CUK’s School of Education holds painting competition

Shopian: School of Education (SoE), Central University of Kashmir (CUK) has established 14 free winter coaching camps across the Jammu and Kashmir wherein free coaching and mentoring is being provided to the students of SEDGs. These camps are being run by the interns of the varsity’s teacher education Department. One of such camps established by […]

Death of two Kupwara youth in stranded vehicle at Banihal unfortunate: Tarigami

Srinagar: CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami has expressed grief and shock over the death of two Kupwara youth who died in a stranded vehicle on Srinagar-Jammu NHW at Banihal due to severe cold and termed the incident as unfortunate. “It is the result of criminal negligence of the authorities. It must be probed and […]

Snowfall aftermath: Locals ferry two patients for several kilometers on stretchers

Kupwara: Braving bone chilling cold, people in Hangnikoot village of Villgam Handwara on Sunday morning carried a pregnant woman and a 90 yrs old male patient on stretchers for several kilometers towards the hospital. A woman (30) Reshma Begum developed some pregnancy related complications in the morning after which her husband, Muneer Ahmad Daded sought […]

Brother, sister dies of cardiac arrest in Ganderbal village

Ganderbal: In a shocking incident, two siblings died of a massive cardiac arrest in Shallabugh area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal on Sunday evening. An official said that a man from the Shallabugh fell unconscious at his home this evening following which he was rushed to SKIMS Soura for treatment. He said that at Soura doctors […]

CS chairs HLC meeting of Amarnath Shrine Board

Issues directions to undertake preparations for 6 lakh yatris this year

JAMMU: Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam Sunday chaired the 10th meeting of the High-Level Committee (HLC) of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) to review the preparations being made for a safe and hassle-free Shri Amarnathji Yatra 2021. The Chief Secretary reviewed in detail the facilities for safe, smooth, and secure movement of pilgrims particularly […]

Woman gave birth to triplets in Kupwara

Kupwara: A 38- year- old woman has successfully delivered triplets at District hospital Handwara, officials said. The woman who gave birth to triplets was identified as Aateeqa Begum, wife of Mohammed Sadeeq of Badnambal village in Kupwara. This female patient was referred from PHC Kralpora to Handwara Hospital and admitted in the hospital under MRD […]

Poppy straw recovered, man arrested

Jammu: A man was arrested on Sunday after 53 kgs of poppy straw was recovered from his apple-laden truck in Kathua district, police said. Harjinder Singh, a resident of Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district, was driving his truck from Kashmir to Punjab when he was stopped for checking by police at Ramkot, leading to the recovery of […]