Srinagar: The President of India on Thursday appointed Mohammad Yousuf Wani as Additional Judge of the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court for a period of two years.“In exercise of the power conferred by Clause (1) of Article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Mohd. Yousuf Wani, […]
Srinagar: Amid forecast for fairly widespread light to moderate rain and thunders during next 48 hours, night temperature recorded an increase and settled above normal in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday.A meteorological department official said that Srinagar recorded a minimum of 9.9°C against 4.2°C on the previous night and it was above normal by 5.2°C […]
Srinagar: An unidentified body has been found at Watnard village in Kokernag area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, an official said.The official said that passersby sighted a body this morning and subsequently informed the Police.”A police team reached the site and had taken the body into its possession,”the official said adding, “The identity of the […]
Srinagar: Four days after convicting him, a fast-track court here on Wednesday sentenced a resident of Bihar to eight years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed Rs 20000 in connection with kidnapping and raping of a 15-year-old girl in Habba Kadal area of Srinagar in 2016. Renu Dogra Gupta, 2nd Additional Sessions Judge (Fast Track Court […]
New Delhi: India’s solar waste could reach a staggering 600 kilotonnes by 2030 — equivalent to filling up 720 Olympic-size swimming pools — according to a new study released on Wednesday. The study by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and independent think tank Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) said around 67 […]
Srinagar: A court in Pulwama has convicted a person from whose possession police had recovered huge quantity of contraband including over a quintal of “Bangh leaves” and 1.2 kgs Charas at Kakapora area of the south Kashmir district in 2018.”….the prosecution has been able to establish and prove its case against the accused beyond all […]
Srinagar: In a major relief to train commuters, Northern Railways has reduced ticket fares to pre-COVID times in the Kashmir valley, officials said on Wednesday.A top railway official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that railways reinstated Second Class Ordinary Fares on passenger trains in Kashmir .”The fare charges have been dropped by nearly […]
Sopore: A 40-year-old man was found dead under mysterious circumstances i in an orchard in Duroo village of Sopore, officials said here on Wednesday.An official said that the body has been recovered from the orchard and was subsequently taken to sub-district hospital Sopore. The cause of death is being ascertained and further investigations have been […]
Srinagar,: Amid forecast for rains and snow on March 21-22, night temperature recorded a rise at most places in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. While generally dry weather has been forecast during the next 24 hours, a meteorological department official said that there is possibility of light to moderate rain/snow at many places with thunder/lightning […]
Srinagar: Two persons were apprehended with a whopping ninty kilograms of poppy-straw in Pahalgam area of Anantnag district, an official said on Tuesday.The official said that on receipt of reliable inputs, police laid a naka during which it intercepted a duo in possession of ninty kilograms of poppy-straw. Identifying the duo as Aijaz Ahmad Bhat, […]