As Ramazan moon was not sighted anywhere in India or Pakistan till late hours on Wednesday Kashmir Grand Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam, like many others, made his customary announcement about the first day of fasting starting from Friday.
Two of the alleged accomplices of a Gujarati conman, who ‘masqueraded’ as a senior official of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), have arrived in Srinagar to assist the police in the investigations, marking significant development in the high-profile case.
A woman suffered ‘minor injuries’ after a house she was dwelling in collapsed allegedly after last night’s earthquake in this district, officials said on Wednesday.
Another migrant labourer, who was injured in a road accident in Awantipora area of South Kashmir, has succumbed to his injuries, taking the death toll to six.
The National Investigation Agency on Tuesday said it arrested a Kashmir based journalist Irfan Mehraj in a case related to NGO- militancy funding case.
Two female tourists from West Bengal were killed and four others injured on Tuesday in a road accident in Bijbehara area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district.
Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha Monday said that Jammu and Kashmir will experience an economic revolution in near future, and the elements hell-bent upon breaking the morale of the society will be “dealt with iron hands”.
Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway was suspended Monday after heavy overnight rains triggered mudslides and shooting of stones at some places in Ramban district, officials said.
Rains lashed most of plains in Jammu and Kashmir including Srinagar while Gulmarg received sleet in the last 24 hours, the weather department said on Monday.
The Indira Gandhi Tulip Garden, Asia’s largest tulip garden, ensconced between Dal Lake and the Zabarwan hills in Srinagar opened for the public on Sunday.
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