Two militants killed in Shopian encounter
Srinagar: Two militants were killed in an ongoing encounter with government forces at Melhora area of Zainapora in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday. Reports said that a joint team of SOG and army’s 55 RR laid a siege in Melhora village. A police officer said that the operation was launched following specific inputs about […]
Pak Army shells three sectors along LoC in Poonch
Jammu: The Pakistan Army on Tuesday fired mortars along the Line of Control (LoC) in three sectors of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, a defence spokesman said. Indian troops effectively retaliated. “About 1100 hours on Tuesday, Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and shelling with mortars along LoC in Shahpur, […]
Govt focuses on COVID-19, forgets other medical requirements
Srinagar: As government focuses exclusively on Covid-19 pandemic with all its men and machinery fighting the deadly pandemic, patients with other health complicacies have been left high and dry as most of the leading hospitals have been designated as covid-19 hospitals. The closure of out-patients department (OPD) and putting the surgeries on hold has added […]
1200 JK laborers reach Lakhanpur, put under quarantine
Jammu: Around twelve hundred laborers from Jammu and Kashmir, who were working in different parts of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh and were stuck due to lockdown, reached Lakhanpur on Monday evening and have been put into quarantine facilities of administration. Commissioner Secretary of PHE, I&FC Department, Ajeet Kumar Sahu, who is presently deployed in Kathua […]
Minor dies as air compressor explodes
Baramulla: A minor died after an Air compressor tank exploded in Kanipath area of Singhpora in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday today afternoon. Police officials said that a minor boy identified as Muhammad Abbas Dar, 11, son of Ghulam Hassan died on the spot when an air tank compressor exploded at Kanipath village. “The […]
Govt showing no response towards our demands: Stranded students
Kupwara: A group of female Kashmiri students stuck at Hauzkhas in Delhi Tuesday demanded immediate evacuation stating that they have gone into a state of depression in absence of attention from government despite asking for help in times of extreme exigency. The female students complained that there was no response from the government when one […]
Teenager dies after slipping from hill top
Doda: A 19-year-old shepherd was killed Tuesday when he accidentally fell down from a hill top while grazing his sheep in Doda district, Police said. Khalid Hussain Bakerwal, a resident of Ujh Pul in Kathua district, was tending his herd in Koti forest when he fell into a gorge, Station House Officer, Doda police station, […]
Six drug peddlers held
Jammu: Six alleged drug peddlers were arrested on Tuesday after narcotic substances were recovered from their possession in Udhampur and Reasi districts, police said. Ranjit Singh and Kewal Singh were arrested and six grams of heroin was recovered from their possession at Barrian in Udhampur district, a police spokesperson said. He said another peddler, Amar […]
Two year old among 23 test positive for COVID-19
Srinagar: A two-year-old from the Shopian district on Monday became the youngest in the Jammu and Kashmir to have tested positive for novel coronavirus. In all 23 fresh cases were reported in the last twenty-four hours and includes an expectant mother besides at least thirteen other women. Officials said that among the fresh cases, 15 […]
886 deaths reported in India, case rise to 28,380: Health Ministry
New Delhi: The number of COVID-19 cases climbed to 28,380 and the death toll due to it rose to 886 in the country on Monday, registering a record increase of 60 deaths in 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry. There has been a spike of 1,463 cases since Sunday evening. The number of […]
