An 18-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide at her home in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district last night. Reports said the girl (name withheld), a resident of Kralteng, allegedly hanged self at her home. She was rushed to sub-district hospital Sopore by her family members. However, doctors there declared her dead on arrival.
Islamabad:Nine people, including six policemen, were killed in a double attack in in Pakistan’s northwestern town of Dera Ismail Khan on Sunday. Unidentified gunmen on four motorcycles first attacked the Kotla Saidan checkpost in a residential area, killing two policemen and fled the scene. Later, a suicide blast took place at the hospital where the […]
Srinagar: Hours after former Peoples Democratic Party legislator from Pulwama Khalil Band joined National Conference (NC), G N Ratanpuri, former Rajya Sabha member, has resigned from the party. Ratanpuri has submitted a letter to NC president Dr Farooq Abdullah. “This is to tender my resignation from Central Working Committee, primary membership and any other position […]
Sopore: A pedestrian was killed after hit by speedy two-wheeler at Warpora area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district Sunday forenoon. Reports said that a 55-year-old man identified as Ghulam Mohammad War son of Ghulam Qadir War resident of Warpora received serious injuries after hit by a two-wheeler. The man was rushed to sub […]
Baramulla : A 17-year-old boy drowned in river Jhelum at Drangbal area of Baramulla district on Sunday afternoon. Reports said a 17 year old boy identified as Momin Manzoor son of Manzoor Ahmed Dar of Jalsheeri Baramulla was bathing in the Jhelum when he drowned. They said that police and locals have started tescue operation […]
Srinagar: ‘Har Har Mahadev’ and ‘Bam Bam Bolay’ rented in the air when fresh batches of pilgrims left base camps on Sunday to undertake annual pilgrimage to holy Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, where so far 2.60 lakh pilgrims have paid obeisance since the commencement of the yatra from July Ist. Yatra from […]
Srinagar: Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) founding member and former cabinet minister in previous PDP-BJP coalition government Muhammad Khalil Bandh on Sunday joined National Conference (NC) in Srinagar. Bandh joined NC at its headquarters in presence of NC patron Dr Farooq Abdullah. On Wednesday, Bandh had resigned from PDP citing party’s “compromise” on the basic […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) general secretary Ghulam Nabi Sumji chaired an advisory meeting of the amalgam at Hyderpora headquarters. The meeting, according to a statement , was scheduled to be convened under the chairmanship of Syed Ali Geelani who couldn’t make it due to ill health. Meanwhile, the meeting discussed the prevailing political situation in Jammu […]
Srinagar: The paramedical staff of tertiary care hospitals under the banner of Jammu and Kashmir Medical Employees Federation on Saturday announced two-day strike from Monday to press for their demands. A senior leader of the federation said that thousands of paramedics of Government Medical College (GMS) and associated hospitals who were appointed since 2011 under […]
Jammu: A villager was injured when Pakistani troops violated ceasefire by resorting to unprovoked mortar and small arms firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, officials said. An Army spokesperson said that the force was retaliating befittingly to silence the Pakistani guns and there was no immediate […]
