Absence of electric poles posing threat to villagers in Pulwama, Shopian
Pulwama/Shopian: The low tension lines hanging on wooden logs and tree trunks in several villages of southern districts are posing threat to the local residents as the authorities in the Power Development Department (PDD) have failed to maintain the lines properly. The residents of Rakh and Zahidbagh in Litter Tehsil of Pulwama district and Darbagh […]
Anayat’s sojourn with militancy ended in five days
Pulwama: Barely five days after joining militant ranks, Anayat Ahmad Ziger of Arihal was trapped along with his senior associate Shahid Baba in Drabgam village of Pulwama district on Thursday evening. Anayat, son of Mohammad Abdullah Ziger, a driver by profession according to his friends left home on 26th January, soon after SaqibShafi Dar along […]
Bullet-ridden body of militant commander’s cousin found
Shopian: A bullet-ridden body of a young woman was recovered from SuganDragad area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Friday morning. Locals said that the bullet-riddled body of the woman was recovered from CherbaghDragad, the place where funerals of slain Zeenat-ul-Islam and Dr Shams-ul-Haq were held last month. “We heard around 10 to 15 gun […]
Citing frequent closure of roads, GATE aspirants demand postponement of exams
Pulwama: In view of the prevailing weather conditions and frequent closure of Srinagar-Jammu highway, the Kashmiri engineering students who are scheduled to appear in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) here have demanded postponement of their examinations. The engineering students of Kashmir division who have to appear in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) […]
Forces launch search operation in Drabgam Pulwama
Srinagar: Forces Thursday evening launched cordon and search operation in Drabgam village in Rajpora tehsil of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Official sources said that after receiving specific inputs about the presence of militants in the area, joint team of forces including 44 RR launched search operation in the area. Eye witnesses said that a large […]
Mother dead, father ‘missing’, year-old baby girl longing for parental love
Pulwama: With father likely to have joined the militant ranks and mother already dead, a year-old baby girl has been left on mercy of Almighty and her relatives in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Aiysha, a year-old daughter of Imran Ahmad Bhat of Arihal village in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district doesn’t know anything about her parents. […]
Four youth, including son of a cop go missing in Southern districts
Pulwama/ Shopian: At least four youth hailing from the twin districts of South Kashmir have gone missing since last month. The three youth from Pulwama district and one from Shopian district of southern Kashmir are missing from last many days and there are no traces of them, said their relatives. Shakir Ahmad Wagay, son of […]
Potholed Chitragam-Drawini road stretch leaves villagers fuming
Shopian: The potholed roads especially Chitragam-Drawini in South Kashmir’s Shopian district has left the residents of several villagers fuming as the Roads and Building (R&B) department has utterly failed to repair the road stretch. Inhabitants of Chitragam, Bandpawa, Thokerpora, GundDarvesh, Drawini and its adjacent areas are up in arms against R&B department for failing to […]
Thousands participate in slain Saqib’s funeral
Pulwama: Thousands of people on Saturday participated in the last rites of one of the slain militant, SaqibShafi Dar who was killed along with his associate in an encounter in Khanmoh area of Pampore in Srinagar outskirts. SaqibShafi Dar, son of Mohammad Shafi Dar of Arihal village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district was killed along […]
