SRINAGAR — Two teenage boys were killed and two others injured on Thursday after they were struck by lightning in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The lightning struck Gawran Nard in Anantnag district. Officials said the deceased have been identified as Faizan Ahmad (18) and Bilal Ahmad Battana (16). Sajad Ahmad Battana […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday expressed grief over the loss of three lives in shooting-stone incidents in Doda district, which also left six people injured. In a post on X, the Chief Minister said the incidents occurred at Raggi Nallah and Jathi Ganika areas of Doda. He directed […]
JAMMU — More than 50 domestic animals were killed after a lightning strike hit the upper reaches of Surankote in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district early Tuesday, officials said. The lightning struck a herd of livestock owned by Shokat Hussain at Ranjati Dhok, resulting in the death of 50 sheep and goats, one buffalo, and […]
Authorities assess losses, assure compensation to affected families ANANTNAG, Raouf Dar (KIMS) — Around 107 goats and a few sheep were killed after a lightning strike hit the sub-alpine pastures of Lehendajan in Dachnipora block of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district during the intervening night of May 20 and 21, officials said. Soon after the incident, […]