Budding Artist: Farjumand Sadiqi
Baramulla: Meet Farjumand Sadiqi from Kanispora Baramulla who has carved niche at her young age as a budding artist with her distinctive style of paintings. A student of 11th standard Sadiqi had a taste of painting and drawing from her childhood. It’s her love for this art form that despite having minimal resources and negative […]
Mounds of garbage blemish beauty of snow-clad Gulmarg
Gulmarg, Jan 31: Thanks to lots of snow this winter, ski-resort of Gulmarg has everything that a visiting tourist’s eyes want to see, but they will have to be use their eyes a bit selectively so as not to catch sight of heaps of garbage that lay littered everywhere at the resort! “With a heavy […]
Brown sugar worth 80 cr seized in Kupwara
Kupwara, Jan 31: Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested two drug smugglers along with 19 kilograms of brown sugar from Kralpora area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. “The two accused — Zameer Ahmad Raina and Riyaz Ahmad Badan — residents of Amrohi village of Karnah were arrested from Kralpora area along with 19 kilograms […]
Police declare Baramulla ‘militant free’ district
Baramulla, Jan 24: Day after three local LeT militants including a district commander was killed in a gunfight at Binner village in Baramulla, the police on Thursday declared this north Kashmir district as “militant-free”. This is the first time since militancy-hit the Valley that a district has been declared as being “militant-free”. “We now don’t […]
Baramulla town shuts to mourn militant killings
Baramulla: Amid shutdown in the town, thousands of people participated in the funeral prayers of three slain militants in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district who were laid to rest in their native graveyards Thursday. Three local militants, including LeT’s district commander Suhaib Akhoon of Khanpor, Mohsin Mushtaq of Qazihamam and Nissar Darzi of Jamia Mohalla in […]
3 LeT militants killed in encounter in Baramulla
Baramulla, Jan 23: Three local militants of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) were killed in an encounter with government forces in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district Wednesday. The government forces launched a cordon and search operation in Binner area in the outskirts of the district following information about presence of militants in there, a police official said. “Following specific […]
Kanger: Everyone’s darling in winters
Inside a single story mud house, elderly Abdul Gani Sheikh of Heewan village in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district is joined by his son and other local artisans in skill fully moulding and weaving the dried twigs of willow trees around small earthen pots (Kundal) to make and shape up Kanger-a mobile fire-pot used by most […]
Three militants killed in Binner Baramulla encounter, search continues
Baramulla: Three unidentified militants have been killed in Binner village of Baramulla in the outskirts of Baramulla town. SSP Baramulla Mir Imtiyaz Hussain confirmed to Kashmir Images on phone that three militants have been killed and search operation is going in the area. “The identity of the slain militants are yet to be ascertained,” SSP […]
Encounter breaks out in Binner Baramulla
Baramulla : A gunfight broke out between militants and government forces at Binner village in the outskirts of Baramulla town on Wednesday. Official sources said that a heavy contingent of army and SOG cordoned off the area today in the afternoon. “A joint team of army’s 46 RR, SOG and 53 bn CRPF launched a cordon-and-search […]
Dangling electric wires, decaying electric poles pose threat to lives in B’la villages
‘Electricity supply affected due to deterioration of transmission infrastructure’
Baramulla, Jan 22: Dangling electric wires tied with trees, worn-out wooden poles, stranded conductors are posing grave threat to the lives of people as well as to their property in various villages of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. The residents of Manzgam Zehanpora, Hajibal, Doodbugh Check, Taripora, Goriwan alleged that they are living under constant fear […]
