Solider dies after grenade goes off during a drill inside the camp
Kupwara : A soldier died on spot while two others received critical injuries after a grenade went off accidently inside at an army post.
Sources told KNT that army soldiers were busy in a drill at Jal Post of Keran Sector of North…
Families borrow money to bring their loved ones back to home from Agra Jail
Srinagar : Relatives of three Kashmir youth who were recently released from Agra Jail borrowed money to get them back to home. A couple of days back, government revoked the detention under Public Safety Act of two Kashmiri youth while court…
Encounter breaks out in Handwara
Tasaduq Hussain
Handwara : A gunfight broke out between forces and militants in Chanjmullah village of Handwara area in north Kashmir's Kupwara district.
Officials told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that after…
Pulwama encounter: Two militants killed, search on
Jahangeer Ganaie
Pulwama : Two militants have been killed in an ongoing encounter that raged between government forces and militants in Dangerpora area of main town Pulwama in South Kashmir on Saturday morning.
A senior police…
Four injured in clashes over land dispute in Rajouri
Jammu : Four persons of two families were on Saturday injured after they entered into a scuffle over a land dispute in Rajouri district on Saturday.
Officials told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that the incident took place in…
Panic in SMC: Corporator living with his infected brother was part of multiple sanitation drives
Neyaz Ealhi
Srinagar : A Corporator whose brother concealed travel history and was declared positive for Covid-19 has put people including top guns of Srinagar Municipal Corporation in danger. There is panic in the Corporation after the…
Harassment in the name of lockdown: CRPF stops Humanitarian Group ‘Athwas’ from helping needy
Srinagar: A Humanitarian Group ‘Athwas’ that worked with zeal and zest in this pandemic and helped needy and even distributed cash among hapless people without making so much fuss and publicity Saturday alleged that they are being…
Pollen not a worry in times of COVID-19, say medical experts
‘Advisory already issued to wear masks when not indoors’
Tasaduq Hussain
Srinagar: The medical experts on Friday said that pollen emerging from Russian poplar trees doesn’t a pose a threat of being a carrier of deadly virus and that…
COVID-19 lockdown hits livelihood of thousands associated with Handicraft in JK
Jahangeer Ganaie
Srinagar : The continuous lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus has severely hit the livelihood of hundreds of persons in Jammu and Kashmir associated with handicraft sector.
Thousands of persons who make…
COVID-19: No prayers in Masjids, shrines as Kashmir marks 1st Friday of Ramadan
Lockdown persists for 38th day
Mubashir Aalam Wani
Srinagar: For the first time in the holy month of Ramadan, the Masjids and shrines across Jammu and Kashmir witnessed no buzz with all the religious places remaining closed…