Srinagar: District administration Ramban has ordered for closure of all schools, upto Class 8, for the day, amid ongoing heavy rains across the district. Deputy Commissioner Ramban Mussarat Islam, ordered for the closure of the schools albeit asking for scheduled conduct of exams, if any, in the district. “All Schools (Government & Private) up to […]
Srinagar: Police on Sunday claimed to have arrested a militant associate along with a IED weighing 5-6kg in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. In a tweet, The Kashmir Police Zone informed, ” “Pulwama Police averted a major tragedy by apprehending a militant associate Ishfaq Ahmed Wani R/O Arigam Pulwama and recovering an IED (approx 5-6Kgs) on […]
Pulwama: A husband-wife duo died due to cloudburst in Pampore hamlet of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday. An official said that cloudburst occurred at Bojhbagh area of Samboora in Pampore, leaving persons dead. The duo has been identified as Hilal Ahmad Hanji (25) son of Abdul Hamid Hanji and his wife Rozia Jan resident […]
Budgam: Two persons including a woman were killed after lightning struck them on Saturday at Khansahib area in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. An official said that a lady and a man were breeding their sheep in a higher altitude area when the lightning struck them this afternoon. The incident took place at Sochalpathri Mujpathri, he […]
Srinagar: Special Investigation Unit of Kashmir Police conducted searches in the house of a active Hizb-ul-Mujahideen commander in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday. In a handout, the police said that continuing its crackdown on terror elements, Special Investigation Unit (SIU) Kulgam today, conducted searches in the residential premises of Abdul Gani Bhat, father of […]
Srinagar: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday arrived in Jammu and is scheduled to visit Rajouri where 5 army personnel were killed in a blast during an encounter in Kandi forest area of the district yesterday. Rajnath Singh landed in Jammu today where he was received by Army Chief Manoj Pande and Lt Governor Manoj […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government’s tourism department Saturday said that they have selected 300 destinations for promoting film tourism in the UT this year while G-20 will be the major international event and the great opportunity for J&K. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of the inauguration of the first show of the newly released […]
Srinagar: A 58-year-old woman died after a gas cylinder caught fire and exploded at Ali Kadal area in Old Srinagar on Saturday. The LPG cylinder explosion also led to the damage to 3-storey house even as the sleuths of Fire and Emergency Department controlled the fire from spreading in the congested locality, official said They […]
Srinagar): Weather department on Saturday forecast widespread moderate rain and thunderstorm over Kashmir division during the next 24 hours. A meteorological department official here said that there was also possibility of light rain and thunderstorm at “scattered places” over Jammu division during the time. For subsequent two days, he said, fairly widespread light to moderate […]
Jammu: One militant killed and another was likely injured in an ongoing gunbattle in the woods of Rajouri, where five men of elite Special Forces of Army were killed on Friday. Defence spokesman Lt. Colonel Devender Anand said that one militant was killed while another was likely wounded in the gunfight. “In the ongoing joint […]