SRINAGAR — The strategic 434-km Srinagar-Leh National hHighway is likely to be opened for vehicular traffic on Saturday in a record time of 74 days after its closure for winter months in January, a senior official of the Border Roads Organisation said. Director General of BRO Lt Gen Rajeev Chaudhary also said the ongoing renovation […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported 15 fresh Covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Friday. They said eight of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and seven from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 453520. Giving district wise details, the […]
SRINAGAR — A policeman was hospitalised in critical conditions after he fell off a moving Rakshak (vehicle) in Kralgund area of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. An official told GNS that a policeman part of a team escorting SHO Kralgund, fell off vehicle. Identifying him as one Khurshid Ahmad Malik son of Abdul Ahad […]
ISLAMABAD — Nearly two dozen disgruntled lawmakers from Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s ruling party have openly threatened to vote against him on the no-confidence motion tabled in Parliament by the Opposition, in a fresh blow to the embattled premier struggling to cling to power. Around 100 lawmakers from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and […]
KABUL — The Taliban has officially banned the broadcast of all foreign TV series in Afghanistan, Sputnik reported citing a person familiar with the situation. “The Taliban clearly said to stop showing any foreign TV series translated into Dari or Pashto [official languages of Afghanistan],” a participant of the meeting of Afghan broadcasters, held on […]
SRINAGAR — The administration has issued a show-cause notice against two employees including a teacher after they were found allegedly criticizing the admin on social media. These two employees working in the Education Department are a teacher from a government middle school Daptyar Anantnag and a junior assistant at government high school Ring Payeen Machil […]
PULWAMA — Police on Friday claimed to have busted a module of Lashkar-i-Toiba (LeT) militant outfit in Pulwama district in South Kashmir and arrested six militant associates. Police spokesperson in a statement said, a militant module of proscribed militant outfit Lashkar-i-Toiba (LeT) was busted in Pulwama and six associates were arrested who have been identified […]
KULGAM — National Conference working-president and the former chief minister of J&K Omar Abdullah Friday termed the film—The Kashmir Files, as a concocted story stating that “many lies have been projected in the movie” and that it wasn’t NC government in 1990 but a governor’s rule under the VP Singh’s regime. Talking to reporters on […]
JAMMU — Four persons were arrested by Jammu Cyber Police with the assistance of Rajasthan police for allegedly duping people under the name of providing helicopter tickets for Mata Vaishno Devi shrine through fake websites, said the cyber police, Jammu on Thursday. The cyber police, Jammu in a statement issued on Thursday said, “With the […]
SRINAGAR — Some employees at NHAI toll post at Banihal in Ramban district on Friday allegedly beat up a driver and cut his ear cartilage (pinna). Deputy Commissioner Ramban assured investigation into the matter. Actually a video of the incident is in circulation on social media groups in which cut on ear cartilage of an […]