Several houses collapse in upper reaches
Baramulla/Srinagar: Eleven people were killed in separate snow avalanches across Kashmir on Tuesday while snow caused major damage and destruction in upper reaches of the Valley. Among the deceased include five civilians and six soldiers in separate incidents in north and central Kashmir districts. Kashmir received heaviest snow of the season from January 12 suspending […]
Say cannot follow the rate list as they fluctuate constantly
BARAMULLA: All vegetable vendors along with butchers on Thursday closed their outlets in the town in protest against what it called an outdated rate list that has been issued by the district administration. The protesting traders said that they cannot follow the rate schedule put forth by the district administration as it is not in […]
BARAMULLA: A single storey house was damaged in a fire incident at Chakla area of Baramulla. The fire – according to locals – broke out during midnight in the house of Ghulam Mohammad Seikh with locals fist trying to douse the flame. Later fire tenders from Baramulla were called in to contain the fire from […]
Arrest driver along with 3 others in the crime
BARAMULLA: Police in Patan have solved a robbery case that occurred last week near railway flyover in the area, in which a trader along with his driver was attacked and a money bag snatched from them. SDPO Patan Mashkoor Ahmad while sharing details of this with media on Monday said that the duo of Ghulam […]
Baramulla: A Condon and Search operation was launched by Army and police at Magraypora area of Patan on Sunday after suspicion of militants hiding in the area. While locals said that the area was first condoned during morning hours by 29 RR of Army and police sealing the entire area, the operation was called off […]
BARAMULLA: The traders of Pattan are upset over new proposed bypass in their area, saying it is going hit their business which is on strategic Srinagar-Baramulla highway. They said that the government should shelve this plan and make a new proposal and carry the road widening along the strategic route so that the market cannot […]
BARAMULLA: The residents of Churanda and Batgran in Uri have demanded immediate restoration of the road connecting them to Tehsil Headquaters Uri. The residents said that this 12 km vital link that was laid under PMGSY has been blocked for more than 20 days now after a landslide trigged by rains left the link blocked […]
Baramulla: The authorities have seized large quantity of illegally extracted gravel and sand from Mawar Nallah that flows through Kupwara District,besides seizing several vehicles used for ferrying this material. About 1,300 truckloads of these illegally piled sand and gravel has been seized by Department of Geology and Mining after acting against 16 offenders involved in […]
Say will resign if implemented
BARAMULLA: The panchayat and municipal members from Uri have slammed the proposed move by government to declare Uri a reserved constituency for Schedule Tribe (ST) community, saying that they will resign from their posts if this is approved by the authorities. The move, according to members, “will have far reaching consequences in the whole electoral […]
BARAMULLA: Even though calm prevailed along Line of Control in Uri but firing and shelling returned to Karnah village on Wednesday. The firing started in the evening in Tadd area of Karnah in Kupwara district. A day ago, two persons including a woman and an army officer were killed in Uri’s Hajipeer in fierce exchange […]