Kashmir reels under cold conditions after rains, snowfall
Srinagar: Amid record rainfall in some parts recently, Kashmir Valley continues to reel under bitter cold conditions. A meteorological department official on Monday said that Srinagar recorded minimum temperature of 6.5°C against 2.8°C on previous night. Qazigund, the gateway town of Kashmir, recorded a low of 4.8°C against previous night’s 2.2°C, the official said. Pahalgam, […]
JK reports 60 new covid-19 cases
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 60 new covid-19 cases even as one person succumbed to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said on Monday. Among the fresh cases, nine were reported from Jammu Division and 51 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 331638. There was one death, from Jammu, due to the […]
Police arrests drug peddler in Sopore
Srinagar: Police Monday arrested a drug peddler in Sopore in north Kashmir and recovered contraband substance from his possession, a police spokesman said. He said that police apprehended one drug peddler in Sopore and recovered 1008 Spasmoproxyvon Plus capsules from his possession. He has been arrested and shifted to police station where he remains in […]
NIT Srinagar launches online educational series ‘Career Chat’
Srinagar: The National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar’s social start-up Move Beyond-A Career Counselling School, of Innovation, Incubation & Entrepreneurship Development Centre (IIED) launched its first episode of weekly online educational series ‘Career Chat’ as a part of International Youth Outreach and Employability Program. Career Chat is an exclusive educational series started by Move Beyond […]
PDD lineman dies due to electric shock
Srinagar: A Power Development Department (PDD) lineman succumbed on way to hospital after getting electrocuted at Aaribal colony in Old Town of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday evening. Reports said that lineman Mushtaq Ahmad Dar son of Abdul Rashid Dar, a resident of Drangbal in Baramulla received serious burn injuries after receiving a high […]
Iconic Week Festival: Seminars held at KU’s South, North campuses
Srinagar: Two seminars were held at Kashmir University’s North and South campuses in connection with the Iconic Week celebrations. A day-long seminar was organised on ‘Sheikh Zain-ud-Din (RA): A Torchbearer of Communal Harmony’ at the South Campus, Anantnag. The main speakers included Dr Samir Siddiqui, Ghulam Nabi Aatash, Dr Zulfiqar Siddiqui and Dr Tanveer Hayat. […]
Nine women among 15 injured in road mishap in Rajouri
Jammu: Fifteen passengers, nine of them women, were injured when a Matador they were travelling in met with an accident near Cheta Morh Jhander in Nowshera area of Rajouri district on Monday, officials said. They said the matador bearing registration number (JK02AK-0297) on way to Nowshera from Jhanger met with an accident leading to the […]
Couple among three injured after hit by shooting stones near Ramban
Ramban: Three persons including a couple were injured after the vehicle they were travelling in was hit by “shooting stones” along the Jammu-Srinagar highway at Khooni Nallah area of Ramban district on Monday, officials said. “The vehicle SUV bearing registration number (JK03K-0926) was on way to Jammu when it was hit by the shooting stones […]
Advisor Farooq Khan aggrieved over Tral mishap
Asks administration to provide immediate support, relief to affected nomads
SRINAGAR: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan, Saturday expressed profound grief and shock over tragic mishap at Noorpora area of Tral, Pulwama in South Kashmir due to continual rains and snowfall claiming three precious lives of a nomadic family there. The unfortunate incident occurred when a makeshift tent of the family came under debris of […]
JK Judicial Academy orgainses one-day workshop
SRINAGAR: The J&K Judicial Academy Saturday organized a one-day Workshop on “Gender Sensitization in Crimes against women, Imparting training to eliminate Social bias” for Judicial Officers, Public Prosecutors/APPs, Medical Officers and Police Officers overseeing/supervising investigation of Kashmir province. The workshop was organised under the noble vision of Justice, Pankaj Mithal, Chief Justice, High Court of […]