Season’s first snowfall throws life out of gear across Kashmir
Weather to improve from Sunday, says MeT
Weather to improve from Sunday, says MeT
120 people rescued from Mughal road
Jammu: Over 120 persons, mostly truckers, were rescued from Peer Ki Gali along the Mughal road, which recorded the season’s first heavy snowfall over the past couple of days, a senior traffic police officer said Saturday. Some of the rescued people, including an aged woman, were sick and shifted to hospital, but none of them […]
Most of 33KV lines damaged: Chief Engineer PDD
SRINAGAR: Chief Engineer PDD Kashmir, Hashmat Qazi, Saturday evening said that heavy snowfall in the Valley has resulted in trees with thick foliage coming down heavily on electrical lines damaging most of the 33KV lines. He said intermittent rainfall and now heavy snowfall led to frequent faults in the electrical system affecting supply in most […]
Mentally challenged man shot dead by Army in Shopian
Srinagar: A mentally challenged man was allegedly shot dead by an Army sentry in the early hours of Saturday when he ignored his warnings and walked towards an Army camp in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. A security guard at the Army camp shot at Rayees Ahmad Wani at 3 am, they […]
Rains, snowfall inundate City areas
Steps taken, situation under control: SMC Commissioner
Srinagar: The incessant night-long rainfall and snowfall from this afternoon has inundated most of the localities here, thus leaving pedestrians to suffer. The local residents from Srinagar areas mostly from Old City complained of inundation of the roads in the interiors of their respective areas, saying that they are facing immense hardships due to the […]
Killing of ‘mentally unsound’ person outcome of hollow promise of probe: Sehrai
Srinagar: Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Chairman, Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai on Saturday said termed the killing of a mentally unsound person in Shopian as a familiar disturbing trend, saying that the way forces did not even spare a mentally challenged persons reflects the mental and immoral bankruptcy of forces towards the Kashmiri people. Sehrai in a statement issued here […]
We suffer as we forget teachings of saints: Malik
Says pro-India politicians, parties responsible for our miseries
Srinagar: Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Mohammad Yasin Malik on Saturday said that “our saints and spiritual leaders showed us the way of living a dignified life. They taught us to strive for honor and dignity of humans”. Addressing people at Sultan-ul-Aarifeen Makhdoom Sahib Srinagar, Malik as per a statement issued here […]
Hurriyat (M) condemns killing of mentally unsound person
Says forces also tortured him immensely
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) on Saturday condemned what they termed as the ‘brutal custodial killing’ of a mentally unsound person Raies Ahmed Wani of Bugam, Kulgam. The amalgam in a statement issued here said that the Raies was shot dead after “government forces at Shopian Army camp tortured him immensely.” Hurriyat (M) while expressing solidarity […]
