Non-local woman found dead in Old city
Srinagar, Dec 22: The body of a non-local woman was found on Tuesday in Takanwari area of Eidgah in Srinagar, officials said. Officials said that the body of a woman identified as Amrita Lohar, wife of Raja Lohar of Bhutan was found inside the residential house of Hafizulla Dar, son of Ghulam Muhammad Dar in […]
Jailed PDP youth leader Waheed Para wins DDC election
Srinagar, Dec 22 (PTI) PDP youth president Waheed Para, who is in custody of the National Investigation Agency for alleged links with militants, on Tuesday won the District Development Council (DDC) elections from Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir. Para defeated BJP candidate Sajad Ahmad Raina. PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said she was proud of […]
Forces launch search operation in Sopore village
Bilal Ahmad Sopore, Dec 22: Security forces launched a cordon and search operation (CASO) in Bomai area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday. Reports said a joint team of army 22RR, J&K police and 179 Battalion CRPF cordoned off Bomai area of Sopore and conducted house to house searches in the area. […]
Sopore ULB election: 10 seats won by NC, 02 independent and one PDP in 13 vacant wards in Sopore
Bilal Ahmad Sopore, Dec 22 : Out of 13 vacant municipal wards 10 seats has won by National Conference (NC) while as 02 independent and one PDP candidate has won in Sopore municipal election. According to reports, five candidates had already been declared elected unopposed, among them four candidates are from National conference and one […]
6-yr-old girl raped in UP’s Fatehpur
Fatehpur (UP), Dec 22 (PTI) A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 50-year-old man in a village in Fatehpur district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place on Monday evening in the Lalauli area here, SHO Sandeep Tiwari said. The accused, Ramu Tiwari, had fled the spot after villagers were alerted […]
Pak army shells mortars along LoC in Poonch
Jammu, Dec 22 (PTI) Pakistani troops opened fire and shelled mortars at forward posts along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Tuesday, a defence spokesperson said. There was no report of any damage on the Indian side, he said. “At about 0930 hours today, Pakistan army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation […]
Cold conditions persist across Kashmir, Srinagar freezes at minus 5.2
Srinagar, Dec 22: Bone-chilling weather continued in Kashmir as overnight temperatures remained several degrees below the freezing point in the Valley, the weatherman said on Tuesday. Srinagar, where people endured the second coldest night at minus 6.6 °C in a decade on Saturday last, recorded a low of minus 5.2°C against 4.0°C on the precious […]
Farmer union leaders to meet, discuss plan of action
New Delhi, Dec 22 (PTI) Farmer leaders are expected to meet on Tuesday to discuss a plan of action as thousands gathered at protest sites on Delhi’s borders with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to press for the repeal of the new agri laws brace the cold wave sweeping through the national capital. Efforts are underway by […]
Counting of votes for 280 DDC seats in JK begins
Srinagar, Dec 22 (PTI) Counting of votes began on Tuesday to decide the fate of 2,178 candidates in the fray for the maiden District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said here. The process will bring to an end the eight-phase polling process which was spread over 25 days. There are 280 DDC […]
Five charred to death as car catches fire after collision with truck near Agra
Agra (UP), Dec 22 (PTI) Five people were charred to death on Tuesday after their car caught fire on colliding with a tanker truck carrying diesel on the Yamuna Expressway near Uttar Pradesh’s Agra, police said. Etmadpur Deputy Superintendent of Police Archana Singh said the truck took a wrong turn while moving at a high […]