Blast like sound, creates panic in Kralgund Handwara, area cordoned off

Blast like sound, creates panic in Kralgund Handwara, area cordoned off

Panic gripped Ganapora, Kralgund area of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Sunday evening after a ‘blast like sound’ was heard in the locality, even as the forces have cordoned off the area, officials said. Forces in large numbers reached the spot immediately after the ‘blast like sound’ was heard, officials told the A…

Internal Equipment of 100KV Transformer Stolen in Handwara Village

Internal Equipment of 100KV Transformer Stolen in Handwara Village

Major internal equipment of a 100 KV electric transformer, installed for a filtration plant, was found missing on Sunday morning in Budbugh Ashpora in Handwara. Reports reaching said that few locals saw the transformer lying on the ground and without the internal apparatus, following which they informed officials of PHE and PDD. Sarpanch Budbugh Abdul…

Unidentified woman’s body found in Srinagar’s LD hospital premises
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Unidentified woman’s body found in Srinagar’s LD hospital premises

Body of an unidentified woman was found in the premises of LD hospital in Srinagar on Sunday morning. An official told that body of woman aged around 40 years, wearing brown Pheran, was found in the premises of LD hospital. He said the body has been shifted to mortuary of GMC Srinagar for medico-legal formalities…

Gulmarg, Pahalgam record season’s coldest night again

Gulmarg, Pahalgam record season’s coldest night again

The night temperature improved further at most places of Kashmir while Gulmarg and Pahalgam again recorded the coldest night of the season at minus 8.2 degree Celsius and minus 9.4 degree Celsius respectively. Kashmir remained under intense cold for over one week. However, after fresh snowfall, Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu & Kashmir and…

Day after accident, injured Sopore lady succumbs at Sgr hosspital
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Day after accident, injured Sopore lady succumbs at Sgr hosspital

A lady, who was injured after being hit by an unknown vehicle in Sopore outskirts yesterday, succumbed to her injuries at Srinagar hospital on Sunday morning, officials said. An official that a lady in her 40’s identified as Rafeeqa, wife of Manzoor Ahmed of Alsafa Colony in Sopore was hit by an unknown vehicle on…

.Black Bear Captured By Wildlife Department In Shangus Anantnag
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.Black Bear Captured By Wildlife Department In Shangus Anantnag

A black bear was captured alive by a Wildlife Department team in Andoo Shangus area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Sunday Morning. On receiving information about the black bear along human habitation, a team of experts from range office Achabal was sent to the area to trannqualise the black bear. A trap was laid…

Pahalgam shivers at -9°C, Gulmarg at -8°C
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Pahalgam shivers at -9°C, Gulmarg at -8°C

While the temperatures plunged to the season’s lowest at Pahalgam and Gulmarg resorts, Meteorological Department Saturday predicted dry weather for over a week. On December 29, snow fell in the vast majority of Kashmir districts. “Over the coming days, the weather will primarily continue to be dry. In J&K, expect the minimum temperature to continue…

Day 2: Punjab truckers’ strike brings traffic to grinding halt

Day 2: Punjab truckers’ strike brings traffic to grinding halt

The indefinite strike launched by Punjab truck operators on the state’s border with Haryana brought the traffic movement to a grinding halt on National Highway 1 (NH-1) near Patiala’s Shambhu on Saturday, the second day of their agitation. The protesting truckers are seeking the rollback of state government’s decision pertaining to their unions, which were…