My child was orphaned before being born, says devastated wife

Srinagar: “My child became an orphan even before being born,” said the inconsolable wife of Inspector Masroor Ahmed Wani, who died in Delhi on Thursday 39 days after he suffered critical wounds in a terrorist attack while he was playing cricket in Srinagar. Expecting her first child, she was overwhelmed with grief after getting the […]

Five killed in Ganderbal as cab falls from mountain highway

Srinagar: A cab taking a group of persons from Srinagar to Kargil fell from a mountain highway in the Ganderbal district on Thursday, killing five persons, officials said. The accident took place in the Sonamarg area where the passenger cab skidded off the mountainous Zojila Pass road on the Srinagar-Leh highway due to slippery road […]

In a first, Kral check Shopian gets electricity

Shopian : The residents of  New Basti Kral Check in Keller hamlet of south Kashmir’s Shopian district are feeling elated as the area got access to electricity for the time ever. Officials said that Kral check is located in a far off forest area of Keller and has a population of around 200 souls. “The […]

2015 attack on BSF convoy: NIA attaches properties of 2 LeT operatives

Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency on Thursday attached the properties of two key Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives for their involvement in the 2015 terror attack on a BSF convoy in Udhampur district. Two BSF personnel were killed and 13 others injured in the attack, which took place on August 5, 2015 on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway […]

Fraudsters created fake website to dupe job seekers in JK, held

Jammu: A court here has rejected the bail plea of an accused recently arrested by the cyber wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Police for his alleged involvement in creating a fake website of a government department to dupe gullible job seekers. Tahir Ahmad Bhat, who claims to be a journalist from Sarnal Payeen village […]

Govt bans use of sugarcane juice, sugar syrup for ethanol making in 2023-24 supply year

New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday banned the use of ‘sugacane juice and sugar syrup’ for ethanol production in the 2023-24 supply year that started this month, in order to maintain adequate sugar availability for domestic consumption and to keep prices under check. However, the government has allowed use of ‘B-molasses’ for ethanol production in […]

Three houses attached under anti-terror law

Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday attached three residential properties in south Kashmir’s Pulwama and Kulgam districts as part of a probe into a terror-related case, officials said here. The NIA sleuths installed boards and pasted notices of attachment of the two properties at Chursoo in Awantipora area of the district, they said. […]

Cold condition intensify in Kashmir, night temperature below freezing point

Srinagar: The minimum temperature across Kashmir settled below the freezing point as the cold conditions intensified in the valley, officials said on Wednesday. Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 2 degrees Celsius, down from minus 1.4 degrees Celsius the previous night, they said. Pahalgam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag […]

Lok Sabha passes JK Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill

Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill also gets nod

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to nominate two members from the Kashmiri migrant community and one representing the displaced persons from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) to the legislative assembly. The House also passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to change […]