Hurriyat activist’s wife dies by suicide in Budgam

Hurriyat activist’s wife dies by suicide in Budgam

Srinagar: A 37-year-old lady allegedly committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance at her home at Namtehall village of Chadoora area in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday, officials said. An official told a local news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the lady after consuming poisonous substance was shifted to Sub District Hospital (SDH) Chadoora […]

Panic in north Kashmir villages on LoC as India-Pakistan armies target each other

Panic in north Kashmir villages on LoC as India-Pakistan armies target each other

Srinagar: Panic gripped villagers along the Line of Control (LoC) after the armies of India and Pakistan on Friday targeted each other with mortars in Gurez sector of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district A local news gathering agency Kashmir News Observer quoting unnamed officials reported that the Pakistan army initiated an unprovoked Ceasefire Violation (CFV) along […]

Tension on borders

Tension on borders

In the past few weeks, there have been additional deployments in the border areas of Kashmir and also Poonch, Rajouri areas of Jammu region. These deployments at the eve of autumn season speak volumes about the state of affairs on the borders and about the tension and fears among the villagers living in these border […]

9 injured after tipper collides with passenger cab on Rajouri highway

9 injured after tipper collides with passenger cab on Rajouri highway

At least nine persons were injured after a Tipper collided with a passenger cab in Dandesar village on Jammu-Rajouri national highway on Thursday late evening. An official said that a Tripper on the way to Rajouri from Jammu collided with a passenger cab on Jammu-Rajouri national highway, resulting in injuries to 9 persons including three women. […]

Army Chief meets Lt Governor

Army Chief meets Lt Governor

SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 17: General Manoj Mukund Naravane, Chief of the Army Staff, met Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha at the Raj Bhavan here today. He was accompanied by Lt. General YK Joshi, Army Commander, Northern Command and Lt. General BS Raju, GOC, Chinar Corps. The Lt Governor and the Army Chief discussed several important issues related […]

Power Shutdown

Power Shutdown

SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 17: According to the Power Controller, Kashmir Province, Srinagar, in order to execute the works related to ongoing IPDS/PMDP, 33KV Budgam-SIDCO Line shall observe shutdown on September 19 from 10am to 5pm. The power supply to the areas fed from Recieving Station SIDCO shall remain affected.

Decentralization to be essence of future planning: Chief Secretary

Decentralization to be essence of future planning: Chief Secretary

Planning to have Panchayat, Block and District level plans as building blocks SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 17: In a marathon preparatory budget meeting cum workshop conducted by the Finance department the Chief Secretary of J&K, BVR Subrahmanyam today directed the district administration to make Panchayats and local bodies the units of their respective plan formulation as per […]