Boat Tragedy: Thinking unimaginable, distraught mother calls her son, grandson to return home before sunset
Srinagar: Finding it difficult to believe that her loved ones are dead, Taja, the grieving mother, visits the boat capsize site on the banks of River Jhelum at Gandbal-Batwara everyday, asking her presumed-dead son and grandson to return home before sunset. “Miani Showkat saebo, lajya moj balayi, katyu chukh (O my son Showkat, where have […]
Boat capsize tragedy: Search continues for missing persons on Day 3
Srinagar: The search operation to retrieve the bodies of three missing persons, including a father-son duo and a fifth-grade student, continued on the third day today, with multiple rescue agencies continuing their efforts. Despite the concerted efforts of teams from various departments, including the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), MARCOS, […]
Woman fraudster arrested
Srinagar: Police have arrested a woman in Srinagar who was allegedly defrauding unsuspecting victims by posing as help outside the ATM booths. “A lady namely Zeenat, daughter of D/o Gh Ah Pampori R/o Saraibala has been arrested for cheating gullible citizens by swapping ATM cards while posing as help outside ATMs. FIR no 17/2024 u/s […]
Kashmir’s boat tragedy; search continues for the missing
Div Com, DC Srinagar visit bereaved households, provide Rs 5 lakh ex-gratia to NoK of deceased, Rs 50,000 to injured; say LG Sinha closely monitoring situation; IGP says 14 teams deployed, focus on sites having a high probability of finding missing persons, search Ops to continue till missing persons are traced Srinagar: The joint rescue […]
People demand probe into footbridge construction
Srinagar: While the UT administration has come up with financial assistance to those who died and who were injured in the Gandbal, Sonawar boat capsize, the locals, unimpressed, say, the tragedy would have not happened if the footbridge had been constructed. “The work on the bridge was started 8 years ago, but due to unknown […]
Campaigning ends for first phase of Lok Sabha polls in 102 seats
New Delhi: Campaigning ended Wednesday evening for 102 Lok Sabha seats across 21 states and Union territories which will go to polls in the first phase on April 19 with top leaders of the BJP-led NDA and the opposition INDIA bloc making a last-gasp effort to woo voters. Leading the charge, Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]
Campaigning ends in Udhampur Lok Sabha seat
Over 16.23 lakh voters to decide fate of 12 candidates on April 19 Jammu: The high-voltage electioneering came to an end on Wednesday evening in Udhampur parliamentary constituency in Jammu and Kashmir which is witnessing its first major electoral battle since it was bifurcated and downgraded to the status of a Union Territory in 2019. […]
BJP eyes hat-trick as Congress mounts challenge in Udhampur and Jammu
Jammu: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has gone full-throttle with a high-voltage campaign, while the Congress seems to have adopted a subdued approach as the parties gear up for a three-cornered contest — scheduled on April 19 and 26 — in the Udhampur and Jammu constituencies. In both the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections, […]
Will highlight ongoing ‘attack’ on dignity of J&K’s people: Mehbooba Mufti
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said she will highlight the ongoing “attack” on dignity of the people of Jammu and Kashmir and its land and other resources, instead of indulging in blame games with rival parties. “Our aim is not to play the blame game. We are passing through very tough times. Our […]
Omar Abdullah has ‘habit of humiliating people’, says PC chief Sajad Lone
“We were not there but what did NC’s three MP’s do when Art 370 was revoked” Kupwara: People’s Conference (PC) chief Sajad Gani Lone on Wednesday said National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah has a “habit of humiliating people and he needs to get out of the habit of labelling his opponents adversely”. The PC […]
