Srinagar worst affected, Shopian and Kulgam the least Anantnag: More than 16,000 people were infected with the novel coronavirus in Kashmir valley in the past one month, while 180 people lost their lives during the same time. Srinagar district continued to be the worst affected among the ten districts in Kashmir, contributing around 34 percent […]
Pulwama: The main fruit mandi in Pulwama district remains devoid of basic facilities like sheds and shops. Traders have had to erect their own tents and carry on their business in a haphazard manner here. The mandi, located in Prichoo area, was originally spread over 36 kanals of land. However, there were just three sheds […]
Anantnag: Two CRPF soldiers were killed and three others, one of them an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), were injured in a deadly militant attack on Monday afternoon along National Highway on the outskirts of Srinagar city. The slain CRPF men have been identified as Constables Shailendra Singh and Dhirendra Tripathi. The injured men were identified by […]
Anantnag: A minor girl, the granddaughter of one of the victims of the Pathribal fake encounter, has gone missing from near her home in Brari Aangan area of Utterasoo, here in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. The girl has been identified as 15-year-old Shahnaza Akhtar, daughter of Rasheed Khan. Khan is the son of Jumma Khan, […]
Anantnag: Good old religion has come to the aid of those afflicted by the novel coronavirus, as mosque committees in many parts of Kashmir have started procuring oxygen concentrators for people who cannot find space in hospitals and/or are too wary of the hospital. One of the first and major causes of worry for coronavirus […]
Anantnag: Militants, believed to be two in number, managed to flee after exchanging gunfire with government forces, here in Marhama area of Anantnag district on Tuesday. A senior police official from the area said that an army patrol was fired upon by militants near the higher secondary school in Marhama. “No one was hurt in […]
Anantnag: A gunfight between militants and government forces broke out in Bijbehara area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Tuesday afternoon. The encounter was triggered shortly after militants attacked a joint patrol of forces near Higher Secondary School, Marhama in Bijbehara, sources told Kashmir Reader. They said the forces escaped the attack and launched a […]
Anantnag: One of the longest surviving militants in Kashmir was killed along with his close aide by government forces in Samboora village of Pulwama district, in an operation that was concluded early Monday morning, police said. The slain militants were identified as Aijaz Ahmad Reshi and Sajad Ahmad Sofi, both members of the Lashkar-e-Toiba. “Two […]
34-year-old leaves behind two little daughters Anantnag: A 34-year-old man who was among four civilians injured in an explosion at a gunfight site in Sirhama area of Anantnag district on Friday, succumbed to his injuries at a Srinagar hospital on Monday, leaving behind two little daughters – a toddler and an infant – besides his […]
Anantnag: Four men, two of them brothers, died of asphyxiation after falling into a sewage trench they were cleaning in Tulkhon area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. The deceased have been identified as Nazir Ahmad Dar, 45, his 40-year-old brother Abdul Rasheed, both sons of Ghulam Hassan and residents of Tulkhon village, and Arshid Wani, […]