SRINAGAR — Pakistan-based militant outfit The Resistance Front (TRF) has owned responsibility for Sunday’s attack in Jammu & Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, official sources have confirmed. Sources said, “TRF Chief Sheikh Sajjad Gul, based in Pakistan, is the mastermind of this attack. On his instructions, the local module of TRF became active, which for the first […]
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Doctor, 6 labourers killed after militants struck construction site in Ganderbal
SRINAGAR — A doctor and six labourers were killed when militants struck a tunnel-construction site on the Srinagar-Leh national highway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Sunday, officials said. The unidentified militants carried out the attack when the labourers and other staff working on the tunnel project at Gund in Ganderbal had returned to […]
Amid inclement weather Ganderbal administration issues advisory
SRINAGAR — Amid inclement weather, the district administration Ganderbal on Friday issued an advisory for people of the district, especially for those living in Kangan sub-division, Lar, Watlar, Waliwar, Chountwaliwar, Chanthangulabpora and those in the higher reaches of the district to remain cautious and refrain from going out. An official handout from the administration said […]
Contempt Case: DC Ganderbal Shyambir Singh tenders written apology in court
SRINAGAR — An IAS officer facing contempt of court proceedings before the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh tendered a written apology in the chief judicial magistrate’s court in Ganderbal on Tuesday. Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal, Shyambir Singh submitted an affidavit in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Fayaz Ahmad Qureshi, tendering his sincere […]
J&K High Court grants two days to DC Ganderbal to decide on submitting apology in criminal contempt case
SRINAGAR — The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh on Monday granted two days’ time to Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal Shyambir Singh to decide if he was willing to submit an affidavit of apology to a subordinate court in a criminal contempt case. A division bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Sanjeev Kumar, […]
3 Bengaluru residents dead as vehicle falls in gorge on Zojila Pass
GANDERBAL — At least three persons died and another one was critically injured after a vehicle fell into a deep gorge on Zojila Pass in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Monday, police said. An official said that the accident took place near Panimatha when the vehicle was on way to zero point from Sonamarg. He […]
Shopkeeper stabbed to death in Ganderbal
GANDERBAL — A shopkeeper was stabbed to death at his shop in Perpora, Kachan area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Saturday, officials said. An official said that a shopkeeper was attacked with a sharp-edged knife in Perpora Kachan, Ganderbal this afternoon, leaving him severely injured. He added that the victim identified as Fayaz Ahmad […]
12 arrested in rice pulling machine scam in Ganderbal, fake currency recovered: Police
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — At least 12 persons were arrested in Kangan area of Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district in fake rice pulling machine scam and fake currency was recovered from their possession. The Jammu and Kashmir Police in a press release said, “An information was received by Police Station Kangan through reliable sources that some persons […]
Keralite injured in Zojila Pass accident on December 5 succumbs
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — A Keralite who was injured in a road accident at Zojila Pass on December 5 has succumbed to his injuries on Saturday. Manoj M, a resident of Nedungode village in Chittur in Palakkad district of Kerala was injured after a passenger cab (SUV) in which they were traveling in skidded off the […]
Four Keralites among five killed in Zojila Pass accident
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — At least five persons including four tourists were killed in a road accident at Zojila Pass along the Srinagar-Leh National Highway in Ganderbal district of Central Kashmir. Reports said, the accident happened after a passenger cab (SUV) in which they were traveling in skidded off the snow-covered road at Zojila Pass and […]