Four Jammu residents among five killed in Jalandhar road accident
Agencies Jalandhar : Five persons were killed when the car they were travelling in collided with in SUV near Pachranga village here Thursday morning, police said. The accident took place when the car driver lost control over the vehicle, which jumped the median strip, crossed over to the other side and then rammed into another […]
Kashmir Pandits throng three ancient temples in Kulgam
Agencies Srinagar: Hundreds of Kashmiri Pandits Tuesday thronged the three ancient temples in Kulgam district of South Kashmir The payed obeisance at Mata Katayani temple in Kakran, Mata Ragniya Bhagwati (Kheerbhawani) at Manzgam and Mata Kulwagishori temple early Tuesday morning and took part in the Yagyas there on the occasion of ‘Haar Ashtami.’ The temples […]
Two drug peddlers arrested in Sopore: Police
Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested two drug peddlers in north Kashmir’s Sopore and seized contraband substance from their possession. A Police spokesman in a statement said that officers at a checkpoint established at Warpora crossing arrested two notorious drug peddlers identified as Abdul Hameed Mir and Bilal Ahmed […]
Kashmiri migrants
Kashmiri migrant pundits have been told in the past three decades by different political dispensations that they would be brought back to Kashmir and would be given huge opportunities of employment. Many packages were announced by many Central Governments in the past, but the return of Kashmiri Pandits remained a pipe-dream. Kashmiri Pandits have been […]
No blanket ban on civil traffic on Sgr-Jmu highway: Div Com
Srinagar : Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan on Wednesday said that there was no blanket ban on civilian movement on Jammu-Srinagar national highway during the Amarnath Yatra. Addressing a press conference here, Khan said in order to facilitate hassle free movement of the Yatra vehicles there is only traffic regulation in place. “In the […]
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 […]
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 […]
