Srinagar: Amid the closure of Srinagar-Jammu highway, the traffic department on Saturday allowed the aspirants scheduled to appear in NEET examinations outside the State to ply towards their destinations. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Traffic Rural, Muzaffar Ahmad Shah said that several vehicles wherein the candidates scheduled to appear in NEET examinations were travelling were […]
Srinagar: Following the death of five members of a family today in Bemina area of Srinagar city due to gas heater, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Saturday advised people against the use of gas heaters in closed spaces. “Use of unflued (unvented) gas heaters in closed spaces can prove fatal,” said DAK President Dr Nisar […]
Srinagar: Several people were injured when forces fired pellets in the air and burst teargas shells to disperse demonstrators who were trying to disrupt Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Tral in Pulwama district on Saturday, official sources said. Mobile internet service of all Cellular companies, including Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), was suspended as […]
Srinagar: The report filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) before the State Human Rights commission (SHRC) with regard to the 1993 Sopore massacre in which more than 53 civilians were killed has disclosed that all the accused personnel who were found guilty during the court of inquiry (CoI) were tried by the general […]
Srinagar, Jan 05 (KNS): Chief Engineer Power Development Department (PDD) Kashmir, Hashmat Qazi on Saturday said that 95 percent of power supply has been restored across the Valley. Chief Engineer PDD Kashmir, Hashmat Qazi said, “95 percent of the power supply has been restored in the Valley after Kashmir received fresh snowfall on Friday. A […]
Srinagar: Around 100 people are stranded at Sadhna Top on Kupwara-Tanghdar road while the dead body of the woman who died due to bone chilling cold Friday evening is still lying in the snow covered area. Reports said that snow is disrupting the rescue operation in the area as snow is continuing since Friday afternoon. The […]
Srinagar: The Srinagar district administration has said that the bodies of five members of a family who were found dead in a rented accommodation at Srinagar will be airlifted to their native village in Tangdhar Kupwara tomorrow morning. Officials told The Kashmir Press that they have arranged air sorties for the deceased to be airlifted. Five […]
Srinagar: A man died after slipping from a roof top of his house while clearing snow in Bandipora town of north Kashmir. Mumtaz Ahmad, a shopkeeper of Bandipora received serious head injuries after he fell from the rooftop of his house while clearing the snow. He was immediately shifted to district hospital however he died due […]
JAMMU: The State Administrative Council (SAC) which under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik accorded sanction to the first ever Drug De-addiction Policy to provide for a comprehensive mechanism to address the menace of drug addiction in Jammu and Kashmir. The issue of functioning of various De-addiction facilities and provision of good health conditions […]
Srinagar: Thousands of people Saturday marched towards the gunfight site in Arizal village of Tral township in southern Kahsmir’s Pulwama district. Eyewitnesses said that thousands of people from several adjoining villages started marching towards the gunfight siye as the news about the killing of top Hizb commander Hammad Khan spread. Meanwhile sources said that the intense […]
