Srinagar: A paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper shot himself dead before shooting his two colleagues following a heated exchange of words between them over “some issue”. The incident happened at CRPF camp located at Pantha chowk in outskirts of Srinagar on Saturday night. Official sources said that at around 9.25 p.m., CRPF personnel […]
Srinagar: In a tragic incident on Saturday morning, five members of a north Kashmir family including two children were found dead at their rented accommodation in Srinagar. The cause of dead is said to be asphyxiation. The family according to reports belongs to northern Kashmir’s Tanghdar area of Kupwara district. The Srinagar district administration has […]
Srinagar: Widespread snowfall lashed Kashmir Saturday snapping air and surface links of Kashmir with the rest of the world. Officials at Kashmir Meteorological Department said that widespread snowfall occurred in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours. They said more snow is expected during the next 24 hours till Sunday morning after which the weather would […]
Srinagar: Turkey on Friday said the Kashmir issue should be resolved according to the UN resolutions, after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The Turkish stand appeared in a joint statement issued at the end of a two-day visit by Khan to Turkey on the invitation of Erdogan. Khan’s meeting with Erdogan […]
Srinagar: Authorities have suspended traffic on hilly roads in north Kashmir Kupwara district following fresh snowfall in the area. Officials said that while Kupwara-Tanghdar road has been closed for two days, the Kupwara-Machil and Kupwara-Keran roads have been shut for traffic for unspecified time. However, the Srinagar-Jammu highway is still through for traffic. Pertinently, it is […]
Srinagar: The civilian who was injured in an attack by unknown gunmen early today in south Kashmir’s Tral has succumbed to injuries. The civilian has been identified as Suman Singh, son of Nanak Singh, a resident of Khasipora village of the township. Reports said that Singh was critically injured in the attack and was shifted […]
Srinagar: Thousands of people on Friday turned up for the funeral prayers of slain militants in Laribal and Charsoo villages of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Three militants, two of the Hizbul Mujahideen and one of Jaish-e-Mohammad, were killed in a gunfight with government forces on Thursday in Gulshanpora village of Tral township of the district. The […]
Shopian: Reviving her practice of 90’s, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday visited the family of a slain militant in Safnagri area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district. The action of Mehbooba prompted her bete noire Omar Abdullah to take a dig on her on his Twitter handler. This was the second time […]
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday hit out at another former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti and said that she was using dead militants to try yo appease the voters. Omar said that the architect of “Operation All-out” and the overseer of the operations that killed hundreds of militants […]
Srinagar: In Jammu and Kashmir last year alone, 908 people have been killed in 5,529 road accidents across the state till November. Another 7,250 were injured. As per the records for the last eight years, on an average, 15 accidents take place every day. A person gets killed in an accident every seven hours while someone […]
