‘Life Has No Meaning In Kashmir,’ Says Man Who Collected Pieces Of Nephew’s Brain Killed In Shelling
Abdul Majeed Katariya, a resident of Tumina village in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district, lost his nephew — dear to everyone in the family — to last Sunday’s shelling. Eight-year-old Rehaam Katariya was home and killed after a shell fired from across the LoC hit him in the head. Life has no meaning in Kashmir, says […]
Coronavirus | Community transmission happens in Kashmir hamlet
64 cases have been reported in 10 days Jammu and Kashmir is witnessing the first community transmission of the novel coronavirus at Gund Jahangir hamlet in Bandipora and in surrounding areas. Sixty-four positive cases have been reported in 10 days. The administration is grappling with poor medical staff and a slow rate of testing. It […]
Jammu-Srinagar highway closed for 2nd consecutive day due to landslides
The Jammu-Srinagar Highway remained closed for the second consecutive day on Saturday due to landslides and shooting stones, officials said. An official said that fresh landslides and shooting stones were triggered at several places in Banihal-Ramban sector, including Pantiyal and Cafetaria Morh. He said that incessant rains and slides were hampering the repair work. GK
1,200 J-K workers go on hunger strike in Punjab, demand evacuation
Srinagar: About 1,200 workers from Jammu and Kashmir, who are stuck in Pathankot, Punjab, after completing fourteen days quarantine period in different camps, are on a hunger strike for the last three days seeking evacuation. The workers were stranded in Punjab after the Central government imposed a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19. The […]
Masoodi aghast over continous apathy of J&K administration towards stranded people
Srinagar,April 18 (KNS):Member Parliament from South Kashmir Justice (Retd) Hasnain Masoodi Saturday expressed anguish at apathy and indifference shown by Jammu and Kashmir administration to the plight of laborers, traders and students stranded in several parts of Country. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Masoodi expressed deep anguish over the indifferrent outlook of imcumbent administration […]
Bring changes in selectively designed education system, a teacher from Handwara writes to LG Murmu
Srinagar, Apr 18 (KNS): A government teacher from Mawer area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district shot a letter to Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu and appealed him to bring changes in imparting of education system which has been designed selectively. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Azim Hafeez Mir, a teacher at Upper Primary School […]
Amid lockdown, 2 militants killed in Shopian ‘buried quietly’ as ‘families’ claim they were denied bodies
Despite two families claiming that the militants killed in south Kashmir’s Shopian gunfight on Friday were their sons, the authorities quietly buried the two in north Kashmir, sources said. The two militants were killed on Friday morning in a gunfight with security forces in a Shopian village. JK Police has been maintaining that the two […]
With rising tension, Army Chief calls for strict vigil
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General MM Naravane, on Friday impressed upon the commanders to “maintain strict vigil along the Line of Control and remain prepared to give a befitting reply to any misadventure from across.” On the second day of his two-day visit to Kashmir, General Naravane visited the forward areas Kupwara and […]
BPL families to get free ration in Srinagar
SRINAGAR, APRIL 17: In view of the prevailing situation with restrictions in place due to outbreak of COVID-19 the BPL families in Srinagar will be provided free foodgrains for as long as the situation remains as it is. The distribution of foodgrains for the current month starts tomorrow and will be completed within two weeks. […]
COVID-19: Five test positive in Kashmir, J-K tally reaches 333
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 5 fresh cases of COVID-19 on Friday in Kashmir Division. The total number of COVID-19 patients in the J-K now mounted 333. Officials sources told that these five cases were confirmed in Chest Disease Hospital, Dalgate Srinagar. All the five persons are from Heerpora village of Shopian district and include a […]
