Thief attempts to chop off woman’s fingers, flee with 2 golden rings in Kulgam
Kulgam: An unidentified theive on Saturday decamped with jewellery of a woman, who barged into her house with sharp edged weapon, and tried to chop off her fingers. Reports reaching the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that an unidentified robber attacked a woman identified as Fancy Jan, wife of Mohammad Younus Rather of Zaipora Agroo […]
Shopian gunfight: 2 soldiers, militant killed
Srinagar: Two soldiers and a militant were killed in the ongoing gunfight in South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday. Earlier, a joint team of Police, army and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation on the input generated by J&K Police in the area, officials said. A defence ministry spokesperson based in Srinagar identified the […]
NIA carrying out raids at multiple locations in Kashmir
Srinagar: National Investigation Agency (NIA) is carrying out raids at multiple locations in Kashmir Valley, officials said on Saturday. Official sources told GNS that NIA sleuths with the assistance of police and CRPF is carrying raids in Kupwara, Ganderbal, Pulwama and Baramulla district’s Sopore area. It could not be immediately ascertained in which case (s) […]
Militant, armyman killed in Shopian gunfight
Srinagar: A militant and a Army trooper were killed in a gunfight in Chermarg, Zainapora area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday. A senior police to GNS said that a militant as well as an army trooper of 1RR were killed in a gunfight in Chermarg. However the identity of the militant is yet […]
Man killed, two injured in midnight accident on Rajouri highway
Rajouri: A man was killed while two others were injured in a midnight car accident that took place on national highway near Nowshera town in Rajouri district. The accident as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) took place when a car bearing registration number JK12B-4283 on way from Poonch to Jammu skidded off the […]
‘WORDS’
A translation of Wasif Ali Wasif’s "ALFAZ"
By: Abbas Ali “Every perception comes dressed to impress. This attire is made up of Words. The One who bestowed the perception also awarded the Words. Human beings have a distinction based on Words. Human beings are superior to other beings because of their ability to speak. Humans have been bestowed with the wealth of […]
Can Schools Break The Three Year Jinx?
By: MIR TARIQ MAQBOOL World has come to a standstill since the outbreak of Covid -19 but we in Kashmir suffered an additional year of thaw due to the political upheavals post abrogation of article 370 which led to an additional year of lockdown- a term unknown to the rest of the world back then. […]
Cop injured in grenade attack in Srinagar
By: Majid Kapra Srinagar: A policeman was injured in a grenade attack in Khwaja Bazaar area of the old city on Friday, officials said. Police said that militants hurled a grenade in Khwaja Bazar area of Nowhatta at around 1pm leaving a policeman injured while three readymade garments’ shops were damaged in the attack. The […]
Shopian man slips to death in Himachal
Srinagar: A labourer from south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Friday slipped to death in Himachal Pradesh, official sources said. Quoting the sources, news agency KDC identified the deceased as Gulzar Ahmed Khan, a resident of Shadab Karewa Shopian. He slipped from the slope of a hillock while doing the job, an official said, adding that […]
Burglary attempt to break into J&K Bank branch in Anantnag
Srinagar: A burglary attempt was made at the Jammu and Kashmir Branch Chittergull in Anantnag district on Thursday night, police said. A police official said that the employees of J&K Bank branch Chittergull on reaching the said branch for daily duties spotted that the rear wall of the building had been damaged, reported news agency […]
