Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police Friday said that it arrested two drug peddlers at a check point in north Kashmir’s Sopore and seized contraband substance from their possession. “Officers at a checkpoint arrested 02 drug peddlers father and son duo identified as Ghulam Mohi-ud-din Dar and Ghulam Hassan Dar residents of Teliyan Mohalla Arampora Sopore. They have […]
At least seven people were reportedly killed and three injured in separate rain-related incidents as torrential rain continue across Pakistan. According to rescue sources, one woman along her one-year-old boy lost their lives as rainwater flooded their house’s basement in Rawalpindi. Another young boy drowned while swimming near the Sehala Bridge, Express Tribune reported. Separately, […]
Karachi: Pakistan’s left-arm pacer Muhammad Aamir announced retirement from Test cricket on Friday but affirmed his commitment to continue playing limited-overs for his country. Aamir, 27, has been indicating for some time now that he wanted to quit playing Test cricket and focus on one-day internationals and T20s. In a statement issued by the Pakistan […]
Pulwama: A primary government school in Samboora village of Pampore in Pulwama district is a victim of official apathy and is turning out to be a headache for teachers and students due to the persistent waterlogging issue. A teacher of the school said that the school has been facing the waterlogging problem for many years and […]
The Srinagar-Leh highway was on Friday closed for vehicular traffic due to landslides, triggered by rain, at a few places. Traffic has been suspended on the highway again due to fresh landslides at different places near Zojila pass this morning, a traffic police official said. He said the Border Roads Organisation, responsible for the maintenance […]
New Delhi: Pakistan can neither fight a full-fledged nor a limited war with India and is waging a proxy war, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday. He was speaking in Lok Sabha on the 20th anniversary of Kargil conflict as Parliament paid tributes to Indian soldiers who drove out enemy forces and reclaimed Kargil heights. […]
Srinagar: The Press Club of India (PCI) on Friday congratulated the newly elected body of the Kashmir Press Club and granted affiliation to the Kashmir Press Club. The Press Club of India has also added Kashmir Press Club (KPC) as the member of Federation of Press Clubs of India. The decisions in this regard was […]
Srinagar: Due to bad weather along the Jammu-Srinagar highway on Friday, Amarnath yatra has been suspended for the day. Officials said no yatri vehicle will be allowed to move towards the valley today due to bad weather along the nearly 300 Km long Jammu-Srinagar highway. MET department has forecast moderate to heavy rain in the […]
Srinagar: The Indian army chief Gen Bipin Rawat Friday said that Kashmir is no longer an issue with the international community as Pakistan has been singled out by the global community. Talking to reporters at Drass on the eve of Vijay Diwas, General Rawat said that Kashmir is no longer an issue with the International community […]
Poonch: The traffic on historic Mughal road, connecting twin districts of Shopian and Poonch with south Kashmir’s Shopian district, was restored on Thursday afternoon, hours after landslides triggered by rains blocked the thoroughfare. Reports said that the road was blocked following heavy landslides which occurred at Poshana leading to the closure of the road. “Concerned authorities […]
