Jammu:Incessant rains continued in most parts of Jammu and Kashmir for the third consecutive day on Thursday, leading to increase in the water level in major rivers and streams but there was no immediate threat of floods, officials said. The 270-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the only all weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of […]
Srinagar: COVID-19 on Thursday claimed nine more lives including a former MLC in J&K, taking the overall toll in the region to 677. An official said that the fresh victims comprise a former MLC from Kathua district of Jammu, an elderly woman from Gadi Garh area of Jammu, 95-year-old man from Jawahar Nagar Srinagar, a […]
Srinagar: Administration at the Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGSBU) has extended the last date for the online form submission for various postgraduate, undergraduate and diploma courses till September 15 in view of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic. An official notification issued in this regard asked the aspirants for various Postgraduate / Undergraduate / B.Tech. / […]
Srinagar : Authorities in Poonch district Thursday launched a rescue operation after two men were trapped in a river in the district. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) Mudassir Hussain told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that two men got trapped in the middle of the river near Khanetar area of Poonch. He said a rescue […]
New Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has decided to visit as many as districts in Jammu and Kashmir to have the direct feel of the situation and also know from the public how his administration is behaving with them while dealing with their grievances. He has launched a public contact programme in UT of Jammu and […]
Srinagar : The Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday stopped peaceful protest of Peoples Democratic Party against “detention of political prisoners, harassment of youth and media gag in the region.” The police also detained several leaders of the PDP, claimed the political party. Taking to their Twitter handle, the party said, “Police stops peaceful protest […]
Bandipora: The 84-km Bandipora-Gurez road was closed for all sorts of traffic movement on Thursday owing to adverse weather conditions of the road at several spots. An official said that due to the heavy rainfall the Bandipora-Gurez and Dawar-Tulail has become slippery and to avoid any untoward incident, all sorts of vehicular movement on the […]
PAMPORE: A 24-year-old youth was stabbed to death by his cousin with a knife in Pampore area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday evening. Police identified the deceased as Adil Ahmad Dar ,24, son of Mohammad Akbar Dar, resident of Chandhara village of Pampore. SHO Pampore Manzoor Ahmad told Kashmir Reader that Dar was […]
Srinagar: Police on Thursday arrested two brothers from Barthana area of Qamarwari Srinagar and recovered a pistol magazine along with 12 rounds of Ak47. A poice officier told that a cordon-and -search-operation was launched in the area during which house of one Tariq Ahmad Hajam who is a land broker by profession was raided. During […]
A 50-year-old woman was critically injured on Thursday after allegedly being shot at by her husband in a fit of rage over some issue in Shokbaba village of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, reported a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO). An unnamed official told the agency that a retired army captain, Gulam Rasool Khan […]