PDD daily wager dies of electric shock in Sopore
Srinagar: A daily wager employ PDD department died due to electric shock at north Kashmir’s Sopore while repairing the electric line on Saturday, sources said. The victim has been identified as Mohammad Ramzan Lone, (50) S/O Ali Mohammad Lone, a resident of Nowpora, Wagoora in Baramulla district. Lone was repairing an electric wire at New […]
Hajj 2018: First batch of 820 pilgrims leave for Saudi Arabia
Srinagar : The first batch of 820 pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir left for Saudi Arabia on Saturday to perform this year’s Hajj pilgrimage. Special buses from the Srinagar Hajj House in Bemina area took the pilgrims to the Srinagar International airport early on Saturday. Authorities said four Air India flights will be carrying them […]
Fresh batch of pilgrims leave for Amarnath yatra
Srinagar : A fresh batch of 2986 Amarnath yatris left the base camp in Jammu for cave shrine in Kashmir on Saturday, said an official. He said that 1075 yatris left Bhagwati Nagar base camp at 2:30 am in 43 vehicles for Baltal route while 1973 yatris left for Pahalgam route at 3:35 am in 69 […]
Advisor Kumar visits Mazar-e-Shohada, pays floral tributes to 1931 Martyrs
SRINAGAR, : Advisor to Governor, K Vijay Kumar visited Mazar-e-Shohada at Naqashband Sahib (RA) here today to offer floral tributes to the 1931 Martyrs. He laid wreaths over the graves of the Martyrs. Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam; Director General of Police, Dr S P Vaid; Divisional Commission Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan; IGP Kashmir, […]
Ground-level facts ignored in UN report on Kashmir: Defence Minister
New Delhi: The UN human rights report on Jammu and Kashmir has ignored ground-level realities in the terror-ravaged state, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday. Rubbishing the report on alleged human rights violations by the security forces, the Minister said the UN had chosen to ignore the humanitarian assistance the Indian Army had been rendering […]
13083 pilgrims pay obeisance at the Holy Cave
Srinagar, : On the 16th day of the ongoing Shri Amarnathji Yatra, 13,083 Yatris paid obeisance at the Holy Cave. Till date 1,65,006 Yatris had the darshan of the Shivling at the Holy Cave.
Ist ODI: Pakistan Beat Zimbabwe By 201-Run
Bulawayo : Pakistan defeated Zimbabwe by 201 runs in the first ODI match on Friday. Opener Imam-u-Haq hit a sure-footed 128, lifting Pakistan to 308-7. Asif Ali, making his one-day international debut for Pakistan , blasted 46 off 25 balls in a typical cameo act, while in-form Fakhar Zaman scored 60 off 70 balls. Babar Azam, returning from an injury, contributed 30 off 34 balls. […]
Grenade diffused near Tral encounter site
Pulwama: Police on Friday diffused a grenade at a village in Tral, where three Jaish militants were killed in an encounter with government forces last month. The grenade was diffused in Hyuna village of Tral, where Jaish militants Adil Ahmad of Midoora, Danish Ahmad of Pinglish and a Pakistani national were killed in a fierce gun-battle […]
CRPF trooper goes missing from south Kashmir’s Shopian
Shopian: A CRPF trooper has gone missing from this south Kashmir district after his leave request was turned down by the seniors, official sources told Kashmir Reader Friday. Constable Baran Rai, son of Jagdish Rai of CRPF 14 battalion went missing from the district police lines, Shopian on Thursday after his leave was disapproved by […]
MP Baig meets Governor
Srinagar,; Muzzafar Hussain Baig, Member of Parliament, met Governor N.N. Vohra at the Raj Bhavan today. Sh. Baig discussed with Governor important issues relating to the equitable development of the State and the need to ensure the high success of various schemes and programmes in the “Aspirational” Districts of Baramulla and Kupwara. Governor urged Sh. […]
