9 injured in gas cylinder blast in Kupwara

Kupwara: Atleast nine people suffered serious burn injuries following an LPG gas cylinder explosion inside a kitchen in Mugalpora village of Kupwara district on Saturday. “Nine people suffered burn injuries after an LPG gas cylinder exploded inside the house of of Ghulam Mohidin Wani son of Ghulam Ahmad Wani of Mughalpora Kupwara. Among the injured […]

Night Temperature Rises As J&K Expects Dry Weather For Now

Srinagar: Night temperatures recorded increase in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. A Meteorological official said that Srinagar recorded a low of 8.9°C against 7.0°C on the previous night. The temperature, he said, was 1.0°C above normal during this time of the year for the summer capital. Qazigund recorded a low of 6.8°C against 4.8°C on […]

IED recovered, destroyed in Rajouri: Police

Rajouri: Security forces in the wee hours of Saturday morning recovered Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) in Gurdan Chawa village of Rajouri district, police said. A police official said that after receiving credible input about some suspicious movement in Gurdan Chawa village in Rajouri, security forces launched a joint Cordon and Search Operation in the area […]

Situation returning to ‘90s in Valley, says KPSS while condemning targeted attacks on Hindus

Situation returning to ‘90s in Valley, says KPSS while condemning targeted attacks on Hindus

Srinagar: Kashmir Pandit Sangharsh Samiti (KPSS) has strongly condemned the issuance of threat letters and the killing of Kashmiri Pandits and Kashmiri Hindus living in the Valley. In a statement, the body representing Kashmiri Pandits living in the Valley said that the situation is returning to 1990. “In 1990, killings lists were circulated in mosques […]

5 Covid cases in J&K

5 Covid cases in J&K

Srinagar: Five Covid cases were reported in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, an official bulletin. It said that four cases were reported in Kashmir and one in Jammu, taking the total positive cases to 453920. Moreover, 9 more COVID-19 patients from Kashmir division have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals. On COVID vaccination, the […]

Independent Sarpanch’s Body Found In Orchard

Srinagar: An independent Sarpanch was shot dead by militants in Pattan area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday, officials said. They said bullet ridden body of the Sarpanch, Manzoor Ahmad Bangroo son of Mohammad Sadiq of Goshbugh area of Pattan was found in orchard, Rakh area, and was taken to hospital. The doctors declared […]

BJP Sarpanch shot dead in Pattan

Baramulla: Unknown gunmen shot dead a BJP Sarpanch in an orchard at Goush-bugh village of Pattan in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday evening. Official said that a sarpanch associated with BJP was shot dead by suspected militants in an orchard at Goush-bugh village this evening. The Sarpanch has been identified as Manzoor Ahmad Bangroo […]

Soldier ends life in JAKLI centre Rangreth

Srinagar: A soldier committed suicide inside a JAKLI centre at Rangreth here during midnight, officials said on Friday. They said lance naik Akash Kumar shoot himself dead with his service weapon at around 2 a.m. midnight. While the soldier died on the spot, official said that the reason for him taking such an extreme step […]

After rains, night temp falls below normal in most parts of Kashmir

Srinagar: After light rains during last couple of days, night temperature registered a considerable drop with mercury settling below normal in Kashmir Valley barring Gulmarg and Kupwara town on Friday. A meteorological department official here said that Srinagar received traces of rainfall in the last 24 hours till 0830 hours this morning and recorded a […]

Six Covid cases in Kashmir, zero in Jammu

Six Covid cases in Kashmir, zero in Jammu

Srinagar: Six Covid cases were reported in Kashmir while zero cases were detected in Jammu, an official bulletin said. It said that eight more COVID-19 patients from Kashmir division have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals. On COVID vaccination, the bulletin informs that 11,143doses of COVID vaccine have been administered in the last 24 […]