Darul Khair distributes relief material among fire victims

Darul Khair distributes relief material among fire victims

Srinagar: Darul Khair Mirwaiz Manzil has expressed deep anguish over huge loss of property due to fire incident at NawaKadal and Watal Kadal area of Srinagar’s Shaher-e-Khaas in which dozens of residential houses were gutted. It expressed heartfelt solidarity and sympathy with all the affected families and stressed for their immediate rehabilitation in view of […]

JDP Bandipore holds meeting on working Panchayat Development Index

BANDIPORA: Joint Director Planning, Bandipora Imtiyaz Ahmad held a detailed meeting with all the 22 identified Departments for working on innovative Digital Product of Bandipora ‘Panchayat Development Index’ to ensure the regular data entry into the vibrant dashboard of Index ” realchangersbandipora.com “. Pertinently, District Administration Bandipore has developed a maiden index to have basic […]

WHO teams visits Wuhan food market in search of virus clues

Wuhan:A World Health Organisation team looking into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic on Sunday visited a market known to be the food distribution center for the Chinese city of Wuhan during the 76-day lockdown last year. The team members were seen walking through sections of the Baishazhou market — one of the largest wet […]

Kashmir remains in deep freeze

Kashmir remains in deep freeze

Srinagar: Intense cold-wave conditions continued in Kashmir on Saturday as the mercury stayed several degrees below freezing point across the valley, officials said. Srinagar recorded a low of minus 7.2 degrees Celsius, marginally up from minus 7.7 degrees Celsius the previous night, they said. Qazigund recorded a minimum of 8.8 degrees Celsius, up from minus […]

Huge stash of wild animal parts found in Anantnag village

Huge stash of wild animal parts found in Anantnag village

38 bear gallbladders, 8 leopard hides, 4 musk deer pods; seizure ‘first of its kind’ in Kashmir Shopian: In the biggest-ever seizure in Kashmir of wild animal parts, officials of the Wildlife department on Saturday recovered several leopard hides, bear gallbladders, and musk deer pods from a residential house in Shirpora village in southern Kashmir’s […]

Abandoned horses roam about Shopian in freezing cold, eating garbage and tree bark

Abandoned horses roam about Shopian in freezing cold, eating garbage and tree bark

Shopian: Abandoned by their owners, dozens of horses are out shivering in the freezing cold in Shopian, roaming in search of food but themselves at risk of falling prey to wild animals. These horses can be seen in different areas of Shopian town and adjoining villages, victims of callous humans who used and abused them […]

3 Covid deaths, 76 new cases

3 Covid deaths, 76 new cases

Srinagar: Two residents of Srinagar district and one resident of Jammu district were three Covid-19 related casualties reported in Jammu and Kashmir in the last 24 hours up to Saturday evening. The government’s daily Covid-19 bulletin said that 76 new positive cases were reported in J&K in the last 24 hours, 18 from Jammu division […]

Man providing shelter, logistics to Lashkar arrested in Pampore: Police

Man providing shelter, logistics to Lashkar arrested in Pampore: Police

PAMPORE: Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested a militant associate of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) who was providing shelter, logistics and other support to LeT militants in Pampore and Khrew areas of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The police in Pampore along with the army’s 50 RR and 110 Bn of CRPF arrested the militant associate of […]

2 militants surrender in Kakapora encounter

2 militants surrender in Kakapora encounter

Srinagar: Two militants who were trapped during an encounter with security forces in Kakapora area of Pulwama district laid down their arms on Saturday, officials said. The security forces had launched a cordon-and-search operation at Lelhaar in Kakapora area on Friday night following information about the presence of militants there, the officials said. They said […]

Police ‘bust Jaish module’, arrest 6 persons along with arms, ammunition

Police ‘bust Jaish module’, arrest 6 persons along with arms, ammunition

Anantnag: Police arrested 6 militants and their associates along with pistols and grenades in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Friday evening. Police sources said that initially two youths were apprehended in Doniwara area of Bijbehara. After being questioned the arrested youths revealed the names of their associates and accordingly during raids four more persons were […]