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Not just ‘smart libraries’, Srinagar needs upgrade in existing libraries, too

Srinagar: As the government has sanctioned two smart libraries for Srinagar city, the people have welcomed the move but also called for upgrading the...

Leopards cause panic in Baramulla, one captured

BARAMULLA: Several leopards creates panic among the local residents of Kantabagh, Ushkora, Friends Colony, Rangwar and other areas of Baramulla from past few days,...

DC Srinagar administers oath to elected DDC member, an expecting mother, at her home; wins hearts

Srinagar: In a heartening gesture, Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary Monday visited the house of an elected District Development Council (DDC) candidate...

Soldier injured in last week’s Shopian gunfight succumbs

Srinagar: A soldier who was injured along with another colleague in a gunfight with militants in Shopian district’s Kanigam area last week succumbed to...

COVID-19 decline in J&K? 156 new cases; active cases 3,157

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Monday reported 156 new COVID-19 cases taking the overall tally to 1,20,293. Out of the total cases, 1,15,261 have recovered...

KU releases social audit report of Mid-Day Meal Scheme

    Srinagar: The University of Kashmir on Monday released the findings of a social audit conducted into the Mid-Day Meal Scheme in select schools of Kashmir...

Reasi resident ‘tasked to carry out grenade attacks in Jammu’ arrested, police say

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir police Monday arrested a resident of Reasi district it said was "tasked to carry out grenade explosions in Jammu city". In...

DAK warns new Coronavirus strain could reinfect recovered COVID-19 patients

Srinagar: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Monday said people who have recovered from Covid-19 infection could be reinfected with the new mutated strain of...

‘Will see whether anti-defection law can be imposed in J&K’: Div Com Kashmir on ‘horse trading’ allegations in DDC election

' Srinagar: Amid allegations of horse-trading by Kashmir political parties, the divisional administration on Monday said that it "will verify whether the anti-defection law can...

Toddler drowns to death in Bandipora

  Bandipora: A two-year-old boy drowned to death in a canal at Sodanara village of Hajin in north Kashmir's Bandipora district on Monday. An official identified the...

9 injured in Poonch mishap

Srinagar: At least nine passengers were injured after the cab they were traveling in met an accident near Sundri area of Saujiyan Mandi tehsil...

Srinagar teen dies under mysterious circumstances at Pahalgam hotel

Srinagar: A 19-year-old boy hailing from Srinagar was found dead under mysterious circumstances at a Pahalgam tourist resort in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on...

Four houses gutted in Kupwara

Kupwara: At least four houses gutted in a fire incident in Kralpora area of north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Saturday night. The fire broke out...

Revenue employee found dead in Baramulla

BARAMULLA: A Kashmiri Pandit also an employee of the revenue department was found dead in Veriwan area of Baramulla on Baramulla Uri road Sunday...

260 new COVID-19 cases in J&K, two more deaths

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday reported 260 fresh COVID-19 cases taking the tally of cases to 1,20,137. As per the government's media bulletin, two...

Kashmiri pandit found dead in Baramulla

  Baramulla: A Kashmiri migrant pandit was found dead under mysterious circumstances near Pandit Migrant Colony in Weervan locality of north Kashmir’s Baramulla on Sunday...

6 hand grenades recovered during CASO in Poonch, three suspects held: police

  Jammu: Three local residents from Mendhar area of Poonch district in Jammu division were on Sunday arrested after recovery of six hand grenades from...

Deserter Chadoora SPO a JeM militant now, held with 3 associates from Pulwama: Police

Srinagar: Police on Sunday claimed to have arrested a missing SPO who had decamped with two rifles along with three other associates of Jaish-e-Mohammad...

SPO who decamped with 2 AK-47 rifles from Chadoora camp arrested

  Srinagar: A Special Police Officer who had gone missing along with two rifles from his camp at Chadoora in central Kashmir's Budgam district two...

Maharajpora Bridge, with ceremony announced, abandoned by both contractor and state

Baramulla: Seven years have passed since Omar Abdullah, then the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir state, laid the foundation stone of Maharajpora Bridge...

249 new COVID-19 cases in J&K; six more deaths

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday reported 249 new COVID-19 cases taking the overall tally to 1,19,877. Out of the total cases, 1,14,722 have recovered...

Amshipora fake encounter: Police produces challan against Army captain, 2 others

    Shopian: The SIT which was constituted by Police to probe the fake encounter at Amshipora in south Kashmir's Shopian earlier this year produced challan...

J&K admin using police make winning PAGD candidates in DDC polls switch to Apni Party: Omar Abdullah

Srinagar: National Conference vice-president and the former chief minister of erstwhile J&K State Omar Abdullah Saturday alleged that administration led by LG Manoj Sinah...

KU V-C flags off ‘Fit India Cyclothon’

    Srinagar: Vice-Chancellor of University of Kashmir Prof Talat Ahmad on Saturday flagged off ‘Fit India Cyclothon’ to encourage young students to actively take part...

Make public enquiry into journalist Mudasir Ali’s death, demands KPC

Srinagar: The Kashmir Press Club on Saturday urged the health authorities in Kashmir to make public the contents of an enquiry into the sudden...

En route to duty, Kupwara cop killed in accident on Srinagar-Jammu highway

  Jammu: A policeman hailing from north Kashmir's Kupwara district was killed in an accident along Jammu-Srinagar highway in Ramban district on Saturday, officials said. They...

Shopian gunfight: ‘Two militants killed, search on’

Shopian: Two militants have been killed in the gunfight with government forces that raged in Kanigam village of Imamsahib belt in south Kashmir’s Shopian...

A man dressed as Santa Claus distributes sweets on Christmas Day in a church in Srinagar

A man dressed as Santa Claus distributes sweets on Christmas Day in a church in Srinagar on Friday. Photo: Faisal Khan

2 soldiers killed, another injured as army barrack collapses in Kathua

  Jammu: Two Army soldiers died and another was seriously injured after a barrack they were putting up collapsed at Machedi in Kathua district on...

284 new COVID-19 cases in J&K; active cases drop below 3,500 mark

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Friday reported 284 new COVID-19 cases taking the overall tally to 1,19,628. Out of the total cases, 1,14,353 have recovered...

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