Srinagar: A major tragedy was averted on Thursday after security forces detected and destroyed 5-kg IED planted on à roadside at Wanpora on Pulwama- Srinagar road. An official said that acting on a specific intellegence that militants have planted an IED on Newa, Pulwama—Srinagar road in Wanpora, a search operarion was launched […]
Srinagar: Upper reaches of Kashmir Valley received snowfall while rains started in plains on Thursday. Amid overnight cloud cover, minimum temperature rose considerably across the J&K and Ladakh, with most places in Kashmir Valley recording above-sub-zero temperature. Almost 4 inches of snowfall were reported from parts of north Kashmir as authorities closed Bandipora-Gurez […]
Srinagar: Following overnight snowfall in the region, authorities on Thursday directed for closure of Mughal road for all sorts of vehicular traffic till further orders. DTI Mughal road, Qasim Ahmed said the road has been closed in view of slippery road conditions in view of nearly two to three inch snowfall over the terrain. […]
Srinagar: One Covid death was reported in Jammu while 125 new cases of the Covid were recorded in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, an official bulletin said. It said that 97 cases were recorded in Kashmir and 28 in Jammu division. Moreover, 143 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including […]
Srinagar: Can Kashmir University Vice-Chancellor Prof Talat Ahmad continue to hold the position after having crossed the upper age limit? This question is baffling academicians at the University of Kashmir. The three-year term of Prof Ahmad ended in August this year. Few months prior to this, Prof Ahmad crossed the age of 65 years and […]
Islamabad: Pakistan skipper Babar Azam has again reclaimed the top spot in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s T20 International (T20I) Batting Rankings, a week after slipping to second place behind Englishman David Malan. After the latest update by the ICC, Azam now shares the number one rank with Malan, both having a rating […]
Srinagar: An Assistant Sub-inspector of Police, who was gravely injured in a militant attack, succumbed to wounds on way to hospital, official sources said . The militants fired upon ASI Mohammad Ashraf of Awantipora, leaving him critically injured with two bullet wounds in neck and chest, at Bijbhera. He was shifted to […]
Bijbehara: An assistant sub inspector of Police was shot at by unknown gunmen in Bijbehara area of Anantnag district on Wednesday evening. An official said that an ASI of Jammu and Kashmir police was shot at by suspected militants near SDH Bijbehara on Wednesday evening. He said that ASI identified as Muhammad […]
Srinagar:A civilian was on Wednesday evening shot dead outside him residential house in Mirjanpora area of Nawa Kadal Srinagar. Official sources said that a civilian identified as Rouf Ahmad Khan, son of Muhammad Shafi Khan of Mirjanpora Nawa Kadal was fired upon by unidentified gunmen outside his home. He was immediately shifted […]
Srinagar: Unknown gunmen Shot at a person at Eidgah in Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district on Wednesday evening. A senior police officer said that militants fired upon a person identifying him as Rouf Ahmad Khan (45) at Eidgah. He has been shifted to hospital and his status of condition of yet to […]