Couple arrested for drug peddling in Kulgam

Couple arrested for drug peddling in Kulgam

Srinagar : A couple, allegedly involved in large-scale sale of synthetic drugs to youths, was arrested with 10 kilograms of poppy in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Monday, police said. The duo, identified as Mallipora Devsar resident Sabzar Ahmad Rather alias Raja and his wife, was arrested in Qazigund area of Kulgam during a […]

Train services resume in north Kashmir

Train services resume in north Kashmir

Srinagar : Train services resumed on Monday in north Kashmir after remaining suspended on Sunday following the shutdown in Baramulla’s Sopore town to remember 1993 massacre when 53 civilians were killed in government forces’ firing. “We received an advisory on Sunday night to resume train services in north Kashmir,” a senior railway official told a […]

Hit and Run: Sweeper crushed to death in central Kashmir

Hit and Run: Sweeper crushed to death in central Kashmir

Srinagar: An unknown vehicle Monday morning crushed a sweeper to death by in Beehama area of Ganderbal district of central Kashmir. Reports said that 35-year-old Fayaz Ahmed, a resident of Badergund, who worked as a sweeper with Municipal Committee Ganderbal, was hit by a vehicle while he was working at Beehama market. Police officials, according […]

Civilian injured in Tral attack succumbs to injuries

Civilian injured in Tral attack succumbs to injuries

Srinagar: The civilian who was injured in an attack by unknown gunmen early today in south Kashmir’s Tral has succumbed to injuries. The civilian has been identified as Suman Singh, son of Nanak Singh, a resident of Khasipora village of the township. Reports said that Singh was critically injured in the attack and was shifted […]

Train service suspended on Srinagar-Banihal track

Train service suspended on Srinagar-Banihal track

Srinagar : Authorities on Friday suspended the train services from Srinagar to Banihal for a “security measure” in wake of the killing of three militants in south Kashmir’s Tral. “We have suspended train services in South Kashmir for security reasons,” a railway official said. However, trains continued to chug on Srinagar-Budgam in central Kashmir to […]

Moderate rain, snow likely from this evening: MeT

Moderate rain, snow likely from this evening: MeT

Srinagar: The night temperatures in parts of Kashmir valley and Ladakh region remained below the freezing point on Friday. An India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said moderate rain and snow is likely to occur in Jammu and Kashmir from Friday evening. “Inclement weather during the next 48 hours can affect surface connectivity between the Valley […]

Three Army men wounded in ongoing Tral gunfight

Three Army men wounded in ongoing Tral gunfight

Srinagar: In the ongoing gunfight in Tral, three army men have been wounded, police has said. Munir Khan, ADGP, Law and Order, Muneer Khan told the Greater Kashmir that three army men were wounded in the gunfight that broke out in Gulshanpora forests on Thursday. They were rushed to a hospital for treatment, they said. […]

Clashes erupt in Tral, Internet service suspended

Clashes erupt in Tral, Internet service suspended

Srinagar: Clashes erupted between youth and forces in south Kashmir’s Tral town after a gunfight broke out at upper reaches of Gulshanpora area on Thursday morning. Witnesses said youth hit the streets and started pelting stones on forces personnel soon after the news of gunfight spread in the town. They said that forces personnel retaliated […]