Army officer, militant killed in Achabal encounter

Another officer, 2 soldiers injured

Srinagar, Jun 17: An Army officer and a militant were killed, while another officer and two soldiers were injured on Monday in an encounter in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said. A commissioned officer Ketan Sharma was killed while another officer of the same rank and two soldiers were injured in the encounter in the […]

Uhbaan and Daamin lost their father on Father's Day

Wreath Laying Ceremony of SHO Arshad Khan

Srinagar: In a tragic coincidence, one-year-old Daamin and four-year-old Uhbaan lost their father, Jammu and Kashmir Police officer Arshad Ahmed Khan, on a Father’s Day. As the body of Khan, who breathed his last at AIIMS in Delhi on Sunday evening, was brought to the police lines here on Monday, Uhbaan was unable to gauge […]

Armyman, 3 civilians injured during cross-LoC firing in Poonch

Jammu, Jun 17: An armyman and three civilians, including an 11-year-old girl, were injured in firing along the LoC in Poonch district, officials said Monday. “The Pakistani army started shelling villages and forward posts on Sunday and it continued until this morning,” they said. “They started with small arms and later resorted to mortar shelling. […]

Naib Tehsildar caught accepting bribe

Srinagar, Jun 17: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Monday caught a Revenue official red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 12,000 in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, officials said. A written complaint was lodged in police station ACB and it was alleged that Naib Tehsildar Sopore, Fayaz Ahmad Wani, demanded the bribe for recording change of title […]

23 civil society activists held, sit-in camp uprooted in PaK

MUZAFFARABAD: At least 23 activists of a civil society alliance, averse to diversion of rivers for power projects, were arrested by police who also uprooted their sit-in camp on Sunday, citing “violation” on their part of section 144 of CrPC. At the time of the raid, reportedly at about 6am, only two activists were sleeping […]

2 die after being struck by lightning

Srinagar, Jun 17: Two persons, including an 18-year-old woman, were killed due to lightning in separate incidents in Bandipora and Ganderbal districts of Kashmir valley, officials said on Monday. Fatima Bano (18), a resident of Najan village in Sumbal area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora died when she was struck by lightning outside her house, an […]

Girl commits suicide in Ganderbal 

Srinagar, Jun 17: A seventeen-year-old girl committed suicide in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Monday. A resident of Ramwari Gund area of Ganderbal district, the teenage girl consumed some poisonous substance at her home. Soon after the incident, she was rushed to Primary Health Center (PHC) Gund, wherefrom she was referred to SKIMS Soura. However, […]

16 injured in Poonch road accident

Poonch, Jun 17: At least sixteen passengers were injured in a road accident in Poonch district on Monday. Reports said a bus skidded off the road and turned turtle in Shahpur area of Poonch, leaving 16 passengers injured. They said the injured were shifted to a hospital for treatment. Images News Netwokhttps://thekashmirimages.com

Hailstorm, heavy rains lash Srinagar parts 

Srinagar, Jun 17: Hailstorm followed by heavy rain lashed parts of Srinagar district on Monday afternoon. Around 4: 30 today, hailstorm followed by rains was witnessed in the summer capital Srinagar. The same situation was also witnessed in district Baramulla’s Pattan area while as south Kashmir’s Anantnag district and adjoining places witnessed strong winds. Meanwhile, […]