JAMMU — Two persons were killed and several others were injured when a bus they were travelling in turned turtle in Rajouri district on Thursday. Official sources told GNS that the bus (JKO2AE-3393) on way from Rajouri to Gambir Mughala met with the accident near Kakora mode, resulting in on the spot death of two […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities in Kupwara district have detained three persons including a Sarpanch under Public Safety Act for their alleged involvement in narcotics peddling in the north Kashmir district. A warrant under Public Safety Act against trio was issued by Divisional Commissioner Kashmir after PSA dossier were submitted by Jammu and Kashmir police. Sharing details, […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah Thursday termed the SIT report into the Hydeprora encounter as “false” stating that there should be a judicial probe to bring justice. Talking to the reporters on the sidelines of a function at Tagore hall in Srinagar, Dr Farooq alleged that police (SIT) report into the Hydeprora […]
SRINAGAR — Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Vijay Kumar Thursday said that for the first time in the past 30 years of militancy in Kashmir, the number of active militants in the Valley has come down to less than 200 while the number of local militants active is just 86. The Kashmir police chief […]
KOHIMA — The controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958 (AFSPA), which gives sweeping powers to armed forces, has been extended for another six months in Nagaland, where the army is conducting a court of inquiry into the killing of 14 civilians. The move came days after the Government of India (GoI) constituted a high-level […]
SRINAGAR — Barring Gulmarg, the temperature across Kashmir Valley dropped on Thursday with Srinagar recording a low of minus 4.0°C. A meteorological department official here told GNS that the minimum temperature in Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K, recorded a drop of 1.7°C than the previous night and was below minus 1.9°C below normal for […]
SRINAGAR — Six Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants were slain in two different military operations at Anantnag and Kulgam districts in South Kashmir. Reports said, a gunbattle broke out between government forces and militants at Mirhama area in Kulgam district on Wednesday evening in which three militants were slain. Within hours another gunbattle broke out at Naugam […]
RAMBAN — Jammu and Kashmir police on Wednesday claimed to have recovered missing 19-year-old girl of Ramban district from Rajasthan. A police spokesman in a statement said that on December 05, 2021, an application was received by the complainant that her daughter (name with held) was missing from her home since 04-12-2021. “In this regard, […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu & Kashmir government has directed district collectors that they shall not grant permission for conversion of land more than twelve and a half standard acres (12 1/2) in accordance with the procedure notified by the Revenue Board. In an order, the government has directed district collectors that while exercising powers under […]
JAMMU — Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta Wednesday directed the Public Works (R&B) Department to speed up execution of works under Capex, CSS and PMGSY to make the road to every village in J&K a reality. He made this observation in the course of a review meeting on the functioning of the department, which […]