Category: Kashmir

Srinagar, Dec 26 : Fire and Emergency Services Jammu and Kashmir Friday said it attended five separate fire incidents across different districts of the Kashmir division during the last 24 hours, preventing further damage through timely response and sustained firefighting operations. According to officials of Fire & Emergency Services J&K, two haystacks containing dry grass…

Srinagar, Dec 26: The Jammu Kashmir Students Association has said that the Union government has taken serious note of the recent assault on a Kashmiri shawl seller in Kashipur town of Uttarakhand and has assured strict action against those involved in acts of violence and intimidation targeting Kashmiri traders. The Jammu Kashmir Students Association said…

Srinagar, December 26. In a tragic incident, a 35‑year‑old advocate succumbed to his injuries after being involved in a road accident in Banihal on Thursday. Officials told GNS that an Alto car was involved in an accident at Banihal in which Adil Ahmed Sheikh (35), son of Ghulam Nabi Sheikh, a resident of Kandipora Bijbehera,…

Kashmir Region: Srinagar = 0.2°CQazigund = 0.2°CPahalgam = -1.6°CKupwara = -2.4°CKokernag = 0.8°CGulmarg = -4.5°CPampore = -1.6°CSrinagar Airport = -1.2°CAwantipora = -0.2°CBudgam = -0.4°CAnantnag = -0.3°CBaramulla = -0.7°CBandipora = 0.2°CPulwama = -3.4°CShopian = -2.5°CKulgam = 0.9°CGanderbal = -0.1°CSonamarg = -4.7°CZojila Pass = NAZethan Rafiabad = -1.5°C Jammu Region: Jammu = 10.0°CBanihal = 3.8°CBatote = 6.1°CKatra…

Srinagar, Dec 25. Security agencies have intensified night vigil across Srinagar, with joint teams of Jammu and Kashmir Police, Central Reserve Police Force and Special Operations Group conducting night-time checking at important locations in the city. The heightened night vigil follows a security review meeting chaired by the Inspector General of Police, Kashmir Zone, V…

Srinagar, Dec 25. Panic and concern gripped parts of Srinagar after a bear was spotted at two different locations over the last two days, prompting the Wildlife Department to issue an alert and step up monitoring efforts. According to officials, the bear was sighted yesterday within the premises of Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences at…

Man from Pulwama district was found dead inside a houseboat in the Amira Kadal area of Srinagar on Thursday morning, officials said. An official told that the body of the man was found inside a houseboat moored along the Jhelum River at Amira Kadal under mysterious circumstances.He said police were informed immediately after the discovery,…

Srinagar, Dec 25 : An unidentified man was found lying unconscious on the roadside near LD Hospital in Srinagar on Thursday morning and was later declared dead at the hospital, officials said. An official told the news agency a police team brought the man, believed to be around 45 years old, to SMHS Hospital, where…

Several parts of Kashmir experienced sub-zero minimum temperatures on Thursday, with Sonamarg emerging as the coldest place in the Valley at minus 7.3 degrees Celsius, according to data.Gulmarg recorded a minimum of minus 5.4 degrees Celsius, while Pahalgam registered minus 4.4 degrees Celsius.Shopian and Pulwama recorded minimum temperatures of minus 4.0 degrees Celsius and minus…

Chitradurga, Dec 25: At least 10 people were charred to death, and several others sustained injuries after a private sleeper bus collided with a truck in the early hours of Thursday in Karnataka’s Chitradurga district, triggering a massive fire that left the bus completely charred.The accident took place near Gorlathu village in Hiriyur taluk, where…