Anantnag: Two unidentified militants were killed in an encounter that raged between government forces and militants in Kandipora village of Bijbehara belt in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday. A senior police officer told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that two unidentified militants have been killed so far while as search operation is […]
Anantnag: A militant has been killed in an ongoing encounter that raged between government forces and militants in Kandipora village of Bijbehara in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday. A senior police officer told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that one unidentified militant has been killed so far while the operation is on […]
Qazigund: An unknown vehicle on Thursday morning crushed a Railway policeman to death at Damjan area of Qazigund in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district, official said. The policeman has been identified as Pervaiz Ahmad (38), of Hutmuda, Anantnag. He was posted in Damjan. Station House Officer (SHO), Qazigund Irshad Reshi told KNO that it was […]
Budgam: A CRPF man committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle inside a camp in Sheikhpora area of central Kashmir’s Budgam distrit early morning today. An official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a CRPF personnel committed suicide after shooting himself with his service riffle at his camp in Budgam. He […]
Srinagar: At least six residential houses were damaged, most of them fully, in highly congested Nawa Bazar area in heart of the Old City here, official said on Thursday. Official sources told GNS the fire erupted midnight at around 4:20 a.m., apparently due to short-circuitin one of the houses. Soon the fire spread and […]
Handwara: Al-Badr chief Abdul Gani Khawaja alias Gani Khawja who was killed in a brief gunfight with government forces in Tujar Sharif area of Sopore outskirts was buried in a graveyard at Gantamulla area of Baramulla on Tuesday night. People said that the body of slain militant commander was shifted to Gantamulla in Baramulla where […]
‘Yellow warning’ for today, tomorrow; traffic from both sides on highway today but official advice against travelling Srinagar: As forecast by the J&K meteorological (MeT) department, some upper reaches of Kashmir received fresh snowfall while the plains received rainfall on Wednesday. The MeT department’s forecast is for more wet weather on Thursday and Friday. The […]
Srinagar: Asia’s largest tulip garden just got larger, and this year is opening earlier than usual for visitors – on the 25th of March. Officials of the Floriculture department said on Wednesday that almost 1.5 million (15 lakh) tulips, three lakh more than the 12 lakh flowers seen in past years, will be in bloom […]
Srinagar: Specially-abled persons have written to the government seeking action against radio jockey (RJ) Rayees Mohiuddin of Red FM for mocking at a specially-abled person in a prank on his radio show. Outraged by the humiliation, Valley’s specially-abled community mailed two separate complaints to the government’s social welfare department and J&K Information and Public Relations […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir political leaders, including former chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, extended their greetings to Kashmiri Pandits on the festival of Mahashivratri on Wednesday. Advisors to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar and Baseer Khan have extended warm greetings to the people of Jammu and Kashmir on the auspicious festival […]