Couple, their 4-year-old son found dead under mysterious circumstances in north Kashmir village

Couple, their 4-year-old son found dead under mysterious circumstances in north Kashmir village

Baramulla: Three members of a family died allegedly due to suffocation in Nihalpora village of Pattan in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday night, locals said. Locals said that Mohammad Maqbool Lone (50),his wife Haseena Begum (45), and their minor son Talib Maqbool (4) were found dead at their home on Tuesday morning after which police […]

Govt puts cap on issuance of fuel to check black marketing amid snow

Govt puts cap on issuance of fuel to check black marketing amid snow

Srinagar: The divisional admin so Kashmir on Tuesday put a cap on the issuance of fuel and LPG to consumers to ensure adequate supplies and check black marketing in view of the prevailing inclement weather conditions. An communique shot by Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, P K Pole to State Level Coordinator IOCL Jammu, Deputy General Manager […]

Woman forced to deliver on stretcher in snowed in Shopian village

Woman forced to deliver on stretcher in snowed in Shopian village

Shopian: A woman hailing from Zarakan village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district was on Tuesday forced to give birth to her child on a stretcher carried by locals on foot on way to the hospital as authorities had not cleared the road of snow, locals said. Locals identified the woman as Akhter Jan, wife of […]

Cluster University Srinagar postpones all exams scheduled tomorrow

Cluster University Srinagar postpones all exams scheduled tomorrow

Srinagar: Controller Examinations at Cluster University Srinagar has said that the various undergraduate, integrated, professional and Honors examinations that the varsity had scheduled on Wednesday January 6 stand postponed in view of the inclement weather conditions prevalent in Kashmir valley. A statement issued by the Controller Examinations this afternoon in this regard said that fresh […]

Inquiry report into Mudasir Ali’s death hogwash: KWJA

Inquiry report into Mudasir Ali’s death hogwash: KWJA

  Srinagar: Kashmir Working Journalists Association (KWJA) has rejected the inquiry report of the Health Department into the death of senior journalist Mudasir Ali as “misleading and wanting in facts”. A KWJA statement issued this morning said the report “appears to be a cover-up for the negligence and shortcomings of the Health Department and its […]

KU postpones UG, BDS exams scheduled tomorrow, day after

KU postpones UG, BDS exams scheduled tomorrow, day after

  Srinagar: Kashmir University’s Controller of Examinations Prof Irshad A Nawchoo said on Tuesday that UG 1st year examination scheduled to be held on 6th January 2021 (Wednesday) stands postponed in view of the inclement weather conditions. The examinations of BDS Final (Community Dentistry) and UG 6th semester, which are scheduled to be held on 7th January 2021 (Thursday), are also postponed, he said. New dates […]

Snow shuts down Kashmir as air traffic, highways closed

Snow shuts down Kashmir as air traffic, highways closed

Srinagar: Flights remained grounded while the Jammu-Srinagar highway continued to be closed as snowfall battered Kashmir valley for the third consecutive day on Tuesday. Officials said that no flight could take off or arrive at the Srinagar international airport due to poor visibility. The airlines have already canceled or rescheduled the flights and as per […]

BOSE postpones tomorrow’s Class 11 exam

BOSE postpones tomorrow’s Class 11 exam

Srinagar: The J&K Board of School Education has postponed Wednesday’s class 11 examination in view of inclement weather conditions across Kashmir Division. A communique issued by Joint Secretary (Examination) JKBOSE, Kashmir Division Prof Aijaz A Hakak said fresh dates for the deferred exams will be issued separately. Reader correspondentkashmirreader.com

India records lowest daily cases in over six months

India records lowest daily cases in over six months

New Delhi: India recorded 16,375 new cases of coronavirus, the lowest in over six months, taking the country’s COVID-19 caseload to 1,03,56,844, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll increased to 1,49,850 with 201 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed The number of people who have recuperated […]

Saudi Arabia to lift Qatar embargo, easing the Gulf crisis

Dubai:Saudi Arabia will open its airspace and land border to Qatar in the first step toward ending a years-long diplomatic crisis that deeply divided US defense partners, frayed societal ties and tore apart a traditionally clubby alliance of Gulf states, officials said late Monday. Qatar’s only land border has been mostly closed since mid-2017, when […]