SRINAGAR — Scores of men and women staged a protest in Chanapora uptown area of Srinagar on Wednesday against the installation of smart electric meters in their area. The protesting women blocked the road and raised the slogans against the Power Development Department (PDD) and the installation of the smart meters, which as per them […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Government on Wednesday ordered an increase of 3% dearness allowances of the government employees working in regular pay levels under 7th Pay Commission recommendations. An per an order, issued by Finance department, an existing rate of DA per month for employees was 31% of basic pay and has been increased […]
JAMMU — A woman was killed and two others injured when a private vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident in Rajouri district on Wednesday. A police official told GNS the vehicle— S-Presso (JK11D-8159) met with the near Tralla Rehan in which one woman Shahnaz Akhter died on spot while two persons Ikhlaq […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained cloudy with scattered light rain on Wednesday as the MeT department forecast widespread light/moderate rain in J&K during the next 24 hours. “Widespread light/moderate rain is likely to occur in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department said. Srinagar recorded 9.6 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam 3.6 and […]
NEW DELHI — With 2,067 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s total tally of Covid-19 cases rose to 4,30,47,594 while the active cases increased to 12,340, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll climbed to 5,22,006 with 40 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am […]
SRINAGAR — Night flight operations will start from Srinagar and Jammu airports from Thursday as the two airports have been given approval for night parking facilities by the competent authority. Officials at the two airports said that ‘Go Airlines’ will park two A-320 NEO aircrafts each at Jammu and Srinagar airports. “This is to ensure […]
NEW DELHI — Sheikh Sajad alias Sajjad Gul, a Lashkar-i-Toiba (LeT) Commander from Rose Avenue Colony HMT Shalteng in Srinagar was designated as a terrorist by the Centre on Tuesday. The Union home ministry said Gul is absconding in a case pertaining to recovery of arms and ammunition in Jammu and Kashmir and “has been […]
KUPWARA — A huge cache of arms and ammunition was recovered by a team of Police and Army in Karnah area of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Tuesday. A police spokesperson said that ten pistols, seventeen pistol magazines, 54 pistol rounds and five grenades were recovered by Police and Army during a search operation in […]
BANDIPORA — punt gun, a boat and contraband articles were seized in Lankreshipora area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district during a raid carried by Forest Protection Force (FPF) on Tuesday. An official told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that on a tip off regarding the use of punt guns at Wular for killing certain bird […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained dry in J&K on Tuesday as the Meteorological (MeT) department forecast light/moderate rain in J&K during the next 48 hours. A statement issued by the MeT department said, “In Kashmir division, weather is likely to remain partly cloudy with possibility of light rain at scattered places mainly from late afternoon/evening. “Thereafter, […]