Amid heavy rains schools upto class 8 closed in Ramban
Srinagar: District administration Ramban has ordered for closure of all schools, upto Class 8, for the day, amid ongoing heavy rains across the district. Deputy Commissioner Ramban Mussarat Islam, as per GNS, ordered for the closure of the schools albeit asking for scheduled conduct of exams, if any, in the district. “All Schools (Government & […]
BSF vehicle plunges into gorge in Poonch, one killed
Poonch/Jammu: A BSF personnel was killed and six injured when their vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, a police official said on Sunday. The accident occurred in the Balnoi area of Mendhar when the driver of the Border Security Force (BSF) vehicle lost control […]
IED recovered in Pulwama district
Srinagar: Security forces on Sunday recovered an IED in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Based on questioning of terrorist associate Ishfaq Ahmad Wani, security forces recovered the 5 kg improvised explosive device (IED) at Arigam on the Pulwama-Shopian road, they said. They said Wani was already under arrest in another case. KI […]
Hideout in terror associate’s house busted in Poonch, 2 grenades recovered
Jammu: Security forces on Sunday busted a hideout constructed in the house of a terror associate who was arrested in connection with an ambush on an army vehicle in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir last month, officials said. Five army personnel were killed when their vehicle was attacked by terrorists in Bhatta Durrian forests […]
Police arrests six drug peddlers, psychotropic substances recovered
Srinagar: Police have arrested six drug peddlers in Baramulla, Budgam and Kulgam and recovered psychotropic substances from their possession, a police spokesman said. He said that a police party at a checkpoint established at Chinar Crossing Pattan intercepted two suspicious persons who tried to flee but were apprehended tactfully. During checking, 210 SpasmoProxyvon Plus capsules […]
13 tourists, driver injured in road accident in Kulgam
Srinagar: At least 14 people were injured after their vehicle overturned on the Khudwani bypass road in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday, officials said. The passengers, all tourists and residents of Pune, and the vehicle’s driver have been admitted to a hospital and their condition has been stated to be stable, they said. […]
Four killed in lightning, cloudburst incidents
Srinagar: At least four persons including a husband-wife duo were killed on Saturday in lightning strike and cloudburst incidents in Kashmir, officials said. A husband-wife duo died due to a cloudburst in the Pampore hamlet of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Officials said that a cloudburst occurred at Bojhbagh area of Samboora in Pampore, leaving two […]
Defence minister Rajnath Singh lands in Jammu, to visit Rajouri
Srinagar: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday arrived in Jammu and is scheduled to visit Rajouri where 5 army personnel were killed in a blast during an encounter in Kandi forest area of the district yesterday. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that Rajnath Singh landed in Jammu today where he was […]
Woman dies, residential house gutted in Aali Kadal blaze
SRINAGAR: An elderly woman died while a residential house was damaged in a massive blaze triggered by a cooking gas cylinder blast at Aali Kadal area in the old city here this morning. Witnesses told ‘Kashmir Images’ that a 55 years old woman lost her life while a three-storey residential building was gutted after a […]
Terrorist killed, another likely injured in Rajouri gunfight: Army
Jammu: One terrorist killed and another was likely injured in an ongoing gunbattle in the woods of Rajouri, where five men of elite Special Forces of Army were killed on Friday. Defence spokesman Lt. Colonel Devender Anand said that one terrorist was killed while another was likely wounded in the gunfight. “In the ongoing joint […]
