KASHMIR

Body of 30-yr-old found on city outskirts

Body of 30-yr-old found on city outskirts

Srinagar: A dead body of a 30 year old person was found on the outskirts of Srinagar city on Tuesday morning. Police said that they found a body of a person, a resident of Balahama area on the outskirts of the city. The deceased was identified as Zahoor Ahmad Dar. Police said that the body […]

Shopian shuts as local family claims one of the slain Bandipora militants as their kin

Shopian shuts as local family claims one of the slain Bandipora militants as their kin

Srinagar: A spontaneous shutdown is being observed in Shopian district of southern Kashmir on Tuesday after reports said that one of the slain militants in Bandipora gunfight was the resident of the district. Eyewitnesses said that all the business establishments and other commercial establishments shut while traffic also went off the roads as soon as […]

One dead another injured in road accident at Naranag

One dead another injured in road accident at Naranag

Srinagar: One person was killed and another injured in a road accident in Ganderbal district late last night. Reports said that a car bearing registration number PB02AL-5194 skidded of the road and fell down into a deep gorge around 9:00 pm Monday near the tourist resort of Naranag. They said that one person died on […]

Gunfight in Sopore, internet suspended, educational institutes closed

Gunfight in Sopore, internet suspended, educational institutes closed

Srinagar: A fierce gun-battle broke out between government forces and militants in Sopore town of Baramulla district Tuesday morning. Official sources said that a joint team of Army’s 22 Rashtriya Rifles, special operations group (SOG) and CRPF cordoned Nowpora village of Tujjer in Sopore last night and started a search operation. “During searches militants fired upon […]

Eighty thousand children successfully vaccinated for measles on the first day

Eighty thousand children successfully vaccinated for measles on the first day

Srinagar: Around eighty thousand children were successfully vaccinated  for measles on the first day of their school activity. The authorities vaccinated 80,023 children for the disease after measles- rubella (MR) Vaccination campaign was successfully launched in the state Jammu and Kashmir which aims to Vaccinate 37,72,960 children in the age group of 9 months to […]

Power shutdown in parts of Kashmir

SRINAGAR: According to the Power Controller Kashmir Province, Bemina, Srinagar owing to replace the damaged 11KV XLPE Power cable of main Ist at Receiving station Chanapora, there will be shutdown of 33/11KV Receiving station Chanapora on September 25, 2018.   During the shutdown, the power supply to the area fed form aforementioned receiving station shall remain affected from 1 […]