POONCH — Body of man was found hanging from a tree at Dara Sangla village of Surankote area in this district on Wednesday. Official sources and locals told GNS that body of the man identified as Mohammad Shakeel son of Gulzar Ahmed Lohar of Baird Fazlabad was found at a distance of nearly 2 kilometers […]
BUDGAM — In a shocking incident, a teenager was arrested in Khag area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday for sodomising a minor boy, officials said here. An official told news agency Kashmir News Observer that the teenager had sodomised a 4-year-old boy in Khag. He said that soon after receiving information about the […]
NEW DELHI — Celebrated comedian-actor Raju Srivastava died on Wednesday after over 40 days of hospitalisation here, said his brother Dipoo Srivastava. He was 58. Raju Srivastava suffered a heart attack on August 10 while working out at a hotel here. He was rushed to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and underwent […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological (MeT) office said on Wednesday that partly cloudy sky with light rain at isolated places is likely during the next 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir. The weather was mainly dry in the union territory. ‘Weather is likely to remain partly cloudy with light rain at isolated places in J&K during […]
UNITED NATIONS — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday once again raked up the Kashmir issue during his address to world leaders at the high-level UN General Assembly session here. “India and Pakistan, after having established their sovereignty and independence 75 years ago, they still haven’t established peace and solidarity between one another. This […]
SRINAGAR — A Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) jawan died after falling off a building in Pandrethan area of Srinagar, officials said here on Wednesday. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that constable Anuj Kumar of 151 Battalion, A/coy SSB fell from the building at Geology and Mining department in Pandrethan. He said […]
KARACHI — A new-look England side took the opening T20 international by six wickets in Karachi on Tuesday, capping their return to Pakistan after 17 years in a memorable way. Opener Alex Hales hit a 40-ball 53 — his first international after a three-year absence on a failed recreational drug test — to anchor England’s […]
MOHALI — Australia produced a dominating performance to beat India by four wickets in the first T20I, to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali on Tuesday. Brilliant fifties by Hardik Pandya and K.L Rahul and a vital knock by Suryakumar Yadav powered India […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court has asked the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court to take a sympathetic view toward a law student whose PIL was dismissed with costs and adverse observations. A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Hima Kohli directed the petitioner to place an affidavit before the High Court […]
SRINAGAR — Fruit growers across Kashmir are optimistic that the directives issued by IGP Traffic to ensure hassle free movement of trucks will be implemented. Several fruit growers and representatives of several associations thanked the government for taking cognizance of the vital issue and hoped all directions will be implemented on the ground. President Kashmir […]