7 Amarnath pilgrims injured in accident on Srinagar-Jammu highway
Jammu: Seven Amarnath Yatra pilgrims were injured on Wednesday in an accident on the Jammu-Srinagar highway in the Ramban district. A vehicle carrying the pilgrims to the Kashmir Valley met with the accident in Chanderkote area, a police officer said. The injured have been shifted to hospitals. Three pilgrims died on Tuesday after a landslide […]
Flood threat in Kashmir is over: Sonum Lotus
Srinagar : Even as the intermittent rains continue to lash Valley, the local Meteorological department here on Wednesday said that the flood threat that loomed in Kashmir is over now. Director Meteorological (MeT) department, Sonum Lotus said that there was no flood threat in Kashmir as the weather has improved from past couple of days. “There is […]
Shutdown in Pulwama village against alleged vandalism by army
Srinagar : A shutdown was observed in Rohmoo village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday against the alleged harassment by the army during the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday. According to the locals during the hours of stay in the village beside damaging the properties many locals were also thrashed during the night. The […]
Bomb kills 3 oil company employees in southwestern Pakistan
Pakistani police say a bomb detonated by remote control killed three workers doing a survey for a local oil exploration company in the country’s southwest. Local police official Mohammad Hussain says Tuesday’s bombing near the town of Dera Bugti in the Baluchistan province also wounded five surveyors. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but […]
Some PDP MLAs set to forge ‘unholy’ alliance with BJP after Amarnath Yatra: Karra
Srinagar : Senior Congress leader and former Member of Parliament (MP), Tariq Hameed Karra Tuesday said that some MLAs from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are all set to coble yet another ‘unholy and unethical’ alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after Amarnath Yatra, against a very heavy reward of huge amount for each MLA. […]
Good governance and development our goal in Kashmir: PM Modi
New Delhi: The union govrnment’s goal in Jammu and Kashmir is “good governance, development, responsibility and accountability”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said. “Recurrent terror attacks” that were common under the UPA rule are now history, Modi asserted in an interview to Swarajya magazine while discussing wide-ranging issues of internal security, including Maoist violence and the […]
Three Amarnath Yatra pilgrims die
Three pilgrims, including two from Andhra Pradesh, died today en route to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas due to various causes, taking the death toll in this year’s Yatra to six. Thota Radhnam, a 75-year-old woman from Fiwalayam in Andhra Pradesh, died of suspected cardiac arrest in a community kitchen […]
Police seek help to trace missing girl
Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday sought help of general public in tracing a girl from Punjab missing since July 2. A police spokesperson said Rajeev Kumar, a resident of Gurdaspur Punjab reported in police station Rajbagh that his 17-year-old daughter Muskan @Gudiya went out of the hotel and didn’t return. Kumar said that he […]
CRPF foil weapon-snatching bid at Humhama chowk in central Kashmir
A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) man on Tuesday foiled a weapon snatching bid by three persons in Humhama area near the Srinagar airport in central Kashmir’s Budgam district, said an official. He said that three persons tried to snatch weapon of a constable of B/35Bn Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) at Humhama chowk by […]
Govt orders minor reshuffle in administration
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday ordered transfers in the administration. In the interest of administration, the following transfers and postings are hereby ordered with immediate effect. According to a Government Order NO.1084- GAD of 2018 Babeeta Kumari, Private Secretary, under orders of transfer to Higher Education Department, is posted as Private Secretary with Administrative […]
