A woman was allegedly raped in Jammu and Kashmir's Jammu city by a 32-year-old man from Chhattisgarh early this week. Police sources said a 20-year-old woman was allegedly raped on Monday when she was alone in a rented accommodation in the Rehari old city area. "Her parents were out for work when the accused, identified as Mohan Singh, a car washer from Chattisgarh, who lived in the same locality, forced his entry and raped the victim. "An FIR has been lodged in the Pucca Danga police station after medical examination of the victim. "A manhunt has been started to nab the absconding culprit", sources said.–(IANS)

Weatherman on Thursday forecast isolated very light rain, snow and thundershowers in next 24 hours even as night temperature dropped below sub-zero level across Kashmir Valley. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar, the summer capital of the J&K, recorded a low of minus 1.0°C against last night’s 0.0°C. The temperature was below 2.0°C than the normal for this time of the year, he said. Qazigund, the gateway town of Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 2.0°C against minus 1.8°C on the previous night, he said. Kokernag, also in south Kashmir, had a low of 1.6°C against minus 1.0°C on the previous night, the official said. Pahalgam, the famous resort in south Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 4.5°C against minus 4.4°C last night, he said. Gulmarg recor...

Police have registered a case after unknown assailants attacked a shopkeeper with a sharp-edged weapon in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on late Wednesday night. The incident occurred between Zogipora and Khandipora village of Khag area of Budgam. Police sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that prima facie it seems that assailants attached the shopkeeper to loot cash-filled bag from him. They said, as usual, the shopkeeper Ghulam Muhammad Shah (56) closed down his shop at Khandi Pora village and was on his way to his home at Zogipora village when assailants attacked him and snatched the cash-filled bag. The shopkeeper sustained critical injuries and was shifted to Sub-District Hospital Beerwah where doctors referred him to Srinagar hospital. Police in this regard ...

Third earthquake has been reported from Jammu Kashmir in the last 24 hours. Reports available to The Kashmiriyat said that the epicenter of the earthquake was within the Jammu Kashmir region. The magnitude of the earthquake that hit the region around 3:02:45 a.m was  3.5. Epicenter of the earthquake was in Doda (Lat, Long: 33.buy fluoxetine generic buy fluoxetine generic 08, 75.83) and the depth was around 5 KM. Earlier two more quakes with their epicenter around the region were reported, while on had its epicenter around Pahalgam, the other was said to have its epicenter in Gilgit.

Jammu Kashmir on Wednesday reported 230 new covid-19 cases, the lowest single-day count in six weeks, even as there was no death due to the pathogen for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, officials said. They said 126 of the cases were from Jammu Division and 104 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 451560. Giving district wise details, the officials told GNS that Srinagar reported Srinagar reported 50, Baramulla 8, Budgam 14, Pulwama 3, Kupwara 18, Anantnag 3, Bandipora 5, Ganderbal 2, Kulgam 0, Shopian 1, Jammu 54, Udhampur 8, Rajouri 3, Doda 39, Kathua 3, Samba 0, Kishtwar 1, Poonch 9, Ramban 9 and Reasi 0. A few cases were confirmed at diagnostic centre associated with GMC Anantnag and include male (50) from Habbak, male (15) from Dadsara, female (65) (NA) fro...

Residents of Jammu on Wednesday staged a protest against the Jammu Kashmir administration's order to install 'Smart Meters' across the region. The protest was led by president Mission Statehood Jammu Kashmir outside the Janipur court road. He said that the governor's administration has issued an order to install 22,000 smart meters in Jammu Kashmir from February 15, against which we are protesting. "We will not allow meters to be installed in Jammu it should be up to the elected government to decide when and how to install meters," he added. He also demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi return big power projects, especially the Salal and Uri Hydro Project back to Jammu Kashmir. He urged upon the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha to stop the installation of the smart meters in Ja...