Yatri found dead in bus at Pantha Chowk Yatra Niwas
Srinagar, July 12: A 40-year-old Amarnath Yatri was found dead inside a bus parked outside Yatra Niwas at Pantha Chowk in Srinagar on Sunday. Officials said that the deceased has been identified as Himat Batti alias Joga Singh, a resident of Punjab. The Yatri was found unconscious inside the parked bus by fellow Yatris and […]
Cloudburst floods hotels, houses in Pahalgam
Srinagar, July 12 (PTI): Several hotels and houses were inundated in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam on Saturday night after a cloudburst triggered flash floods in a stream, officials said. A sudden spell of intense rainfall, possibly caused by a localised cloudburst, struck the forest areas of Awoora and Dehwathu in Pahalgam, in south Kashmir’s Anantnag […]
Over 9,100 pilgrims leave for Amarnath shrine
Jammu, July 12 (PTI) A fresh batch of 9,153 pilgrims, including 2,345 women, departed from the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas base camp in Jammu early Sunday to join the annual Amarnath Yatra in the south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said. The pilgrims, travelling in 359 vehicles, left for the twin base camps of Baltal in Ganderbal […]
Dislodged boulder crushes man at Pahalgam
Srinagar, July 12 (PTI) A 27-year-old man was killed after being hit by a dislodged boulder from a mountain in the Pahalgam area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said on Sunday. Shabir Ahmad Shah was hit by the boulder when he was asleep in his tent at the Eidgah in Chandanwari during the intervening […]
BJP has no interest in toppling J&K govt: Ashok Koul
Srinagar, July 11: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Jammu and Kashmir General Secretary (Organisation) Ashok Koul on Saturday dismissed the National Conference’s allegation that BJP had offered money to its legislators to topple the government, asserting that his party has no interest in forming a government in the Union Territory through defections. Responding to claims by […]
IIS Officer Trainees call on Lieutenant Governor
SRINAGAR, JULY 11: A group of 16 Indian Information Service (IIS) Officer Trainees, Group ‘B’ of the 2023 Batch called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, at Lok Bhavan today. They were accompanied by Shri Qazi Salman, Director, Press Information Bureau (PIB), Srinagar. The Lieutenant Governor extended his best wishes to the Officer Trainees for their […]
Police say notorious drug peddler sent to jail, four others arrested with narcotics
Jammu, July 11 (PTI) An alleged drug peddler was detained under the PIT-NDPS Act in Udhampur district, while four more were arrested after they were caught with narcotic substances at different places in Samba, Kathua and Rajouri districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Saturday. Sanjay Kumar alias “Sanju”, a resident of Phalata village, […]
Swift police action helps Amarnath pilgrims recover cash, documents left behind in cab
BANIHAL/JAMMU, July 11 (PTI): Jammu and Kashmir Police has recovered a handbag containing Rs 1.32 lakh and some important documents belonging to three Amarnath pilgrims in Ramban district, officials said on Saturday. The pilgrims from Maharashtra had forgotten the bag under a seat in a taxi before arriving at the yatri camp at Banihal. They […]
Muharram procession at Pattan: Traffic restrictions imposed on Srinagar-Baramulla highway
Srinagar, July 11: Authorities on Saturday imposed traffic restrictions on the Srinagar-Baramulla national highway to facilitate the annual Muharram procession at Mirgund in Pattan, officials said. A 10-hour diversion advisory was issued for the arterial road from 10 am to 8 pm to ensure smooth conduct of the religious congregation and avert any law-and-order situation, […]
Our patience should not be mistaken for weakness: Omar on statehood restoration
Srinagar, July 11: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said Jammu and Kashmir’s patience should not be mistaken for weakness, questioning why the promise of restoring statehood remains unfulfilled despite the completion of delimitation and Assembly elections. Addressing National Conference workers at the 26th death anniversary of Begum Akbar Jehan Abdullah (Madar-e-Meharban) at Hazratbal, CM […]