Uri fire incident: One more person succumbs, toll reaches 4

BARAMULLA: Two days after the death of his wife, Uri man injured during a fire also lost his life at SKIMS on Thursday and the toll of death reached four . Earlier his son and another person also lost their life after receiving grievous injuries in a fire incident on 7 February in Sultandaki village […]

Kashmir University bags Rs 10-crore DST grant under PURSE programme

It's a recognition, reflection of high standard of teaching and research at the university: Prof Talat 

Kashmir University bags Rs 10-crore DST grant under PURSE programme

  Srinagar: Continuing its march towards excellence, the University of Kashmir has bagged a mega research grant of 10 crore rupees under the Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence (PURSE) programme of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India.  The funds under the PURSE scheme are granted to select universities across the […]

87 new COVID-19 cases in J&K

87 new COVID-19 cases in J&K

  Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 87 fresh covid-19 cases, 44 among them travellers, even as three person succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Thursday. They said 11 cases were from Jammu Division and 76 from Kashmir Valley, taking the total case tally to 125634.   Reader correspondentkashmirreader.com

Barracks Of SSB Gutted In Massive Fire At Tatto Ground Batamaloo

Barracks Of SSB Gutted In Massive Fire At Tatto Ground Batamaloo

  Srinagar : At least seven barracks of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) were gutted in a massive fire at Tatto Ground Batamaloo overnight, officials said on Thursday. They said that the fire started at around 0300 hours from a barrack of 10th battalion SSB and spread in the vicinity. While at least seven barracks were […]

Shutdown in Srinagar as foreign delegation arrives to ‘assess ground situation’

Shutdown in Srinagar as foreign delegation arrives to ‘assess ground situation’

5 bunkers removed in Srinagar a day before, envoys regaled with Kashmiri wanwun at Degree College Magam Srinagar: A spontaneous, shutdown greeted the 20-member European-African delegation on Wednesday when it arrived in Kashmir to “assess the ground situation” post the conduct of district development elections. Before their arrival, the administration had removed at least five […]

25-yr-old youth, Akash Mehra, shot at in Dalgate

25-yr-old youth, Akash Mehra, shot at in Dalgate

Srinagar: An unknown gunman shot at and grievously injured a 25-year-old named Akash Mehra in Dalgate area of Srinagar on Wednesday evening, police said. Medical Superintendent of SMHS Hospital, Dr Nazir Chowdhry, told Kashmir Reader that the injured was brought to the hospital’s emergency in the evening. “The 25-year-old is being operated on. Nothing can […]

Body of missing women, fished out from river Jhelum

BARAMULLA: The body of a woman who went missing in January was fished out from river Jehlum on Tuesday evening in Baramulla. Police said that a lady Mubeena Begam wife of Farooq Ahmad Jatal of Paldaji Sheeri Baramulla went missing on January 20, from Sheeri market, and after a lot of searching police and family […]

Over 90 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses administered: Govt

New Delhi: Over 90 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered till now and no case of serious or severe adverse event following immunisation or death attributable to vaccination has been reported, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday. Of the 91,86,757 doses, 65,21,785 were administered to healthcare workers and 26,64,972 to frontline workers, Joint […]

Man injured after unknown gunmen fired upon him in Srinagar

  Srinagar:Unknown Gunmen fired upon a man near Sonwar area of Central Kashmir’s Srinagar on Wednesday evening. A senior police officer told GNS that suspected militants fired upon a man (whose identity is yet to ascertained) near Krishan Dabba Sonwar. He was immediately shifted to SMHS hospital for treatment where his condition is said to […]

Train services set to resume partially from Feb 22

Train services set to resume partially from Feb 22

  Srinagar: After remaining suspended for the last 10 months due to Covid-19 pandemic, the rail services are all set to resume “partially” from February 22 onwards in Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday. The officials said that Chief Area Manager Northern Railway Srinagar has written a communication to SSP/GRP/ Srinagar, clearly mentioning that the train […]