Rafique Rather nominated as chairman teachers forum Baramulla

Baramulla: Senior trade union leader Mohammad Rafique Rather has been nominated as chairman teachers forum Jammu and Kashmir. In a press confrence at Shirwani Hall Baramulla which was organised by the senior leaders and workers of teachers forum announced it jointly in statement said that senior trade union leader Mohammad Rafique Rather has been nominated […]

Uri’s besieged residents again demand bunkers

Uri’s besieged residents again demand bunkers

Baramulla: A day after yet another woman was killed, and another suffered arm injuries in cross-LoC firing and shelling in Uri, residents of the area on Saturday again demanded from the government construction of underground bunkers near every house. Lal din Ahmad, village head of Churanda near the Line of Control (LoC), said to Kashmir […]

Body found at Sheeri river banks

Baramulla: A Body of an elderly man was found at river banks in Sheeri area of Baramulla district on Saturday morning. Police sources said that some locals spotted a body of an elderly man on river banks near Sheeri area of Baramulla along Baramulla Uri road and informed the police. A team of police reached […]

Woman killed, houses damaged as mortar, machine guns pound Uri

Woman killed, houses damaged as mortar, machine guns pound Uri

Baramulla: A woman was killed while another was injured in cross-LoC shelling in Uri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday. Official sources said that Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire and targeted Indian Army posts in Uri sector on Friday morning. They said that Pakistani troops started to target the Indian Army posts by firing […]

100 Kanal forest land retrieved in Rajwar Handwara

Handwara: The forest department retrieved 100 Kanal (05 hectare) forest land during an anti encroachment drive in Rajwar area of Handwara which was illegally occupied by the people living along the forests. Official sources in the forest department said that they had received several complaints that some people in Behnipora village illegally encroached upon the […]

21 kg heroin, cash recovered from three LeT associates in Handwara: Police

Handwara: Police on Thursday claimed that they busted a Pakistani sponsored narco-militant module and arrested three associates of Lashkar-e-Toiba and recovered drugs and cash from them. In a press conference in police district Handwara, SSP Handwara G V Sandeep said that 21 kilogram heroin with market value of Rs 100 crore and 1.34 crore cash […]

Five militants killed in Shopian, buried at Baramulla

Five militants killed in Shopian, buried at Baramulla

Baramulla: The five militants who were killed in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Wednesday morning in a gunfight with government forces were buried here in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday late night. Locals who dug the graves for militants said that bodies of all five local militants were shifted to Gantamulla Baramulla on Wednesday […]

Honey exhibition, sale held at Baramulla

BARAMULLA: The department of agriculture Baramulla on Thursday observed honey exhibition cum sale day in Baramulla which was inaugurated by the district development commissioner Baramulla Dr Gulam Nabi Itoo. On the occasion the Chief Agriculture Officer (CAO) Baramulla Mohammad Yousuf Shah informed that among other sectors in Baramulla, agriculture has a huge potential for apiculture […]

BMO Handwara suspended for using unparliamentary language

Baramulla: The block medical officer (BMO) Handwara Dr Abdul Majid Bhat has been placed under suspension for using unparliamentary language for public and staff members. As per an order passed by the director health services Kashmir, several Panchayat members and Sarpanch of Chogal Handwara lodged a complaint against the Incharge BMO Handwara Dr Abdul Majid […]

Body of missing trooper fished out from river Jhelum after five days

Baramulla: The body of a missing army personnel who went untraced last week in Boniyar area of Uri Baramulla, fished out from river Jhelum on Wednesday morning. Official sources in the police said that his dead body was fished out from river Jhelum near Boniyar village. They said the army personnel had been missing for […]

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