SRINAGAR — Authorities on Friday evening sealed a fair-price medical shop operating in premises of District Hospital Shopian. Officials in the knowhow of things told GNS that the shop was sealed due to ‘inordinate delay’ in payment of rent. “The particular shop has accrued arrears in tune of over twenty-lac rupees”, they said adding despite […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC) is going to held the examination of Combined Competitive (Preliminary) Examination, 2022 on 31st of July (Sunday). According to communique, all the concerned candidates intending to appear in the Combined Competitive (Preliminary) Examination, 2022 are informed that the Preliminary examination shall now be held on 31st […]
SRINAGAR — Most of the Jio Fiber internet connections are down in Press Enclave Srinagar. Jio Fiber staff is unmoved and reluctant to dispatch its engineering staff to repair the faulty wires. The media outlets that avail the services of Jio Fiber are facing a lot of inconvenience as nobody from Jio Fiber staff is […]
UNITED NATIONS — China has blocked a joint proposal by India and the US to designate Pakistan-based top LeT militant Abdul Rehman Makki as a global militant under the UN sanctions committee, a move Beijing’s claimed were in accordance with the relevant procedures and rules. Makki, a US-designated militant, is the brother-in-law of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) […]
JAMMU — Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday hinted at holding assembly elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir “by this year-end”. Addressing a function here, Singh, who is on a two-day visit to the Union Territory, said the delimitation exercise was completed recently following which the number of seats has increased to […]
MAKKAH — Sheikh Juhany condemns the insulting statements against Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم during today’s Jumu’ah Khutbah in Masjid Al Haram, Makkah Khateeb Sheikh Juhany: “Insulting the prophets and messengers is a crime and it must be condemned according to Allah’s law” Khateeb Sheikh Juhany: “Criminal attempts to offend the Messenger of Allah صلى […]
SRINAGAR — Parts of Srinagar observed a shutdown on Friday over the controversial remarks made by two now-sacked BJP leaders against Prophet Mohammad, officials said. Most of the shops and business establishments were shut in old city areas, popularly known as downtown Srinagar, and in and around the Lal Chowk city centre, they said. However, […]
SRINAGAR — A soldier was killed in an accidental grenade blast in the frontier Kashmir district of Kupwara, official sources said. They said a grenade exploded accidentally when the victim Signal-Man identified as Bharat Yaduwanshi was on sentry duty at Gonipora Gugtiyal Camp in Kupwara. Sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that the injured […]
SRINAGAR — Weather was inclement in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours as the MeT department forecast partly cloudy sky with light rain, thundershowers towards the afternoon on Friday. “Partly cloudy sky with light rain/thundershowers is likely in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department said. Srinagar had […]
WASHINGTON — The United States on Thursday condemned remarks by Indian ruling party officials about the Prophet Mohammed that have sparked an uproar in Muslim countries. “We condemn the offensive comments made by two BJP officials and we were glad to see that the party publicly condemns those comments,” State Department spokesman Ned Price told […]