Tourist dies of heart attack in Pahalgam
Pahalgam: A 56-year-old tourist died due to heart attack at famous tourist resort Pahalgam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday. Official sources said that the tourist identified as KM Pradeepan, son of PVK Nair of Cochin, Kerala, fell unconscious at Pahalgam and was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. […]
JK recalls 2 IAS officers, deputes as many to Ladakh
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday recalled two IAS officers from Lakdakh and deputed as many others to the UT. Also, it posted new deputy commissioner in Shopian, less than a month after Shrikant Balasaheb Suse (IAS) took charge of the south Kahsmir district. “In the interest of administration Baseer-ul-Haq Chaudhary, IAS (JK:2015), Deputy […]
Mehbooba says police not allowing her to visit slain youth’s family
Srinagar: PDP president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday claimed that she was placed under house arrest ahead of her visit to the family of Athar Mushtaq, one of the three alleged militants killed in an encounter in Parimpora locality here in December last year. Placed under house arrest as […]
Advisor Baseer Khan reviews common facilities at IE Rangreth
Inaugurates IT centers
SRINAGAR: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmed Khan Saturday chaired a meeting of officers to review the physical status of common facilities at Industrial Estate Rangreth, Budgam. The meeting held detailed discussion on the availability of the basic facilities in the Industrial Estate including Drinking Water, roads, electricity, street lights, sanitation, Medical Dispensary, drainage, garbage […]
Decade on, Shopian village without drinking water facility
Shopian: A village in south Kashmir’s Shopian district is facing shortage of drinking water facility since the last ten years making life of the local residents miserable. Residents of Check Sadipora village said that even in 21st century, they are forced to drink contaminated water as there is no drinking water facility in the area. […]
Street vendors held protest against administration
Sopore: Just a week after the administration provided an alternate space to the street vendors who were banned by the authorities to work on main roads in north Kashmir’s Sopore town, the vendors staged a protest demanding better place to carry out their trade. The vendors who held protests were chanting slogans against the government […]
Chargesheet filed against two accused in forged bank guarantee bond
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Crime Branch on Saturday filed a chargesheet against two accused in a seven-year-old case related to issuance of a forged bank guarantee bond for an amount of Rs 1 crore fraudulently to a New Delhi-based businessman, an official said. The chargesheet was filed against Vishal Mahajan of Jammu and […]
Minimum temperature continues to improves in Kashmir
Srinagar: The minimum temperature across Kashmir, except in Gulmarg, improved on Saturday, even as the mercury settled above the freezing point in Srinagar and Kulgam, officials said. Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded a low of 1.2 degrees Celsius last night, up from the previous night’s minus 0.6 degrees Celsius, they said. […]
Three CISF personnel injured in road mishap
Uri (Baramulla): At least three CISF personnel sustained injuries when a vehicle they were travelling in, skidded off the road in Uri in Baramulla district on Saturday. Reports said that a vehicle bearing registration number (JK-05 7458) on its way from NHPC-II Chandayan towards Uri met with an accident near Salamabad Uri, resulting in injuries […]
Mother-son duo found dead at home in Kokarnag
Anantnag: Two members of a family were found dead on Saturday morning purportedly due to ‘suffocation’ in Soaf Shali village of Kokarnag of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Official sources said that the mother-son duo was found dead at their home early this morning. The deceased have been identified Ishrat Jan (23) wife of Shabir Ahmad […]
