SRINAGAR — At least seven persons including three policemen, two traffic cops, a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) man and a civilian were injured in a grenade attack at Rainawari area of Srinagar on Wednesday. Official sources said that unidentified persons lobbed a grenade towards a naka party in Rainawari area this evening. The incident […]
SRINAGAR — In a first of its kind in Jammu and Kashmir, the department of Pulmonary Medicine, Government Medical College Srinagar, has added facility of laser to the armamentarium of interventional pulmonology. “Laser is a useful tool for interventional pulmonologist. It is helpful in management of various respiratory diseases like central airway obstruction (malignant or […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported 26 fresh Covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday. They said 14 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 12 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 453595. Giving district wise details, […]
SRINAGAR — A youth was arrested with a grenade during a naka checking in Bemina area of summer-capital Srinagar on Wednesday evening, police said. A police officer told GNS that one Zubair Altaf Shiekh son of Mohammad Altaf Shiekh, a resident of 90 Feet Soura Srinagar on way towards Hamandia Colony was intercepted by a […]
Mudasir Maqbool PULWAMA — Sunridges Trekking and Mountaineering Club Ratnipora Pulwama organized District Sport Climbing Championship for Pulwama district today at TRC Wall Nowgam Srinagar. The club is one of the oldest registered clubs of Kashmir Valley, the club is also affiliated with Mountaineering Association of Jammu and Kashmir. The championship was organized under the […]
JAMMU — PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti alleged on Wednesday that the BJP is promoting ”The Kashmir Files”, a film on the plight of displaced Kashmiri Hindus, to incite people on religious lines and called for the setting up of a panel to probe the circumstances that led to the exodus of Pandits from the valley. […]
SRINAGAR — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday morning flagged off ‘Spring Run for Drug- Free Srinagar’ on the Boulevard on the banks of Dal Lake. As per an official, around 1500 youth participated in the run and pledged to eradicate drug menace from the society. The event was a part of IEC activities of […]
NEW DELHI — Parliament on Wednesday approved the Rs 1.42-lakh-crore budget for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir for 2022-23, with Rajya Sabha returning the relevant bills to the Lok Sabha. The Lok Sabha had passed the bills on March 14. The upper House returned the bills — The Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation Bill, […]
NEW DELHI — Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said after abrogation of Article 370, militant related activities have declined in Jammu and Kashmir, and an environment for investment has been created. Replying to a discussion on Budget for Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the Minister said people are benefiting after implementation of 890 […]
ANANTNAG — A student died of electric shock at Government Degree College Bijbehara in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district this afternoon. Reports reaching GNS said that a student namely Umar Farooq son of Farooq Ahmad Ganie, a resident of Dariegund received electric jolt, just outside the college premises, when he had gone to fetch volleyball. The […]
