SRINAGAR — The Government of India has appointed Dr. Darakshan Andrabi as chairperson of Muslim Waqf Board for Jammu & Kashmir. According to a notification, Andrabi has been appointed under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 14 of The Waqf Act-1995. Under this clause, a chairperson of the Board is appointed by the Centre […]
POONCH — Army on Tuesday handed over a Pakistan (administered) Kashmir national, apprehended by it along Line of Control in Poonch district, to police. An army official told GNS that the person namely Dilshan son of Mohammad Sayeed, a resident of Hajira, was taken for questioning after detained by a party from Nangi Takri in […]
GANDERBAL — Two brothers were killed when a tractor they were travelling in turned turtle at Sama Mohallah Shalabugh area in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Tuesday. An official said that a tractor turned turtle at Sama Mohalla Shallabugh, resulting in injuries to two brothers identified as Sahil Ahmad Dar and Rameez Dar—sons of Ghulam […]
NEW DELHI — The Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday informed that an Indian student was killed in shelling in Ukraine’s Kharkiv today morning, confirmed the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Twitter. The deceased indian student has been identified as Naveen Sekarappa, a resident of Karnataka. He was student in 4th year in Kharkiv […]
SRINAGAR — The Government of India has appointed four members of the Waqf Board in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. In a notification, Dr. Darakhshan Andrabi daughter of Syed Ghulam, Syed Mohd Hussain, Dr. Ghulam Nabi Haleem, Sohail Kazmi and Nawab Din(Regional Director Survey and Land Records, Udhampur) have been nominated as members […]
KYIV — A 40-mile convoy of Russian tanks and other vehicles threatened Ukraine’s capital Tuesday as an intense shelling attack targeted the country’s second-largest city, and both sides looked to resume talks in the coming days aimed at stopping the fighting. The country’s embattled president said he believed the stepped-up shelling was designed to force […]
ANANTNAG — At least 11 persons were injured in a gas explosion at Maternity and Child Care Hospital (MCCH) in Anantnag on Tuesday. An official from the MCCH Anantnag said, an explosion probably due a leakage in heating gas occured at ticket section in MCCH Anantnag. He said that 11 persons including two kids and […]
BUDGAM — The locals from different areas of the Narbal area blocked the Srinagar-Gulmarg Road against the failure of the Power Development Department to install a high-capacity transformer. The protesters mostly from Astan Mohalla Kawoosa area of Narbal disrupted traffic to attract the attention of the authorities. The protesters complained that they are facing an […]
SRINAGAR — Seven local militants were killed in 5 gunfights across Kashmir Valley in the second month of February this year. There were overall 5 gunfights, while militants struck thrice in February, killing a cop and injuring two including an officer. A police officer (ASI) Shabir Ahmed Wagay was shot at and injured in Amshipora […]
NEW DELHI — The Delimitation panel for Jammu & Kashmir is learnt to have accepted 15 of the 22 ‘suggestions, objections and concerns’ raised by the five associate members – Bhartiya Janata Party Members of Parliament (MPS) Jitendra Singh and Jugal Kishore and National Conference MPs Farooq Abdullah, Akbar Lone and Hasnain Masoodi, reported The […]