Anantnag: Much to the annoyance and inconvenience of people, street lights in many parts of the main town of Anantnag are defunct as the Municipal authorities continue to look the other way. The locals rue that the lights, on which money has been spent over the years, have remained defunct for months now, and repeated […]
‘Hybrid militant’ involved in the attack arrested within hours Anantnag: Two non-local labourers were killed in an explosion, caused by a hand grenade hurled into their rented accommodation by militants, late Monday night in Shopian district, the police said. Police also said they arrested a “hybrid militant” allegedly involved in the attack within hours after […]
Slain leaves behind wife, two minor kids Anantnag: A Kashmiri Pandit was shot at and killed, Saturday afternoon, by militants in Shopian district of South Kashmir. The slain has been identified as Pooran Kishan Bhat, son of Tarakh Nath Bhat, a resident of Chowdhrygund village in the Shopian district. The 48-year-old was a farmer by […]
Contractor dies without getting paid for work, his family keeps the building safe Anantnag: A school building, completed almost three decades ago, is yet to be taken over by the concerned department while the family of the now deceased contractor continues to take care of the structure amid alleged encroachments upon the land around the […]
Anantnag: Illegal fishing of Brown Trout, a rare breed of fish, goes unabated at Trout-Beats along Brengi Nallah, here in the Anantnag district of South Kashmir, right under the nose of the administration. Making things worse, the poachers have been using harmful chemicals to swell the size of their catch, while the Fisheries Department has […]
Anantnag: Two local militants, affiliated with the Lashkar-e-Toiba, were killed Monday in a gunfight with government forces, here in the Anantnag district of South Kashmir, the police have said. The slain militants were yet to be identified by the police, while this report was being filed. Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Vijay Kumar, confirmed […]
Anantnag: The Khanabal-Bijbehara stretch of the old National Highway has turned into a huge slum, where garbage is dumped in the open by municipal authorities, much to the annoyance of the general public. This 5 Kilometre stretch has been facing utter neglect on part of the authorities, for more than two years now, since the […]
Anantnag: The dangerous state of electricity supply infrastructure here in Kamad area of Anantnag district has the residents terrified, in particular for the safety of school going kids. A High Tension (HT) transmission line runs right through a school, while a 250 KVA transformer in Herpora area of Kamad has remained on a road intersection […]
Anantnag: Four local militants, three of them affiliated to Jaish-e-Muhammad and another to the Lashkar-e-Toiba, were killed in two separate gunfights on Wednesday here in Shopian district, police said. The two gunfights took place in Drach and Mool villages. The militants slain in the Drach gunfight have been identified by a police source as Saqib […]
Anantnag: The high-pitched music, and announcements, blaring every morning from garbage collection trucks in many parts of Kashmir have become a public nuisance. Less than a year back, the municipalities in many parts of Kashmir distributed separate dustbins for wet and dry waste, which was to be collected by garbage trucks that had an inbuilt […]