3 injured after unidentified object explodes in orchard
Srinagar: Three people were today injured after an unidentified object exploded at an orchard in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said. “While digging the fields at Chermarg in Zainapora area of Shopian, some suspicious object exploded, injuring the three people,” a police spokesman said. The injured were identified as Ghulam Nabi (55), Zubair Ahmad (18) […]
J&K police lodges FIR against Army personnel on Shopian deaths
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police has registered a case against Army personnel involved in yesterday’s firing incident in Shopian district where two civilians died while nine others were injured. The case was registered under sections 302 (murder) and 307 (attempt to murder), the officials said. The FIR was registered against the personnel of […]
Tarigami for regional autonomy to preserve unity of J-K
Jammu: CPI(M) MLA M Y Tarigami today demanded regional autonomy and more powers to the people and sub-regions to preserve the unity of Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing the ninth regional conference of the CPI(M) here, he condemned the alleged efforts of the ‘Sangh Parivar’ in dividing the society in the name of religion. “Diverse ethnicities […]
Manzoor Dar (Pandav) selected for IPL in Kings XI Punjab
JAMMU: Minister for Youth Services and Sports, Molvi Imran Raza Ansari on Sunday congratulated Manzoor Ahmad Dar (Pandav) for his selection in IPL- Kings XI Punjab. While congratulating the Cricketer Pandav, Minister for Youth Services and Sports, Molvi Imran Reza Ansari tweeted, “Congratulations Manzoor Dar (Pandav). Make Jk Proud and thanks to friends who made this happen.” […]
PDD blames consumers for power crisis in JK, says peak demand almost same as registered loadÂ
Jammu: With prevailing electricity crisis echoing in and outside Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, the Power Development Department (PDD) has blamed consumers and said unrestricted peak demand is almost double than the peak demand to be actually met forcing the department to go for scheduled and unscheduled power curtailments. “Against registered load of 3,101 MW, the demand […]
Father-son duo injured critically in Shopian blast
Srinagar: Father-son-duo injured on Sunday afternoon in a mysterious balst at Zainpora area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district. Station House Officer (SHO) Zainpora Tawseef Ahmad told a local news agency that both the persons were working in their orchard at Charmarg village today afternoon. “The father-son-duo were digging around the trees inside the orchard when suddenly a mysterious […]
Shopian killings: J-K Police files murder case against army
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police has booked an army unit on murder and ‘attempt to murder’ charges over the killing of two civilians in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday.According to the FIR filed by the police, the charges of murder and ‘attempt to murder’ have been invoked against the army . The FIR has […]
Cold wave continues in Kashmir, Kargil coldest at minus 16
Srinagar: Minimum temperature in Kashmir Valley and Ladakh region continued to remain several notches below the freezing point, the Met Office said. While as in Jammu it slipped further down a few degrees. “Jammu city recorded 4.1 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature on Sunday. Kargil was the coldest in state where the minimum temperature […]
Government hell bent on destroying institution of media in Kashmir: Kashmir Editors Guild
Srinagar: Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG), in a meeting held here today regretted how the state government has made a mockery of its media policy – be it the categorization process or hike in the advertisement rates. The meeting discussed threadbare the state government’s non-serious approach towards local media saying the advertisement rates were hiked in […]
Editorial: Act before it is too late
India and Pakistan have been involved in intense skirmishes on the International Border and the Line of Control in Jammu and parts of Kashmir region. The cross LoC firing has resulted in huge human loses and otherwise, during the past three weeks now. However, both the countries have not moved beyond their stated positions on […]