Third batch of 4,823 pilgrims leave Jammu for Amarnath shrine

Third batch of 4,823 pilgrims leave Jammu for Amarnath shrine

Agencies Jammu  : The third batch of 4,823 Amarnath pilgrims left a base camp here Tuesday for the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine in south Kashmir. As many as 8,403 pilgrims have paid obeisance at the shrine in the Himalayas till Monday evening, officials said. Over 1.5 lakh pilgrims from across the country have so far registered […]

Gondola burglary case solved, five arrested: Police

Gondola burglary case solved, five arrested: Police

Srinagar :   Police on Tuesday said they have solved Gondola burglary case by arresting five persons involved in the theft. While addressing a press conference at Gulmarg on Tuesday, SSP Baramulla, Abdul Qayoom said: “After watching CCTV footage in which movement of some persons around the Gulmarg bowl was noticed, one of the suspect Bashir […]

Drug peddler held with over 6 kg Ganja in Jammu

Drug peddler held with over 6 kg Ganja in Jammu

Jammu: A drug peddler was arrested with 6.5 kgs of ganja in Jammu city, police said Tuesday.  A police party on routine patrolling duty in Gangyal, apprehended the man who was roaming in suspicious circumstances on Monday, a police officer said. A case was registered against Lakshman Kumar Rai at the Gangyal Police Station, the […]

Yatri dies of heart attack on way to Amarnath shrine

Yatri dies of heart attack on way to Amarnath shrine

Srinagar: A pilgrim from Uttar Pradesh died due to cardiac arrest on way to holy cave on traditional Pahalgam track, a yatra official said on Tuesday. He said 65-year-old yatri Krishen, son of Assaram, a resident of Meerut of UP suffered a massive cardiac arrest at Sheshnag. “He was taken to a nearby medical facility where […]

Three killed, four injured in Samba road accident

Three killed, four injured in Samba road accident

Jammu : Three people were killed and four injured on Tuesday in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district. The accident took place at 1 a.m. when a van travelling to Ghagwal from Samba town rammed into an army vehicle at Sandh Bari on the highway. “Three people were killed on the spot. […]

At least 53 wounded as powerful car bomb rocks Kabul

At least 53 wounded as powerful car bomb rocks Kabul

Kabul: Dozens of people were wounded with fatalities feared as a powerful car bomb rocked Kabul early Monday and gunmen battled special forces in an area housing military and government buildings, officials said. The rush-hour explosion sent a plume of smoke into the air above the Puli Mahmood Khan neighbourhood of the Afghan capital and shook […]

Indian batters had a picnic against England: Basit Ali

Indian batters had a picnic against England: Basit Ali

Agencies New Delhi : Former Pakistani cricketer Basit Ali has criticised the Indian batters for their slow batting against England in the World Cup match which they lost by 31 runs in Birmingham on Sunday. Chasing 338, Indian batters started off slowly and could not manage to up the ante as and when required and […]

Mehbooba grieved over Kishtwar road accident

Mehbooba grieved over Kishtwar road accident

Srinagar : Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and President Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti has expressed grief and sorrow over the tragic road accident in Kishtwar in which at least 35 people have been killed. Mehbooba termed the incident excruciating and expressed condolences with the families of those who have lost their dear […]

Sehrai expresses grief over Kishtwar road accident

Sehrai expresses grief over Kishtwar road accident

Srinagar : Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (TeH) Chairman Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai expressed shock and pain over the devastating Kishtwar  road accident in which 31 people lost their lives so far and scores injured in a horrific road accident. He said it is painful to see  that road accidents are happening on alarming rate and it seems to be […]