Encounter breaks out in Mirhama Kulgam
Kulgam: An encounter broke out between security forces and militants in Mirhama area in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district, officials said on Wednesday An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a joint of team of police, Army and CRPF after receiving information about the presence of militants launched search operation in the area. […]
Gunfights Starts In Dooru Anantnag, Cop Injured
Srinagar: A policeman was injured in a gunfight in Dooru area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Wednesday afternoon. A police official told GNS the firefight erupted in Nowgam Shahabad, Dooru and ensued after militants fired upon a joint team of police, army’s 19 RR and 164 battalion CRPF while they were laying a cordon-and-search […]
Minus 10.4°C in Gulmarg as mercury drops in J&K, Ladakh
Srinagar: Barring Qazigund, the minimum temperature across Kashmir Valley settled below the freezing point on Wednesday with famous ski-resort of Gulmarg recording a low of minus 10.4°C. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K, recorded a low of minus 2.3°C against last night’s 1.4°C. Kashmir is presently under […]
Leopard mauls 11 sheep to death in Tangmarg
Srinagar: At least eleven sheep were killed in a leopard attack in Waripora Tangmarg in north Kashmir’s Baramulla on Monday night. According to the owner of the sheep, Ghulam Nabi Rather son of Mohammad Ramzan Rather, a leopard barged inside the shed and killed eleven sheep, besides leaving several other injured. Meanwhile, locals urged the […]
Former govt employee convicted in disproportionate assets case in Jammu
Jammu: A former government official was sentenced to three years in jail by a special court on Tuesday in a disproportionate assets case, an official said. Two other accused in the case filed in 2008 were acquitted by the court for want of sufficient evidence, a spokesperson of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said in a […]
Class 12 results likely by Jan 20: JKBOSE
Srinagar: The J&K Board of School Education (JKBOSE) is likely to announce Class 12 annual regular examination 2021 results in Kashmir around January 20. A local news agency quoted Joint Secretary (Examination) JKBOSE, as saying that they are “planning to declare the result by January 20”. “We are trying our best to declare the result […]
PDD’s casual labourer dies of electrocution in Rafiabad
Baramulla: A casual labourer of Power Development Department died of electrocution while repairing a transmission line in Rafiabad area of Baramulla district on Tuesday. News agency KNS quoted officials as saying that Mohammad Ramzan Wagay of Rawoocha Rafiabad received electric shock while repairing a transmission line in the area today morning. He was immediately taken […]
3 persons killed in two separate road accidents
Srinagar: A biker was killed and two of his brothers injured after the motorcycle they were riding collided with a tipper in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Tuesday morning, while as a minor boy was mowed down by a car in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district in the afternoon. Quoting an official, news agency KNO reported […]
Dr Farooq Abdullah releases Urdu translation of Risala Khawatarya
Recalls erudite personality of Maulana Masudi, pays tributes to him
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President and Member of Parliament from Srinagar Dr Farooq Abdullah Tuesday released an Urdu translation titled “Risalah Khawatarya” of a pedagogic and exhaustive compendium penned by Hazrat Ameer e Kabir Mir Syed Ali Hamadani (RA). The translation was done by former General Secretary and veteran party leader Late […]
Two-day mega Gojri literary, cultural seminar begins in Jammu
JAMMU: A 2-day mega Gojri literary and cultural seminar began here today at K L Sehgal hall. The seminar is being organized by Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKAACL) under the supervision of Secretary JKAACL, Rahul Pandey. The event was attended by a large gathering including prominent Gojri writers, poets and […]
