SRINAGAR — At-least four houses were damaged in a devastating fire break in old town Baramulla in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday afternoon. Official sources told GNS that a team of police and fire officials reached the spot soon after getting the information. They said that fire started in a residential house and engulfed […]
Waris Shah ANANTNAG — A 45-year-old motorcyclist was killed after being hit allegedly by a paramilitary vehicle at Aishmuqam K.P Road near old Police Station on Saturday. Reports reaching GNS said that soon after being hit, the motorcyclist identified as Bilal Ahmad Peer son of Ghulam Nabi Peer of Latroo was evacuated in injured condition […]
SRINAGAR — Scores of leaders from Panthers Party including former education minister, Harsh Dev Singh joined Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday. The announcement was made during a presser addressed by AAP’s leader and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh and Durgesh Pathak. Singh, who won assembly elections thrice from Ramnagar constituency in Jammu division, had met […]
SRINAGAR — Chairperson Waqf Board, Dr. Darakhshah Andrabi on Saturday said that Board has decided to introduce online system for donations. She also said Waqf would soon construct a cancer hospital in Jammu and Kashmir. Andrabi told reporters that the donations are part of ‘Baitulmaal’, adding that “we won’t allow any disloyalty with the donations […]
LONDON — Taking a break from social media sites, including Twitter, Facebook or Instagram, for at least a week may lead to significant improvements in wellbeing, depression and anxiety, finds a new study. The study, published in the journal ‘Cyberpsychology, Behaviour and Social Networking’, suggest that just one week off social media improved individuals’ overall […]
SRINAGAR — A man was injured in a leopard attack in Nesbal village of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, officials said on Saturday. They said that the leopard attacked the man, Mushtaq Ahmad Bhat son of Mohammad Ramzan Bhat in the morning when he was heading towards his orchard. Bhat managed to escape from the animal […]
SRINAGAR —:Weather remained hot and dry in Jammu and Kashmir as the Met Department on Saturday forecase that mainly dry weather with light rain at isolated places will occur in the next 24 hours. Srinagar had 9.8, Pahalgam 4.2 and Gulmarg 3 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature on Saturday. Drass in Ladakh had 1.4, […]
NEW DELHI — India reported 3,805 new coronavirus infections in a day, pushing the number of active cases of the disease in the country to 20,303 and the overall tally to 4,30,98,743, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. The data released at 8 am also showed that 22 fatalities — 20 of […]
SRINAGAR — Suspected militants on Saturday morning shot at and injured a policeman at Aiwa Bridge on Ali Jan road in Srinagar. Reports said policeman identified as Ghulam Hassan Dar son of Ghulam Rasool Dar from Danwar Eidgah was shot at and injured by suspected militants at Aiwa Bridge on Ali Jan road in Srinagar […]
NEW DELHI — The price of domestic liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder was hiked by Rs 50 on Saturday, reported news agency ANI. With the latest revision, 14.2-kg domestic LPG cylinders will now cost Rs 999.50. On May 1, the price of 19-kg commercial LPG cylinder was hiked by Rs 102.50, the third straight monthly […]