SHOPIAN — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Nagbal village in Shopian district of South Kashmir on Tuesday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Nagbal village in Shopian district following the inputs about presence of militants in […]
SRINAGAR — The government on Tuesday issued formal orders regarding winding up of Toshkhana Organization and transfer of its Assets and staff to the Culture Department. “Sanction is hereby accorded to the closure/winding-up of the Jammu and Kashmir Toshkhana Organization,” reads a government order, a copy of which lies with GNS. The sanctioned posts and […]
SRINAGAR — At least 52 functionaries of the Congress party including several senior leaders, former ministers and legislators have resigned from the party in Jammu on Monday in support of fromer veteran Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad. In a resignation letter, senior Congress leaders, former ministers and legislators who gave resigned from the party include […]
NEW DELHI — In yet another big milestone for Adani Group of Industries founder Gautam Adani, he has become the world’s third-richest person as per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Elon Musk retained the top spot with his net-worth touching $251.4 billion, followed by Jeff Bezos ($153.4 Billion) and Mr. Adani at $137.4 billion. This is […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Tuesday dropped the contempt proceedings against Uma Bharti, MM Joshi, Sadhvi Ritambara, Vinay Katiyar, and others and ordered the closure of all the proceedings arising out of the demolition of the Babri mosque in 1992. This has put a complete closure to the legal battles regarding the Babri […]
SRINAGAR — Body of 25-year-old youth was recovered from river Jhelum in Palpora area of Srinagar on Tuesday morning, reports said here. Reports reaching to the news agency Kashmir News Observer said that the body of Arif Maqsood (25) of Mehjoor Nagar was spotted by locals in river Jhelum at Palpora. They said that after […]
SRINAGAR — Weather was cloudy in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours as the Meteorological (MeT) department said on Tuesday that mainly clear to partly cloudy sky is likely during the next 24 hours in the union territory. “Mainly clear to partly cloudy sky is likely in J&K during the next 24 hours,” […]
JAMMU — The 9.8 km tunnel connecting two stations on 111 km under-construction Banihal-Katra railway link in Jammu and Kashmir was completed on Monday, officials said. It is part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Line (USBRL) project. This is the third tunnel following the 12.6 km tunnel T-49B, the longest tunnel of Indian Railways, which was […]
SRINAGAR — In a surprising development, at least 57 percent of students of Jammu and Kashmir who have gone through the recent National Achievement Survey (NAS) have scored less than fifty percent. According to the official documents available with the news agency Kashmir News Observer reads, “Differences in the learning levels among the students of […]
SRINAGAR — The federal probe agency NIA on Monday said it has arrested the 12th accused in connection with Handwara narco-militancy case from Kupwara in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) for his alleged involvement in supply of narcotics, cash and arms and ammunition through the Line of Control (LOC). An official spokesperson of the agency said […]