Two Rohingya girls recovered from Budgam: Police
Srinagar: Two Rohingya girls were recovered from a residential house in the Khansahib area of Central Kashmir Budgam district. A police official told news agency Kashmir Scroll that police station Khansahib recovered two Rohingya girls identified as Hassna (17) daughter of Aziz ul Rehman and Rona Lela (21)daughter of Habib Khatoon from the house of […]
Fire engulfs forest belt in Rajouri
Rajouri: A massive blaze erupted in the forest area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said on Monday. The fire broke out in the Bathuni forest belt late on Sunday, engulfing seven to eight acres and causing severe damage to trees and wildlife, they said. The Forest Protection Force launched an extensive firefighting operation […]
Night temp hovers above normal amid heatwave forecast in J&K
Srinagar: Night temperature continued to hover above normal in most parts of Jammu and Kashmir where weatherman forecast another dry and hot day on Monday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that generally dry weather is expected till May 28 even though the possibility of thundershower activity at isolated places cannot be ruled out. […]
Man Found Dead With Throat Slit in Kupwara
Kupwara: A 50-year-old man was found dead on Monday morning with his throat slit at his residence in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Reports reaching News Agency Kashmir Scroll that a 50-year-old laborer identified as Abdul Hamid Khan, son of Gulla Khan of Mir Muqam Awoora, was found dead at his house with deep cut marks […]
Women pick strawberries from the fields on the outskirts of Srinagar
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Successful polls in J&K success of Modi govt policy, next step is Assembly polls, statehood to be restored after that: Amit Shah
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that the Modi government’s Kashmir policy has been vindicated by the successful polling in Jammu and Kashmir, where even separatists have voted “overwhelmingly”, as he assured that the assembly elections in the region will be held before September 30. Once the elections are over, the government […]
Ganderbal in Kashmir and Kathua in Jammu record hottest day
Ganderbal records 34.8°C and Kathua, 45.0°C Srinagar: As the heat wave continues in Jammu and Kashmir, Ganderbal in central Kashmir recorded the hottest day at 34.8°C and Qazigund finishing second at 33.7°C. With 34.8°C in Ganderbal district, Sunday was the season’s hottest day in the Kashmir valley during May. As per the MeT department, Qazigund […]
Record-breaking voting reflective of ‘new J&K’ under Modi’s leadership: BJP’s Ravinder Raina
Jammu: The record-breaking turnout in the just concluded Lok Sabha elections in all five constituencies is reflective of the “new Jammu and Kashmir under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership”, senior BJP leader Ravinder Raina said on Sunday. Raina, the president of Jammu and Kashmir BJP, said his party is fully prepared for the much-awaited assembly […]
Cash, liquor, drugs worth Rs 95 crore seized during Lok Sabha polls in J&K
Srinagar: Election authorities in Jammu and Kashmir seized about Rs 95 crore worth of cash and other freebies like liquor that were meant for influencing the minds of voters during the staggered elections to five Lok Sabha seats in the Union territory. The polling in Jammu and Kashmir was completed on Saturday as Anantnag-Rajouri Lok […]
Police constable booked under NDPS Act dismissed in Reasi
Jammu: A police constable booked last year under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act was dismissed from service in Reasi district, an official said on Sunday. Senior Superintendent of Police (Reasi) Mohita Sharma ordered the dismissal of selection grade constable Tariq Hussain Shah for his prolonged unauthorised absence from duties and alleged involvement in […]
