BARAMULLA: The shortage of parking lots inmain town Baramulla is causing traffic jams on Srinagar-Muzafarabad road. For several years, the shopkeepers, transporters and public have raised this issue, but the administration is not taking serious steps to resolve it. The people here said that there is not a single space in the town for the […]
Baramulla: The electric transformer of Zandfaran village of Narvaw Baramulla has been damaged for the four times in row this month on Wednesday. Local people of the Zandfaran village said that their electric transformer which was installed a week ago after repairs was damaged again on Wednesday morning Locals said that department was installed a 100 […]
5 bears caught in Tangmarg
Baramulla: Two employees of wild life department were injured on Sunday when they were trying to get hold of wild bears that had entered civilian areas in various villages of Tangmarg in north Kashmir. North Kashmir Wildlife Warden Mohammad Maqbool Baba told Kashmir Reader that two employees identified as Ashiq Ahmad and Riyaz Ahmad were […]
BARAMULLA: Cariappa park, one of the oldest park in the Baramulla, is in shambles and lying in a state of neglect. Its dilapidated condition has continuously irked the locals and visitors. Park was named after Field Marshal Kodandera “Kipper” Madappa Cariappa who was the first Indian Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of the Indian Army. He led Indian […]
Baramulla: Government forces on Saturday launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Sopore village here in north Kashmir and conducted door to door search. Sources said that teams of army’s 22RR, Jammu and Kashmir police sealed Warpora village of Sopore after inputs of presence of militants in the area. The forces searched several houses […]
KUPWARA: A 17-year-old Kupwara boy was allegedly beaten to death by his colleague in Rajasthan, police said on Friday. Basit, a resident Kupwara, was allegedly thrashed by his fellow worker Aditya (22) in Harmara area on Wednesday night after the two had an argument, they said. Sources said that Basit Ahmad Khan, 17, son of […]
BARAMULLA: Kashmir’s own Lower Jhelum Hydro electric power Project (LJHP) is generating double electricity instead of previous yearsowing to improvement in weather and melting of snow, an official said. Official sources of the LJHP project said that the project generates 30 to 40-megawatt electricity in the months of November and December while 40 to 50 […]
Kupwara: Fifty houses were partially damaged in intense firing and shelling along the Line of Control in north Kashmir’s Karnah a day ago when India and Pakistan forces targeted each other. On Tuesday, a team of officials headed by Sub divisional magistrate (SDM) and Station House Officer (SHO) police station Tangdar visited the affected areas. […]
BARAMULLA: LPG crisis has hit north Kashmir’s Baramulla from past half a month, with locals saying that gas agencies are refusing to provide them supplies. Locals said that soon after the heavy snowfall, gas agencies stored the cylinders that led to crisis like situation.They said that as the government’s announcement that there is stock of […]
Kupwara: A civilian was killed along Line of Control in north Kashmir’s Kupwara on Monday after India and Pakistan troops exchanged fires and mortar shells. The slain was identified as Mohammad Saleem son of Alim Din, a resident of village Tar in Karnah. Station House Officer (SHO) Tangdar police station Wasim Ahmad confirmed the death […]