Three foreign tourists killed in Dal Lake blaze
Srinagar: Three tourists from Bangladesh were charred to death in a major blaze in a houseboat on the famous Dal Lake on Saturday, officials here said. The tourists’ bodies were retrieved from the debris of the gutted houseboats near ghat nine on the lake, a popular attraction for people visiting Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital, […]
Pak govt hands over 80 Indian fishermen to BSF at Wagah border
Amritsar: Eighty Indian fishermen who were recently released from a jail in Pakistan have been handed over to BSF authorities at the Attari-Wagah border here, officials said on Saturday. The Pakistan government on Thursday released 80 Indian fishermen from the Malir jail in Karachi. Punjab police protocol officer Arun Mahal said all the prisoners crossed […]
Non-Local Labourer Case: SIU conducts search at terrorists house in Shopian
Srinagar: Police on Saturday said that its Special Investigation Unit (SIU) Shopian carried out search in Rawalpora Shopian in connection with the case pertaining to the terror attack on non-local labourers at Gagren area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district. Police said that the search was carried out in non-residential house of active terrorist Hanzal Yaqoob […]
CS extends Diwali greetings to people
JAMMU: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta Saturday extended his good wishes to the people on the eve of Diwali. In his message, the Chief Secretary said that Diwali is an occasion that serves to remove darkness and ignorance from our lives and fill it with positivity and enthusiasm. It is an occasion to eradicate […]
Man killed as army vehicle hits bike in Doda
Bhaderwah/Jammu: A 29-year-old man was killed and his friend injured when the motorcycle they were riding was allegedly hit by an army truck in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district on Saturday, police said. The accident took place at Haneja Morh, four kms from Thathri, at around 8.15 am when Mohammad Aslam Deedar along with his […]
Bovine smuggler arrested under PSA in Reasi
Jammu: An alleged bovine smuggler was arrested under the Public Safety Act in Reasi district on Saturday, police said. Mohammad Azam, a resident of Kothian village of Pouni tehsil, is a notorious bovine smuggler, a police spokesman said. He was lodged in Kot Bhalwal jail after his arrest, he said. The person said Azam’s dossier […]
Pulwama encounter: Terrorists give slip to forces after brief exchange of fire
Srinagar: After a brief exchange of fire on Saturday afternoon, the terrorists have managed to give a slip to the security forces at Parigam village of Newa Hamlet in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials said. An official said that a joint team of Police, Army and CRPF had launched a Cordon and Search Operation on […]
Snowfall, rains disrupt life in JK
National highway, Mughal road closed for traffic
Srinagar: Many areas, especially the higher reaches, of Kashmir received snowfall while rains lashed the plains on Friday, leading to the closure of national highways connecting the valley with the rest of the country, officials said. Light to moderate snowfall and rain are going on over the higher reaches at most places of Jammu and […]
8th National Ayurveda Day- JK has the potential to lead as wellness and Ayurveda hub: Lt Guv Sinha
AKHNOOR: Jammu and Kashmir has the potential to lead the country as a wellness and Ayurveda hub, Lt Guv Manoj Sinha said Friday. On the occasion of 8th National Ayurveda Day, while attending the Pran Pratishtha Ceremony of Bhagwan Dhanvantari at Government Ayurvedic Medical College & Hospital, Akhnoor, he said that efforts towards this goal […]
Bring perpetrators of 26/11 Mumbai attack, Pathankot strike to justice: India, US
New Delhi: In a veiled message to Pakistan, India and the US on Friday reiterated their condemnation of the 26/11 Mumbai attack and the Pathankot strike and called for bringing the perpetrators to justice. In a joint statement at the end of the ‘2+2’ foreign and defence ministerial dialogue, New Delhi and Washington unequivocally condemned […]
