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Leopard that mauled 4-year-old girl in Budgam captured; family raises concern

9:02 pm June 15, 2021

Srinagar: The Forest Department on Tuesday claimed to have captured a leopard that mauled four-year-old Adda Mir earlier this month in the outskirts of the city, officials said here. A senior official of the Wildlife Department, Rashid Naqash, said that the captured leopard was the same that had killed Adda after picking her from the lawn of her house at Ompora housing colony […]

J-K records 561 fresh COVID-19 cases, 2 more deaths

8:07 pm April 6, 2021

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 561 fresh COVID-19 cases on Tuesday that took its tally to 1,34,015, while two more fatalities pushed the death toll to 2,012, officials said. Of the fresh cases, 384 were reported from the Kashmir division and 177 from the Jammu division, they said. Srinagar district recorded the highest number of […]

NIA files chargesheet against ex-J&K cop who joined Hizbul ranks for attack on CRPF convoy

5:18 pm February 13, 2021

Jammu: The NIA on Saturday filed a supplementary chargesheet against a former Jammu and Kashmir policeman, who deserted the force and joined the Pakistan-based terrorist group Hizbul Mujahideen, for his alleged involvement in attacking a CRPF convoy in 2019, an official said. Naveed Mushtaq Shah, an ex-constable of Jammu and Kashmir police, had decamped with arms and ammunition in 2017 when he was posted as a […]

Some respite from cold as mercury rises in Kashmir

Prepaid mobile services restored in J-K after over five-month suspension

8:46 pm January 18, 2020

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Saturday ordered the restoration of the prepaid mobile service in the Valley after over five months of suspension besides the 2G mobile data service on postpaid connections for accessing “whitelisted” sites across the Jammu division, an official spokesperson said. 2G mobile data services on postpaid mobiles for accessing […]

Shooting down chopper on Feb 27 was ‘big mistake’, action against officers: IAF chief

8:24 pm October 4, 2019

New Delhi: Air Chief Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria on Friday described as a “big mistake” the IAF shooting down its helicopter in Kashmir on February 27, when Indian and Pakistani forces were engaged in a dogfight, and said disciplinary action is being taken against officers held responsible for the incident. A surface-to-air missile of the […]

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