SRINAGAR — Peoples Conference Chairman Sajad Gani Lone on Tuesday said the bollywood movie Kashmir Files is a “bad fiction” and people like Vivek Aghinotri only sow seeds of hatred between different communities for their careers. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a public gathering in south Kashmir’s Kokernag town, Lone said the film […]
SRINAGAR — A policeman who was critically injured on Tuesday in a “brief shootout” with militants near Zoonimar area of Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district lost battle for life at SKIMS Soura, officials said. A top police officer told GNS that the constable Aamir Hussian, who had bullets injuries in upper parts of body including neck, […]
SRINAGAR — A policeman was on Tuesday afternoon shot at by the unidentified gunmen Bolochipora area of Soura in Srinagar. Official sources said that a Constable identified as Imran Ahmad, posted as PSO to SDPO Kothibagh was fired upon by the suspected militants at Bohlochipora. He was rushed to SKIMS Soura for treatment, they said, […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir police on Tuesday said that it has arrested three persons involved in grenade attack on CRPF camp in South Kashmir’s Shopian district. In a statement, police said it has solved a grenade attack case (FIR number 22/2022 of PS Zainapora) and arrested accused persons involved in the crime, besides recovered […]
SRINAGAR — Joint team of government forces including SOG Shopian and Safakadal police on Tuesday arrested one person at Safa Kadal area of Srinagar and recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition from his possession. According to police statement, a youth was chased by SOG Party from Shopian district in South Kashmir and subsequently was […]
NEW DELHI — All central universities will have to admit students to undergraduate courses based on the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) and not Class 12 marks, the University Grants Commission (UGC) said Monday. This rule will come into force from the upcoming academic year (2022-23). UGC chairperson M. Jagadesh Kumar said it will be […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained dry with mainly clear sky in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh region on Tuesday as the Met Department said that same weather conditions are likely to continue during the next 24 hours in the two union territories. “Weather is likely to remain dry with mainly clear sky in Jammu and Kashmir […]
ISLAMABAD — The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Pakistani media has challenged Prime Minister Imran Khan to Prove his “scandalous allegations” that media Houses have been bought by political parties and some were being funded by foreign sources, Dawn reported. Khan made these allegations in a public address on Sunday. In a statement, the […]
NEW DELHI — New Delhi has been ranked the world’s most polluted capital city for a second consecutive year followed by Dhaka (Bangladesh), N’Djamena (Chad), Dushanbe (Tajikistan) and Muscat (Oman). Of the 15 most polluted cities in Central and South Asia in 2021, 12 were in India. New Delhi saw a 14.6 per cent increase […]
PATNA — Setting an example of communal harmony in the country, a Muslim family in Bihar has donated land worth Rs.2.5 crore for construction of the world’s largest Hindu temple–Virat Ramayan Mandir—in the Kaithwalia area of East Champaran district in the state. Talking to reporters here on Monday, Acharya Kishore Kunal, chief of the Patna-based […]