Indo-Pak armies exchange brief gunfire in Teetwal sector
Karnah (Kupwara): Armies of India and Pakistan exchanged gunfire briefly along Line of Control near Seemari Teetwal Karnah on Sunday morning, official sources said. “At about 07:15 hours, there was firing of few rounds of RPG, 60mm mortor shells, pika and HMG from across. The army responded in equivalent measure,” they said. The exchange of […]
BSF man dies of electric shock
Karnah: A Border Security Force (BSF) personnel died of electric shock in frontier area of Tangdhar in Karnah. Identified as Dinesh Kumar of 27BN BSF, stationed at Tanghdhar, the constable died today reportedly due to electric shock. He was hailing from district Sultanpur of UP. According to reports the constable was found unconscious in the […]
Man found dead at Tee Pee area of Karnah
Karnah: A man from Amrooi was found dead today at Needi behak near Tee Pee area along Kupwara Karnah road. Locals said that the deceased, identified as Abdul Quyoom Buden S/O Gumani Buden of Amrooi had gone uphill to cut grass but did not come back. The people from the area searched for him all […]
DIG NKR visits Kupwara, chairs officers meeting
Kupwara: To review the Security Scenario of the District, Dy. Inspector-General of Police NKR, Sujit Kumar, visited District Kupwara today, chaired a meeting with Police officers and held Darbar with Jawans. The DIG NKR was received by SSP Kupwara, Dr. G.V. Sundeep Chakravarthy, and was presented ceremonial guard of honour on his arrival at DPO […]
3 LeT OGWs arrested: Police
Srinagar: Police on Friday claimed to have solved grenade attack case of Langate in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district with the arrest of three over-ground workers (OGWs) of the proscribed Lashkar-e-Tobia outfit. In a statement, police said following some inputs, a cordon and search operation was launched by Army’s 30 RR and SOG Handwara Thursday morning, […]
Karnah Premier League culminates, Kandi Galaxy Green emerges winner
KARNAH: The Karnah Premier League, a 20-20 format super cricketing event culminated here on Sunday at Chhamkot, Karnah. The month-long sporting championship started on March 2nd with the participation of 32 teams from Karnah besides a team each of Indian Army, J&K Police and State Bank of India. Played out on a knock-out basis, the […]
Youth dies after being hit by shooting stone
Karnah: A 20-years-old man died after being hit by shooting stone in Karnah area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, Tuesday. According to reports Amir Chaneeza, son of Mohammad Shafi Shaneeza, resident of Murchana Ibkote died after he was the hit by a shooting stone in Murchana Reyala area of Karnah. A police official also confirmed […]
Traffic resumes on Karnah road
Karnah: After remaining closed for four days due to fresh snowfall, traffic on Karnah-Kupwara National Highway (NH701) was resumed today. The road had got closed due to fresh snowfall, however, due to joint efforts of 109 RCC GREEF, Shakti Vijay Brigade and SDM Karnah, it was restored for traffic in such a short period, locals […]
Karnah-Kupwara highway opens for traffic
Karnah: After remaining blocked for several days due to heavy snowfall, the Kupwara-Karnah highway was reopened for traffic Tuesday Authorities said accumulation of 3 feet snow around the Sadhna Pass had forced closure of the highway. The Beacon authorities did a brilliant job and worked very hard to clear snow from the road, SDM Karnah […]
Traffic movement suspended on Karnah-Kupwara road
Karnah: Authorities on Wednesday suspended traffic movement on the road connecting Karnah to Kupwara following fresh snowfall. An official said that it has been snowing at Sadhana Pass since yesterday evening and as a precautionary measure the traffic movement has been suspended on the road. As per the official record, 2.5 ft of snow was […]
