Srinagar: Government forces Monday launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in north Kashmir district of Bandipora, official sources said. They said on a tip-off about the presence of militants, the troops of Rashtriya Rifles (RR), Special Operation Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir police and CRPF launched a CASO in village Bankoot this morning. […]
Pahalgam: With Pahalgam development authority (PDA), the main nodal agency for the development of Pahalgam generating crores of rupees from public parks and other resources annually, most of the street lights at the famous tourist destination remain non-functional. The street lights being defunct is not only creating bad impression among the tourists visiting the place […]
A 15-year-old Muslim boy was set on fire by four people in Chandauli district when the boy refused to chant “Jai Shri Ram”. The incident took place on Sunday night and the boy has been admitted in Kabir Chaura hospital in Varanasi. The condition of the boy with 60 per cent burns is said to […]
Srinagar: An army soldier was injured in Panzgam area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday. Reports said that the soldier of 55 RR sustained bullet wound in his foot at Mir Pora area of Chakoora when his service rifle went off accidentally. The injured soldier was immediately taken to army’s nearby health facility for […]
Srinagar: A 65-year-old tourist died of cardiac arrest at tourist resort Gulmarg in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district Monday morning. A police official said that the tourist, identified as Sajad Din son of Fakur Din, a resident of Babeibagh Indore, Madiya Pradesh was putting up at hotel Pine Spring in Gulmarg. At around 4 am he […]
Srinagar: Two persons were injured in a road accident last night at Mazhama in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. An eye witness a private car (registration number JK01N 3784) collided with a tipper coming from the opposite direction while it was overtaking another car around 9:30 pm in Mazhama. Both the occupants of the car were […]
Jammu: A fresh batch of 2,675 pilgrims on Monday left for the Amarnath Cave Shrine in South of Himalayas from Yatri Niwas, Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu. The fleet of 113 vehicles ferrying pilgrims was escorted by CRPF personnel in jeeps and on motorbikes. For Pahalgam route, 1,163 male, 207 females and 174 sadhus […]
Srinagar: The 434-km-long Srinagar-Leh Highway was closed yet again on Monday due to fresh landslides, triggered by rain during the night, a traffic police official said. He said traffic on the highway was resumed only on Sunday, after remaining suspended for three consecutive days, due to landslides and shooting stones. Almost all vehicles stranded on […]
A 10-day-old baby, who was injured in cross-LoC shelling in Mendhar area of Poonch on Sunday, succumbed to his injuries on Monday morning. At least two other civilians also got injured in the shelling on Sunday. The baby was kept under observation in Poonch district hospital on Sunday while the two other civilians were shifted […]
Srinagar: Police on Sunday booked three notorius drug peddlers under Public Safety Act (PSA) even as five more names have been recommended for action under the act in Sopore town of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Official sources identified the drug peddlers as Dawood Ahmed Kaloo son of Abdul Aziz Kaloo resident of Sofi Hamam Sopore […]
