Srinagar: A driver died after a tractor turned turtle at Sodal Shahlal road in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Javid Ahmad Khan of Lillam Tarathpora. Another person onboard the tractor, identified as Abdul Aziz Chopan. was seriously injured in the accident. He was shifted to a […]
Srinagar: A two-year-old boy died on Tuesday due to drowning in a water tank inside the compound of his house in Kaloosa village of Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir. The deceased was identified as Kamil Yousuf Ganai, a resident of Kaloosa village of Bandipora district, said an official. A police official said that the […]
Srinagar: A jammu and Kashmir bank guard on Tuesday foiled the rifle snatching bid in Pinjora area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district, sources said. Sources said that suspected militants allegedly tried to snatch the rifle of a security guard at a bank. However, the guard, managed to foil the bid. The security forces have launched […]
Srinagar: Journalists from different media houses on Tuesday staged silent protest rally to denounce the killing of Shujaat Bukhari, senior journalist and Editor-in-Chief of Rising Kashmir. Journalists assembled at Press Enclave here and staged silent protest. They were holding placards which read: “journalism is not a crime, We will protest Shujaat’s killing even if we […]
Delhi: Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu has made a strong pitch for introducing Emergency – imposed by Indira Gandhi in 1975 – in the education curriculum. “Emergency is part of history, you cannot suppress history,” Naidu said on Monday, while addressing a function which was organised for the release of the Hindi, Kannada, Telugu and Gujarati […]
Jammu: Abrother-sister duo drowned in Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir’s Akhnoor town while clicking a selfie, police said today. Sanjay (25) and his sister Sanjana (18), hailing from Ban Ganga village of Reasi district, were taking a selfie on the banks of Chenab river at Jia Pota in Akhnoor when they lost balance and […]
Kathmandu: As many as 15 settlements in Nepal’s Tehrathum district have been identified as landslide-prone areas and an alert has been sounded about the danger this monsoon. The alert was sounded by the Tehrathum District Natural Disaster Rescue Committee. The committee is also raising awareness and conducting disaster preparedness programmes in the settlements, a report […]
Delhi: At least five people, including four family members, were killed today when their car was hit by a dumper at 16th Mile under Baisnabnagar in West Bengal’s Malda district today, police said. Murli Prasad was travelling back home at Bibigram in the rented car along with his wife Kaushalya, and sons Rakesh and Amit. All […]
Srinagar: Train service resumed in Kashmir on Tuesday after remaining suspended for a day following a shutdown called by the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) against continuing civilian killings in the Valley. “We have resumed all train runs today in the Kashmir valley,” a senior railway official said. He said a fresh advisory was received from […]
Srinagar: Clashes erupted in Hajin area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Tuesday after an army patrolling party came under stone pelting. Reports said that a patrolling party of 13 RR was returning to their base when they were pelted with stones by scores of youth at main market. The situation was brought under control […]
