I&FC official falls from under-construction building in Central Kashmir, dies
Srinagar: A- 50-year old man who was working in Irrigation and Flood Control Department died on Tuesday after falling from an under-construction building in Gandebral district of central Kashmir, officials said. Reports reaching GNS said that Zafarullah Bhat (50) son of Mohammed Maqbool Bhat, of Tulumulla Ganderbal fell from the 2nd storey of the […]
Five People Take Poisonous Tea, Admitted In Hospital
Srinagar: Five persons including husband-wife duo and their son were admitted in a hospital in serious conditions after they consumed some poisonous substance mixed inadvertently with tea in Kunzer area of north Kashmir’s Tangmarg area. Reports reaching GNS said that the five persons consumed tea made by an elderly woman who mistook some poisonous substance […]
Minor boy drowns in nallah in central Kashmir’s Budgam
Srinagar: A 3-year-old boy drowned after slipped into a nallah in Beerwah area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Tuesday. Reports reaching GNS said that the boy Amir Ahmad Bhat (3) son of Zahoor Ahmad Bhat of Waragam Beerwah slipped into the nallah on Monday evening when he was playing with other kids. Soon […]
Hackers attack Amitabh Bachchan’s Twitter account, profile picture changed to Pak PM’s
Mumbai: Bollywood Star Amitabh Bachchan’s Twitter account was allegedly hacked on Monday night by Ayyildiz Tim, which claimed to be a Turkish hacker group. The group replaced Bachchan’s profile picture with a photo of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and also changed the bio, adding “Love Pakistan” and an emoji of the Turkish flag. A spokesperson […]
Massacre in Mali, village wiped out
BAMAKO: Nearly 100 people were killed in a gruesome overnight attack on a village in central Mali, in the latest violence to strike the fragile region, officials said on Monday. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the massacre, targeting a village inhabited by the Dogon community, bore the hallmarks of tit-for-tat ethnic attacks that […]
Burglars loot two shops in Sopore, decamp with merchandise
(Bilal Ahmad) Sopore: Burglars on Tuesday looted two shops during the night and decamped with goods worth lakhs of rupees in north Kashmir’s Sopore township. The burglars looted the cloth shop of Farooq Ahmad Sofi at Main bazaar Sopore and Kiryana shop of Muhammad Yousuf Bhat at Tehsil Road Sopore during the intervening night and […]
Income Tax department raids private offices of Deputy Mayor, SMC in Srinagar
Srinagar, June 11 : Days after anti corruption bureau concluded its raid in J&K Bank headquarters, income Tax department on Tuesday conducted a raid at the private office of deputy Mayor Srinagar in Bohri Kadal area of old city and Sangarmal. An official said that the team of officers visited the private office of deputy […]
IED like object defused, Mendhar-Poonch road restored for vehicular traffic
Poonch, June 11: A day after traffic was suspended on the Mendhar-Poonch road, authorities on Monday restored traffic on Krishna Ghati (KG) Top road in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir after BDS defused the suspicious object like IED in the area. Reports said that the security forces found a steel box with wire system […]
MeT predicts downpour accompanied with thunderstorms
Srinagar: The MeT department in Srinagar has predicted widespread to moderate rains with thunderstorm during the next 24 to 36 hrs in all Districts of the state. The peak downpour will be noted on 11th(night) and 12th, a MeT spokesman said. he said that the downpour may lead to to landslides on Zojila, Ramban-Banihal Highways. […]
Forces launch search operation in Sopore outskirts
(Bilal Ahmad) Sopore, June 11 : Government forces on Tuesday morning launched a cordon and search operation in Wadoora Payeen village of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla District. Reports said that door-to-door searches have been launched by joint team of Army’s 22 RR , SOG and CRPF in the village as they have sealed all […]
