Missing Sheeri boy found dead, body recovered from Namlam waterfall
Baramulla, Jul 05: The dead body of a boy, who had gone missing from his home in Sheeri area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district yesterday, was recovered on Tuesday, officials said here. They said that the boy identified as Suhail Ahmad Bhat son of Abdul Majeed Bhat of Badmulla area of Sheeri went missing from […]
Amarnath Yatra temporarily suspended due to inclement weather
Srinagar, Jul 05: Due to inclement weather, Amarnaath Yatra has been temporarily suspended from Nunwan base camp in Pahalgam toward the holy cave shrine, officials said here on Tuesday. They said that due to inclement weather no Yatri is being allowed to go ahead of Nunwan base camp in Pahalgam towards the holy cave. He […]
Mudslide at Kullan Gund force closure of Srinagar-Leh highway
Ganderbal, Jul 05: The Srinagar-Leh highway was on Tuesday morning closed for vehicular movement after fresh mudslides, triggered by rain occurred at Kullan Gund area in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Officials said that the highway was closed immediately after mudslides occurred at Kullan Gund area this morning. He said that the highway has got completely […]
Corruption: The growing menace
Mushtaq Bhat ‘Eat and drink from the provision of Allah (SWT), and do not commit abuse on the earth’ spreading corruption. (Al-Quran) Corruption is simply an act of dishonesty, misuse of power or greed for money and going to any extent to get illegal tasks done. It has many different shapes as well as many […]
Stubborn Taliban
Asad Mirza While the nearly one-year old Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) government trundles on in the absence of international recognition, financial support and faces international backlash on its mostly anti-women and minorities decisions, reminding one of its earlier harsh tenure, the IEA government has not given up on efforts to cajole the international community […]
Curtailing acid attacks
Vinod Chandrashekhar Dixit In India, acid has often been used as a weapon against women who have turned down advances by men. It has been estimated that around a thousand of women suffer acid attack every year in India. Acid attacks are seen as one of the most vicious crimes as it causes perpetual suffering […]
JK reports 58 new covid-19 cases
Srinagar, July 4: Jammu and Kashmir reported 58 new covid-19 cases during the past 24 hours while as one person died due to the virus during the time, officials said on Monday. They said that 28 cases were reported from Jammu division and 30 from Kashmir division, taking the overall tally to 455391. Giving district […]
Drone spotted along IB in Samba
Jammu, July 4 (PTI) A drone was spotted along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, prompting security forces to launch a massive cordon and search operation, officials said on Monday. “We got an information that there was some flying object hovering over the border hamlet Chilliyari in Samba last night. It […]
Minor boy dies of electric shock in Anantnag
Srinagar, July 4: In a tragic incident, a 6-year-old boy died of electrocution at his home in Nagam Kokernag area of south Kashmir’s Anantnsg district on Monday. Reports said that the boy identified as Kifiyat Ahmad Bhat son of Nazir Ahmad Bhat of Nagam Kokernag received electric shock at his home and he was immediately […]
Ladakh reports 49 new Covid cases
Leh, July 4 (PTI) Ladakh has reported 49 fresh cases of coronavirus, thereby increasing the COVID-19 tally to 28,513, while 10 patients were discharged from the hospital, officials said. It is this year’s highest single day jump in COVID-19 cases in the union territory, they said. All positive cases were recorded in Leh. So far, […]