Srinagar: A low-intensity earthquake measuring 3.2 on the Richter scale was felt in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. No casualty or damage was reported. Reports quoting disaster management officials said that the tremors were felt at 8.34 am at a depth of five kilometres under the earth’s surface. The epicentre of the earthquake was in […]
Srinagar: A Delhi woman has alleged a Jammu and Kashmir Police Constable of raping and robbing her over a false promise of marrying her. The woman has also filed an FIR in Vasant Kunj police station in New Delhi. The woman, according to reports, met the accused Adil Hassan through a dating site, BigoLive, in […]
Srinagar: A 23-year-old man was electrocuted in Mangrote village of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday night. Identified as Ghulam Abbas, the slain received an electric shock while repairing a transformer installed by the Power Development Department (PDD) in the area. Abbas died on the spot after receiving severe burn injuries.
Srinagar: A government middle school was gutted in a mysterious fire incident in Attina village of Beerwah in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Thursday midnight. Reports and witnesses said that fire erupted at 11: 35 pm from the school at Attina and engulfed the whole building, they said. A police officer also confirmed the […]
Srinagar: The State Administrative Council which met here today under the chairmanship of Governor Satya Pal Malik decided to open 40 new degree colleges in a phased manner across the state, including the 26 degree colleges already sanctioned. While acknowledging the need for opening up of more colleges in un-served areas to provide access to […]
Srinagar: The government has set up a J&K Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation (JKIDFC) through which it will spend up to Rs 8000 Crore on completing unfinished/languishing infrastructure projects which are there all over the State. The government said many of the projects started years ago are still incomplete due to which people are facing great inconvenience. […]
Srinagar: A lady died and three others sustained injuries after they met with an accident in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday. Reports said that a Vehicle on lost his control over the vehicle and hit a woman identified as Rubeena and her 10-year-old child Muhammad Sarwar, near Hanjiwera Pattan, resulting into the death […]
Srinagar:A youth was injured on Wednesday evening after he was stabbed by another youth during a marriage function in Benhama area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Official sources said that youth identified as Adil Ahmed Malik, 22, son of Javaid Ahmed Malik, a resident of Benhama Ganderbal was stabbed with a sharp-edged weapon on […]
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehboba Mufti on Wednesday termed the safeguard of state’s special position as party’s top most priority, stating that PDP while being part of the government in the state didn’t compromise on its core ideology. “Every person in the state of Jammu and Kashmir is aware of the fact that […]
Srinagar: District Magistrate Srinagar, on Wednesday, directed all Petrol Pumps operating in Srinagar to provide fuel to only those who drive with a helmet on two-wheelers. The order issued from the office of the District Magistrate Srinagar said: “Now therefore in exercise of powers vested in me under section 144 CRPC, I Dr Syed Abid Rasheed […]
