Srinagar: A sweeper was crushed to death by an unknown vehicle in a hit-and-run case in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Monday. Reports said that 35-year-old Fayaz Ahmed, a resident of Badergund, who worked as a sweeper with Municipal Committee Ganderbal, was hit by a vehicle while he was working at Beehama market. Police officials, […]
Srinagar: At least 13 trains and several flights headed towards the national capital were delayed due to fog as the visibility dipped to zero metres on Monday morning. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the visibility dropped to zero metres for Palam between 6.30 a.m. and 7.30 a.m. while it was 200 metres for Safdarjung. […]
Washington: American airstrikes in Yemen killed a top al-Qaeda leader responsible for the deadly USS Cole bombing in 2000 in which 17 US sailors had lost their lives, the Pentagon said. Seventeen American sailors were killed and at least 40 others injured in the terrorist attack on the US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Cole on October […]
Srinagar: A severe cold wave tightened its grip over the Kashmir Valley and the Ladakh region on Monday as temperatures dropped several notches below the freezing point. At minus 24.8 degrees Celsius, Drass town was the coldest in Jammu and Kashmir where even the maximum temperature remained below the freezing point at minus 9.8. Water bodies […]
Srinagar: BSF troops resorted to brief firing following suspicious movement along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district Sunday night, officials said.The troops observed suspicious movement of some persons near Fatwal post along the IB in Ramgarh sector of the district and fired a few rounds, they said. The personnel have been alerted […]
Jammu: Police on Sunday claimed to have cracked the ATM theft case in Kanhachak area here on city outskirts by arresting four suspects in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir. Police sources said that during wee hours on Sunday, a car (JK18B-0823) in which four suspicious persons involved in theft case, were captured travelling when […]
Hailing the efforts of Pakistan to help resolve the long pending Kashmir issue, Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani said that on visit to Turkey Pakistan Primer Imran Khan in a joint press briefing with Turkish president, both leaders expressed their serious concern about the issues concerning the Muslim Ummah. He said that Muslim […]
Srinagar: Senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader and former minister Abdul Haq Khan has expressed his dismay over the withdrawal of house guards at his Church Lane residence and wanted to know from the government the reasons for withdrawal of house guards keeping in view the vulnerable security scenario in Kashmir valley. Khan said, “I […]
Srinagar: In the wake of inclement weather conditions in Jammu and Kashmir, National Board of Examinations (NBE) will hold a separate NEET-PG 2019 examination for students facing extreme difficulty in moving from Srinagar to their designated test centre due to complete blockage of air and road transport. In a statement issued here on Sunday, the […]
Srinagar: The body of five family members, who died due to asphyxiation in Bemina locality of Srinagar, have been airlifted to their residence at Tanghdar. The bodies reached Tanghdar this morning. Grief and shock has struck the entire Tanghdar Tehsil as bodies reached there. Meanwhile, the body of the woman who died at Sadhna Top […]
