Need to break vortex of violence in Kashmir: Mehbooba
Srinagar: Denouncing the killing of four policemen in an IED blast in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today urged the people to work shoulder to shoulder to break the “vortex of violence” in the state. These young policemen were killed when they were on duty to protect the people in the town. […]
Leh coldest place in Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar: Leh, in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, was the coldest recorded place in the state as the mercury dropped over 15 degrees Celsius below the freezing point, even as few areas in the higher reaches of the Valley received fresh snowfall. There was light snowfall in Gulmarg, Pahalgam and few other areas […]
Five bodies recovered from avalanche site in JK
Srinagar: Five bodies were today recovered from a spot in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district where a passenger vehicle was hit by a huge avalanche of snow, trapping seven persons. A passenger vehicle was hit by a huge avalanche of snow at Khooni Nallah near Sadhan Top on the Kupwara-Tangdhar road yesterday. “Five bodies were recovered […]
Kupwara Avalanche Update: One more body recovered
Kupwara: One more dead body has been recovered after avalanches swept away two sumo vehicles at Khoni Nallah near Sadhna Top in Tangdar sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. The deceased identified as Ghulam Hussain s/o Mir Ahmad Shah resident of Chamkote has been recovered by the rescuers. With his recovery, the rescuers have recovered […]
45-year-old inmate dies in north Kashmir jail
Srinagar: An inmate of sub-jail Baramulla in north Kashmir died due to “brain haemorrhage” on Saturday.“Ghulam Nabi Bhat son of Abdul Khaliq (45), a resident of Hakbara, Hajin, Bandipora immediately taken to hospital after he complained of severe headache”, a police officer told news agency GNS. The doctors in the hospital, however, declared him brought dead […]
Bright sun brings relief from cold in Jammu
Jammu: Bright sunshine for the second day today brought some respite to the people here as the city recorded a low of 5.1 degrees Celsius, several notches above the season’s lowest minimum temperature of 2.7 degrees Celsius on Thursday. A MeT office spokesperson said the minimum temperature in the city of temples registered a […]
Sopore IED Blast: Jaish claims responsibility
Srinagar: Militant outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad today claimed responsibility for an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in Sopore town on government forces in which four personnel have been killed. In a statement issued to news agency GNS, Jaish-e-Mohammad spokesperson claimed that they have attacked the forces party in Sopore. “The Shaheed Afzal Guru squad carried out the […]
Mehbooba Mufti pained over killing of four policemen in Sopore blast
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has expressed her grief over the killing of four policemen in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in north Kashmir’s Sopore town on Saturday. “Pained to hear that four policemen have been killed in an IED explosion in Sopore. My deepest condolences to their families,”, Mehbooba wrote […]
Border residents to get 5,390 bunkers in Kashmir
Jammu: The government will provide safe accommodation to 54,000 border residents facing the brunt of intermittent firing and shelling by Pakistan troops round the year in Rajouri district with the construction of over 5,300 individual and community bunkers. Apart from 100 bunkers being constructed, the government has given approval for 4,918 individual bunkers and 372 […]
Kupwara avalanches: Three bodies recovered, 46-year-old found alive under snow after 12-hours
Srinagar: Three bodies were recovered and one person was found alive under snow on Saturday after avalanches swept away two sumo vehicles at Khoni Nallah near Sadhna Top in Tangdar sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Official sources told GNS that three bodies two of them of females, recovered by rescue team comprising of police, SDRF, 3 […]