Kupwara avalanches: Four more bodies recovered, death toll reaches 8
Srinagar: With the recovery of four more bodies trapped under snow on Saturday, the death toll mounted to eight after three vehicles came under multiple snow avalanches at Khoni Nallah near Sadhna Top in Tangdar sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district Friday evening. Deputy Commissioner Kupwara, Khalid Jehangir said that soon after the unfortunate incident, […]
Six Himachal residents injured in road accident in J-K
Jammu: Six residents of Himachal Pradesh were today injured when their vehicle hit a roadside tree in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, police said. A car, travelling from Himachal Pradesh to Udhampur, rammed into a tree at Paldai Majalta, injuring six persons, a police spokesperson said. He said the injured — Suresh Kumar (48), Rakesh […]
Sikh group plans to ban Indian officials from entering Gurudwaras
London: A prominent Sikh group in the UK wants to ban Indian officials from entering Gurudwaras, alleging that they are “interfering” in the internal matters of the Sikh community. “Sikhs in the diaspora are fed up with Indian Government officials and their agents increasingly interfere in our institutions and Sikh affairs, undermining of Sikh campaigns […]
All options on the table to deal with Pakistan: White House
Washington: The US is keeping “all options” on the table apart from suspending about USD 2 billion in security aid to Pakistan to put pressure on it to take decisive action against the Taliban and the Haqqani network and eliminate their safe havens, the White House warned today. The US yesterday suspended about USD 2 billion […]
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 […]
