1 killed, 20 injured in Anantnag road accident
Srinagar : In a tragic road accident, one person died and several others were injured after a passenger bus met with an accident in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Wednesday. Reports said that a minibus (bearing registration number JK03 5707) met with an accident and turned turtle at Shoul area of Batengoo when it was […]
5,273 pilgrims leave Jammu for Amarnath cave in Kashmir
Srinagar : A batch of 5,273 pilgrims left Jammu on Wednesday for the Kashmir Valley to perform the Amarnath Yatra. They left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in two escorted convoys of vehicles, as 1,777 pilgrims are going to Baltal base camp while 3,496 towards Pahalgam, an official said. The 45-day long annual Amarnath Yatra […]
Pakistani news anchor shot dead in Karachi
Agencies Karachi : A news anchor of a prominent Pakistani channel was shot dead over personal enmity here, police said Wednesday. Bol News anchor Mureed Abbas had a heated argument with some people over a monetary dispute which escalated into a violent clash in Khayaban-e-Bukhari area on Tuesday night, they said. The accused opened fire, […]
SAC reviews development status of hydro, solar power projects
Srinagar : The State Administrative Council (SAC) which met under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik took note of the status report submitted by the Power Development Department (PDD) regarding the development of Hydroelectric and Solar Power Projects in the State. Pertinent to mention that SAC in February 2019 had mandated the PDD to […]
Three die, two injured due to electrocution in Kupwara
Srinagar : Three persons died and two others were injured due to electrocution in Tangdar area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Wednesday. Police said that five persons were electrocuted after they tried to switch off their electric appliances in their houses at Nad village of Tanghdar at arounf 3:am. All the injured were taken […]
NIA attaches house of Asiya Andrabi in Srinagar
Srinagar : National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday attached jailed Dukhtaran-e-Millat chief Asiya Andrabi’s house located in Soura area of Srinagar under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. In the attachment order, pasted at the entrance of the house located at 90 ft in Soura, the NIA directed all the concerned not to transfer, sale or otherwise […]
Social Media and Tourism
In this modern age social media plays an important role for the growth of tourism at any place of the world and the Kashmir cannot ignore the importance of Social media in this sector. In this direction, the Tourism officers of State administration have recently recognized the fact that social media has to play the […]
Army officer among 3 killed in separate road accidents
Agencies Three people including an Army captain were killed in two separate road accidents in Udhampur and Jammu districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said Monday. Captain Naveeta Ranjanof Jaipur was killed after she lost control over her private car, which skidded off the road and rammed into a concrete shed near Ghari village in […]
Army man ‘commits suicide’ at camp in Jammu
Jammu: An Army man allegedly shot himself on Monday with his service rifle at a camp in the outskirts of the city, officials said. The incident took place around 5 AM at the guard room in Miran Sahib area, they said. He had joined the Indian Army in December, 2017 and belonged to Andra Pradesh. […]
Amarnath yatra suspended from Jammu today as precautionary measure
Agencies Jammu: The Amarnath yatra was suspended on Monday as a precautionary measure following a strike called by separatists in the Kashmir valley to mark the third death anniversary of former Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, officials said. The annual pilgrimage to the 3,880-meter high holy cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas will resume on […]
