Sopore observe shutdown, remembers 1993 massacre victims
(Bilal Ahmad) Sopore: Sopore town observed a complete shutdown on Sunday to mark the 26th anniversary of Sopore massacre. Pertinently, on this day in 1993, at least 57 people were shot dead by BSF troops from 94 battalion. After the massacre, troopers indulged in arson and set ablaze 400 shops and 75 residential houses from […]
Minor dies in celebratory firing by father in Delhi
New Delhi: A 42-year-old man was arrested Saturday for reportedly shooting to death his minor son during a celebratory firing in northeast Delhi’s New Usmanpur, police said. The accused has been identified as Yasin, they said. The incident comes days after a woman architect died when a former JD(U) MLA fired celebratory shots in the […]
CRPF trooper commits suicide after shooting 2 colleagues
Srinagar: A CRPF trooper shot himself dead after injuring two of his colleagues following heated exchange of words over some issue in a paramilitary camp at Pantha chowk in outskirts of Srinagar on Saturday night. Official sources said that at around 9.25 p.m., there were some heated exchange of words between CRPF personnel Mukesh Babu […]
CASO launched in orchards of Zainapora Shopian
(Jahangeer Ganaie) Shopian: A Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) has been launched in a vast area comprising of orchards at Zainapora in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. Official sources said that on a tip off about the presence of militants hiding in an orchards of Heff-Shirmal belt of Zainapora sub districts, forces including 44 RR, SOG […]
Mohun Bagan to faces spirited Real Kashmir in I-League tomorrow
Kolkata: Former champions Mohun Bagan will be bolstered by the return of a fit-again Sony Norde when they face a spirited Real Kashmir FC in their I-League fixture here Sunday. Having missed a fourth consecutive match for his muscle injury, the I-League winning star Haitian forward was seen training in full flow and was named in […]
DAK demands special Sunday morning flight for NEET aspirants
Srinagar: With number of aspirant not being able to make it to their respective examination centres at Jammu due to inclement weather conditions, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) has appealed the Govt to arrange a special early morning flight on Sunday for the stranded candidates. DAK in a late night press release said that the “DAK […]
Post Snowfall essential services restored within hours: Div Com
SRINAGAR: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan today said that the essential services disrupted at some places due to the heavy snowfall across the Kashmir division were restored within hours as the administration worked round the clock. The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir was speaking at meeting convened to review the restoration of electricity and water supply, […]
DAK expresses grief over Bemina incident, advises precaution
Srinagar: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) has advised people to use safest heating arrangements in the extreme cold weather, while saying that it was heartbreaking that five members of single family hailing from Tangdar Kupwara died due to suffocation at Bemina Srinagar. “Though it is essential to warm living places in extremely cold winter but concrete […]
Tral gunfight: Searches on, no dead body recovered
Tral: The gunfight between government forces and the militants has ended several hours back but so far the troops have not been able to recover any dead body from the spot. “No militant body has been recovered so far from the site of a gunfight between the militants and the government forces,” said a police […]
95 passengers, dead body of woman stranded at Sadhna top
Kupwara: At least 95 passengers including the dead body of a woman who died due to bone-chilling cold on Friday evening are still stranded at Sadhna Top on Kupwara-Tanghdar road as the road continued to remain closed for the vehicular movement due to fresh snowfall. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kupwara, Khalid Jahangir said that the continuous […]