2 labourers buried in landslide in Samba; rescued
Jammu: Two labourers were trapped when a landslide took place during digging to lay cables along the Mansar road in the mountainous belt of Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district and were rescued later, police said today. The labourers, of a private company, were digging a 5- feet deep canal to lay cables, suddenly there was […]
Butt, Asif Among Pakistan Players Who Took Part in Dubious Event in UAE
Karachi: Pakistan’s tainted former captain, Salman Butt, and some other Pakistani players are again in the spotlight after the International Cricket Councils Anti-Corruption unit confirmed it was investigating the Ajman All Stars T20 League held recently. Butt and Asif who have served five-year bans for spot-fixing between 2010 and 2016 were among a couple of Pakistani […]
Avalanche warning in Kashmir after earthquake
Srinagar:A government agency on Wednesday issued an avalanche warning in several districts of Jammu and Kashmir for next 24 hours, shortly after the earthquake on the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region jolted parts of north India. The Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment has “informed that medium danger avalanche warning of level-3 exists in higher reaches of Baramulla […]
Is Rambagh flyover safe?
Srinagar: On Wednesday when earthquake jolted Kashmir a girder fell from Rambagh flyover on the machine. People claimed that the flyover is so shaky that the girder fell by the earthquake. However, Satish Razdan of ERA was quoted by local media saying that the girder was being lifted by a crane to be placed upon […]
Body of army soldier recovered from Chenab in Jammu
Jammu: The body of an Army soldier, who had gone missing after being washed away by the Chenab during an exercise earlier this month, has been recovered from the river in a border area of Jammu district, police said Wednesday. Mandeep Singh, from Punjab, drowned in the river at Doomi in Akhnoor sector of Jammu […]
Taliban openly active in 70% of Afghan territory: Study
A new study finds that the Taliban militants are openly active in 70 percent of Afghanistan’s soil, fully controlling four percent of the country and having presence in another 66 percent. The study released by the BBC on Tuesday shows that the Taliban forces are in full control of 14 Afghan districts (four percent of […]
Earthquake creates painc in Kashmir
6.2 scale earthquake jolted kashmir this afternoon with epicentre in Afghanistan . It created lot of panic among people especially in North kashmir with people moving out of thier houses. The details of any injuries or damage to properties have yet to emerge.
Clashes erupt in pulwama and shopian
Government forces and youth clashed at several places in pulwama and shopian districts of south kashmir on Wednesday after the news of death of injured youth reached the area today. Reports said that several youth were injured and security forces were using tearsmoke shells to disperse protests. Reports said that shopian reamined shut for seventh […]
Now Congress and NC want liquor ban in J&K
Opposition national conference and Congress today staged walk out after insisting that the government should ban liquor in entire J&K state . Congress MLA G M Sarrori raised the demand supported by all opposition members and PDP-BJP minister Javeed Mustafa. Memories in politics are short lived as few years ago Congress and national conference government […]
Critically injured youth of shopian succumbs in SKIMS
The death toll of army firing in shopian on saturday has reached to three as the critically injured youth succumbed to his injuries in SKIMS on Wednesday morning. Police has identified the youth as Rayees Ahmad Ganaiee and said that he received a bullet in his head.He was battling for his life in the intensive […]
