Dr Shahnawaz Dar, who was killed by terrorists in Ganderbal on October 20, and said that India and Pakistan should hold talk so that Jammu and Kashmir can be brought out of “bloodshed.” Speaking to reporters, the PDP chief said […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday visited the residence of Dr Shahnawaz Dar, who was killed in a militant attack in Ganderbal on Sunday. Abdullah visited Dar’s residence in Nadigam village in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. The chief minister met the slain doctor’s family and expressed his condolences and sympathies […]
BUDGAM (KIMS) — Minister for Education, Social Welfare, Health & Medical Education, Sakina Itoo and Minister for RDD and Agriculture, Javid Ahmad Dar today visited Naidgam Budgam to condole the demise of Dr Shahnawaz, who had been killed in a militant attack at Gagangir in Ganderbal on Sunday evening. They strongly condemned the killing of […]
BUDGAM — The son of Dr Shahnawaz Dar, one of the seven people killed in the Gagangir militant attack, on Monday expressed sadness over his father’s death and said that his father had wanted him to become a doctor, but his death has shattered his dream. He added that after his father’s death, he had […]
SRINAGAR — Just two weeks ago, the house echoed with laughter as hundreds gathered for his daughter’s wedding. On Monday, cries of anger and anguish rang through Dr Shahnawaz’s Budgam residence and the streets around it, the celebration so quickly giving way to mourning. Slogans of ‘Naara-e-Takbeer, Allahu Akbar’ (Allah is the greatest) were heard […]
SRINAGAR — In an appalling incident, a stray dog mauled to death a 70-year-old man and left four others injured in Manchowa area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam on Sunday. Officials told GNS that a dog attacked the people at around 6 am as they were heading towards their field. Five persons were injured and one […]
SRINAGAR — One among the 12 injured security personnel has succumbed to his injuries at a Srinagar hospital this morning. Pertinently, a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) truck carrying dozens of personnel had skidded off the road in the Khaigam area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Thursday, resulting in injuries to 12 security personnel. […]
SRINAGAR — A dozen CRPF personnel were injured when their vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district on Thursday, officials said. The incident took place in the Khaigam area of Pakherpora in the central Kashmir district, they said. The injured Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel […]
BUDGAM — The protests broke out in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday against the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon, officials said. The protests were held in Magam market area and Budgam town of the central Kashmir district on the fourth day of mourning of Nasrallah. Some market places were shut […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police chief R R Swain Saturday hailed the rescue efforts by locals in Budgam where a bus carrying BSF personnel on election duty fell into a gorge, leaving three dead and 33 injured. Swain, the Director General of Police (DGP) of J&K, visited Brell village of Waterhail in central Kashmir’s […]