BANIHAL — The family of a Jammu and Kashmir youth, who was dubbed as a militant and killed in an encounter in 2021, Saturday said they were thankful to the High Court for ordering the exhumation of his body, and requested the administration to return it to them “without any further delay”. Amir Magrey’s family […]
ANANTNAG — A 22-year-old decomposed dead body was recovered in South kashmir’s Anantnag district on Sunday morning. Reports reaching to GNS said that some locals spotted the body lying inside a forest area of Brariangan Uttersoo village of Anantnag and immediately informed police about it. Soon after being informed, a police team reached the spot […]
POONCH — A traffic policeman died and five persons were injured when a private car they were travelling in fell into a river in Poonch district on Sunday. A police officer told GNS that at about 8 a.m., Alto car (JK12-6814) on way from Poonch towards Surankote side fell into the river after the driver […]
ISLAMABAD — A five-member Pakistani delegation will visit India next week for talks on the water dispute between the two countries, according to a media report on Saturday. The talks will be held in New Delhi from May 30-31, the Dawn newspaper quoted Pakistan Commissioner for Indus Waters Syed Muhammad Mehr Ali Shah as saying. […]
MUMBAI — BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma was on Saturday night booked for alleged deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage the religious feelings of a class by insulting their religion or religious beliefs. A case has been registered against her at Pydhonie Police station in Mumbai to under IPC sections 295A, 153A and 505 B. […]
JAMMU — A Pakistani drone with a payload was shot down in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday shortly after it crossed into the Indian side from across the International Border, police said. A search party of police picked up the movement of a drone from the border in Talli Hariya Chak […]
SRINAGAR — Weather was partly cloudy in J&K during the last 24 hours as the Meteorological (MeT) department on Sunday forecast mainly clear weather for the next 24 hours. “Currently, weather is mainly clear in most parts of J&K. A brief spell of Rain/Thunderstorm may occur at scattered places towards late afternoon/evening,” an official of […]
NEW DELHI — With 2,828 new coronavirus infections being recorded in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,31,53,043, while the active cases increased to 17,087, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on May 29. The death toll climbed to 5,24,586 with 14 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 […]
SRINAGAR — Prof Tabasum Firdous has taken charge as the first woman Director of the Centre of Central Asian Studies (CCAS), University of Kashmir, while Dr Shazia has taken over as Coordinator of the varsity’s Centre for Women’s Studies and Research (CWSR). Prior to becoming Director CCAS, Prof Tabasum held the charge of Director CWSR. […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported seven new covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Saturday. They said that six of the cases were reported from Jammu and one from Srinagar districts, taking the overall tally to 454234—166458 in Jammu and 287776 in […]