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1492 new COVID-19 cases take J&K tally past 62k; death toll nears 1,000 mark

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday reported 1492 new COVID-19 infections taking the overall tally to 62,533. As per the government's media bulletin, 661 cases...

Labourer killed, minor girl among 4 injured in separate Kupwara mishaps

  Kupwara: One person was killed and four others were injured in three separate road accidents in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Saturday. Reports said that...

LeT militant trio arrested in Rajouri had received arms, cash from drone at LoC: DGP

  Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh Saturday said that the three Lashkar-e-Toiba militants arrested in Rajouri who were from...

50 percent discount on water and electricity charges only for industrial and commercial consumers, not domestic bills: J&K govt clarifies

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday issued a clarification regarding the discount on electricity and water charges it announced along with a...

Transfers, postings in civil administration

  Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday ordered transfer of seven officers in the civil administration with immediate effect. As per an order issued in...

LG Sinha announces Rs 1350 crore revival package for ailing business sector in J&K

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Saturday announced a mega economic package of Rs 1350 crore for reviving the ailing business sector...

Rifle snatched from J&K Bank guard in south Kashmir’s Tral

  Pulwama: Unknown persons on Saturday snatched a 12-bore rifle from a bank guard in Dadsara area of south Kashmir's Pulwama district. The incident took place...

LAHDC election on October 16

Leh: The authorities in Ladakh have announced schedule of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill development Council (LAHDC) Leh polls, notwithstanding opposition's demand for postponement of...

Over a dozen shops gutted in Banihal blaze

  Jammu: Around 15 shops were gutted in fire in Khari market of Banihal tehsil in Ramban district of Jammu division, officials said on Saturday. The...

1330 new COVID-19 cases take J&K tally past 61,000

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Friday reported 1330 new COVID-19 infections taking the overall tally to 61041. As per the government's media bulletin, 658 cases...

KCC&I elections from Sept 25

Srinagar: The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCC&I) on Friday welcomed the directions of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court for facilitation of...

4 held along with 6 kg contraband ‘resembling cocaine’ in north Kashmir’s Baramulla

  Srinagar: Police on Friday claimed to have recovered cocaine weighing around 6 kilograms on the disclosure of four persons it arrested in Baramulla district...

Panic in Gurez villages as India, Pak armies exchange fire along LoC

  Bandipora: Panic gripped villagers along the Line of Control (LoC) in Gurez area of north Kashmir's Bandipora district as armies of India and Pakistan...

Hurriyat activist’s wife ends life in central Kashmir’s Budgam

  Budgam: A 37-year-old lady allegedly ended life by consuming some poisonous substance at her home at Namtehall village of Chadoora area in Central Kashmir's Budgam...

19 more deaths, 1467 new cases

Srinagar: Nineteen more deaths were reported due to Covid-19 on Thursday, taking the toll of victims in J&K to 951. The covid tally neared the...

Body of PaK man killed by BSF returned to family

Baramulla: Indian authorities ‪on Thursday afternoon‬ handed over the body of a man from Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK) who had been killed by troops of...

Active COVID-19 cases past 20,000 as J&K reports 1467 new infections

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday reported 1467 new COVID-19 infections taking the overall tally to 59,711. As per the government's media bulletin, 682 cases...

2 more former MLAs from south Kashmir released from house detention

  Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has released two Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senior leaders and former MLAs Mohammad Yousuf Bhat and Aijaz Ahmad...

Ammunition found concealed underground in Awantipora, says police

AWANTIPORA: Police on Thursday claimed to have recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition dumped underground from a forest in Awantipora in south...

All 3 militants killed in Srinagar gunfight locals from south Kashmir: DGP Dilbagh Singh

  Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir’s Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh said that the three militants killed in a gunfight with government forces in...

PDP’s Naeem Akhtar released from house detention

  Srinagar:  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senior leader and former minister, Naeem Akhtar was on Thursday released from house detention. Akhtar remained under preventive detention since...

2 more militants killed in Srinagar gunfight: Police

Srinagar: Two more unidentified militants have been killed in the gunfight with government forces in Batmaloo area of Srinagar taking the death toll in...

Srinagar gunfight: Woman killed in ‘cross fire’, CRPF man injured; toll 2

Srinagar: A 45-year-old woman was killed in "cross fire" and a CRPF man injured in the gunfight between militants and government forces in Srinagar's...

Unidentified militant killed in Srinagar gunfight: Police

Srinagar: An unidentified militant has been killed in a gunfight with government forces in Srinagar's Batmaloo area, police said. The gunfight raged in the wee...

J&K reports 1590 new COVID-19 infections, active cases near 20,000

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday reported 1590 new COVID-19 infections taking the overall tally to 58,244. As per the government's media bulletin, 758 cases...

COVID-19: BGSBU decides to do away with this year’s entrance test, to make admissions on basis of academic merit

Srinagar: Administration at the Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGSBU) Rajouri has decided to do away with this year's entrance test and rather make...

Drug peddler held along with 72 kg contraband in central Kashmir’s Chadoora

Budgam: Police in Chadoora area of central Kashmir's Budgam district arrested a notorious drug peddler and recovered 72 kg contraband from his possession on...

Alleged ‘OGW’ dies mysteriously after ‘managing to escape’ from police custody in Baramulla

Srinagar: A youth in his twenties in north Kashmir's Baramulla district claimed by police to be an "over ground worker" of an unspecified militant...

KEG elects new body

  Srinagar: Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) has elected its new body for a 2-year mandate. The media body elected Sajjad Haider as its President, Masood...

1329 more contract COVID-19 in J&K, tally rises to 56,654

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday reported 1329 new COVID-19 infections taking the overall tally to 56,654. As per the government's media bulletin, 588 cases...

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