Kargil shivers at minus 9 degrees
Srinagar: Kargil town was the coldest in the Kashmir Valley at minus 9 degrees Celsius on Sunday while the minimum temperatures across the region around the freezing point, the weather office said. According to a Met Department official, the minimum temperatures in Leh, Gulmarg, Pahalgam and Srinagar were minus 5.1 degrees, minus 4.5, minus 1.1 […]
Madrassa student stabbed following altercation
Muzaffarnagar, Nov 18 (PTI) A Madrassa student was seriously injured after he was stabbed by a fellow student following an altercation between them, a police official said on Sunday. The incident occurred on Saturday evening. The victim has been rushed to hospital and is stated to be in a serious condition. One of the accused […]
Another youth abducted by unknown gunmen in Shopian Village
Srinagar: Unknown gunmen on Sunday abducted one more youth from Memander area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district. Reports said that a youth was abducted by unknown gunmen in Memandar. The youth has been identified as Suhail Ahmad Ganie Son of Shiraz Ahmad resident of Meemander shopian. Pertinently, five youths were abducted yesterday in Shopian among […]
Cop in Mumbai allegedly spikes constable’s drink, rapes her
Mumbai: A Sub Inspector with Navi Mumbai police’s Crime Branch was on Saturday booked for allegedly raping a woman constable, an official said. The complainant, who approached CBD police station Saturday, has alleged that sub inspector Amit Shelar had raped her in March last year after spiking her cold drink, the official said. The 31-year-old […]
Woman found dead with throat slit in Delhi home
New Delhi: A 73-year-old homemaker was found dead with her throat slit at her house in southeast Delhi’s Sarita Vihar on Saturday, police said. The deceased was identified as Sarita Pandey. She lived with her husband. Her son, daughter and grandson live nearby, a senior police officer said. The deceased’s husband had gone out and […]
BSF personnel, another youth booked under PSA, shifted to Jammu jail
Srinagar: District administration Kupwara has ordered detention under Public Safety Act (PSA) of two members of Hizbul Mujahideen including a Border Security Force (BSF) man from frontier Kupwara district of north Kashmir. A district administration official said that deputy commissioner Kupwara has ordered the detention of the duo under PSA and have been shifted to […]
Police version of the Shopian encounter
Srinagar: Based on a credible input about the presence of militants , a cordon and search operation was launched by Police and security forces at the strike of dawn today in Rebban area of Zainapora in District Shopian. As the search operation was going on, the search party was fired upon by the hiding militants […]
Two Al-Badr Militants killed in Shopian encounter
Srinagar: Two Al-Badr militants were killed in a Nocturnal gunfight which broke out between militants and government forces in Rebon area of Zainapora in South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Sunday. Reports said that a joint team of Army’s 1RR, CRPF and SOG Shopian cordoned off Rebon area of Zainapora after having specific information about presence […]
Panchayat elections: First phase records 64.5 pc polling
Jammu: Over 64 per cent of electorate voted Saturday in the first phase of Panchayat elections in Kashmir while an impressive turnout of 79.5 per cent was recorded in Jammu region, officials said. The turnout in rural areas was significantly higher in Kashmir Valley unlike during the recent urban local bodies elections where barely four […]
On JRL’s call, valley observes shutdown
Srinagar: Normal life was affected in Kashmir Valley Saturday due to a strike called by separatists in protest against the conduct of the first phase of panchayat polls in the state. Most of the shops, fuel stations and other business establishments were shut in Srinagar – the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. […]
