Sheikh Nadeem ANANTNAG — There is a saying that “youth is the foundation of the country” and if the foundation is strong then the country will be strong. The much awaited T-10 Cricket league commenced on Thursday in Palpora Dailgam village in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Around 32 teams from adjacent villages are participating in […]
BANDIPORA — A mother-son duo were killed after a tree fell on their temporarily erected residential tent during strong winds in Lashkoot forest in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Friday. Official sources told news agency Kashmir News Observer that a woman identified as Zareena Begum, wife of Shair Mohammad Kasana and her son Yasir Ahmad […]
SRINAGAR — Mutahida Majlis -e-Ulema (MMU), the representative amalgam of religious social and educational organisations of Kashmir, Friday expressed strong resentment over the repeated closure of Jama Masjid Srinagar by the authorities barring the Muslims from offering Friday prayers for the second consecutive week. People, especially elders, women and youth from far and wide come […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (BOSE) has shared the list of de-recognized Falah-e-Aam Trust (FAT) institutions with the government, besides it has said that no such academic institution was affiliated with the board. BOSE has also said that it has tagged students of ten Falah-e-Aam Trust (FAT) institutions with the […]
SRINAGAR — Srinagar Police on Friday said that they have recovered a kidnapped girl and arrested an accused person involved in the commission of crime. According to police statement, “On 16/06/2022 Police Station Bemina received a written application from one person resident of Khosa Mohalla Khumani Chowk stating therein that his daughter has been kidnapped […]
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 […]