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Two residential houses and a shop were among several structures that got damaged due to cloudburst amid heavy rainfall in Kahara area of Doda district. Officials told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a private education institution, a Tourism Reception Center, two flour grinder mills, one traditional water based flour grinder, one shop, two residential houses, one bridge and approach road of Tourism center are among the structures and other valuables that got damaged in the cloudburst incident in the intervening night of Tuesday-Wednesday. Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, informed that Deputy Commissioner Doda along with SSP took stock of situation at the site and no loss of life has been reported. "The men and machinary has been mobilised and directions were issued...

A passenger plane of India's Indigo airlines was diverted to the Pakistani city of Karachi on Sunday morning while en route from the UAE to Hyderabad after the pilot observed a technical fault, the carrier said in a statement. "IndiGo flight 6E-1406, operating from Sharjah to Hyderabad was diverted to Karachi. The pilot observed a technical defect. Necessary procedures were followed and as a precaution, the aircraft was diverted to Karachi," the company said in a statement. An additional flight is on its way to Karachi to fly its passengers to Hyderabad. This is the second such case this month, in which an Indian passenger flight was diverted to Pakistan. On July 5, a passenger plane of India's Spice Jet Airlines bound for Dubai was diverted to Karachi due to a malfunctioning i...

The Jammu Kashmir police on Saturday arrested one person from Bandipora in the alleged 'fake Sim Card racket' and said the person was issuing fake sim cards by forging documents. In a press release, the Police stated, Bandipora Police had received information through reliable sources that some PoS agents were allegedly cheating people by forging their documents to procure Sim cards for their personal interests and selling such Sim cards for criminal acts. In this regard Case FIR No. 109/2022 under relevant sections of law was registered in PS Bandipora and further investigation started, Police said. During the course of investigation name of one person identified as Parvaiz Ahmad Ganie, a resident of Checkreshipora was established and he was arrested. Preliminary investigation ...

Jammu and Kashmir reported 224 fresh covid-19 cases in last 24 hours, taking the overall caseload to 451104, even as there was no death due to the pathogen during the time, officials said on Saturday. 112 cases were reported from Jammu division and as many as from Kashmir division, they said. Giving district wise details, he said, Srinagar reported 88 cases, Jammu 82 , Udhampur 11, Kathua eight, Baramulla seven, Ganderbal and Pulwama five each, Doda and Budgam four each, Kupwara three, Rajouri two and Samba one. Among the total cases, 168090 are from Jammu division and 288739 from Kashmir, they said. There was no death from Jammu region due to the pathogen in the last 24 hours, they said. So far 4758 persons have succumbed to the virus—2333 in Jammu and 2425 in Kashmir. Besi...

Rubaiya Sayeed, the daughter of former Union Home Minister, Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, identified the chief of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Muhammad Yasin Malik and three others as her abductors during her examination before the special CBI court in Jammu on Friday. Advocate Monika Kohli, CBI counsel, told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that she has identified four of them. “She identified Yasin Malik through virtual mode,” Kohli said. Malik, who is lodged in Tihar jail, appeared before the Court through video conference. Earlier this year, Malik was sentenced to life imprisonment by a National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in a case related to militancy and secessionist activities in the Kashmir valley in 2016-17. The CBI lawyer said that the other three accused were...

An Amarnath pilgrim died of cardiac arrest, while a horseman died after falling off horse on Thursday during Amarnath Yatra in Pahalgam area of South Kashmir's Anantnag area, officials said here. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a 66-year-old yatri identified as Kalavala Subrmanym from Andhra Pradesh died of a heart arrest at base camp hospital near the lower cave. He said that he was on way to Amarnath cave when he suffered cardiac arrest and was shifted to base camp hospital, where he breathed his last. Meanwhile, a horseman, who was ferrying Amarnath Yatris, died after he fell off a horse between the holy cave and Panjtarni area. The official identified him as Imtiyaz Ahmed Khan son of Muhammad Yousuf Khan of Chakilpora village of Shangus—(KN...

A horseman ferrying Amarnath Yatris died on Thursday when he fell off a horse between the holy cave and Panjtarni. Official sources identified the victim as Imtiyaz Ahmed Khan son of Muhammad Yousuf Khan, a resident of Chakilpora Shangus Nowgam area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. The horseman was on his way from holy to Panjtarni. Sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that due to slippery conditions, his horse slipped and he fell off it, resulting in his death. (KNT)

For the third consecutive year, no function was held to commemorate the Martyrs’ Day in Kashmir to pay homage to 22 Kashmiri people who were killed by the army of a Dogra ruler on this day in 1931, officials said on Wednesday. July 13 was a public holiday in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir and a grand official function was held every year on this day where the chief minister or the governor would be the chief guest. However, the administration dropped the day from the list of gazetted holidays in 2020, after the abrogation of Article 370 and splitting of the erstwhile state into two union territories by the Centre on August 5, 2019. No function was held at the Martyrs’ graveyard in the city while no holiday was observed for the third time on Wednesday, the officials said....