SRINAGAR — Police on Tuesday arrested a youth, hours after he allegedly threw acid on a 24-year-old girl in Wantapora area here in central-Kashmir’s Srinagar district this evening. A police official told GNS that soon after the attack, a police party rushed to the area, which on persisting searches was able to nab the assailant. […]
SRINAGAR — In the backdrop of the fresh ceasefire agreement between two neighboring countries, the administration is gearing up to promote border tourism at the Line of Control (LoC) and have written the authorities in Kashmir for the approval. The two neighboring countries including India and Pakistan have agreed to adhere to all ceasefire agreements […]
SRINAGAR — As the COVID-19 cases surge across J&K continues and with doctors and paramedics testing positive for the infection, the Government Medical College (GMC), Srinagar has now decided to engage the Final year General Nursing students of Govt AMT School Srinagar for COVID-19 mitigation. “Pursuant to letter No. NHM/J&K/HR/ Dated. 17-01-2022 issued by the […]
NEW DELHI — Meta-owned WhatsApp on Tuesday said that it has banned 2,079,000 accounts in India in the month of December in compliance with the new IT Rules, 2021. The company said that it also received 528 grievance reports in the same month from the country and took action on 24 of those. “In accordance […]
SRINAGAR — The School Education Department is undecided regarding the reopening of schools in Jammu and Kashmir, top officials said on Tuesday. One of the top officials at the School Education Department said, “As of now, there is no decision regarding the reopening of schools” The official said, “It would not be appropriate to say […]
SRINAGAR — A labourer from Audoora Qalamabad village in Mawer Handwara has claimed to have lost over rupees one lac thirty three thousand after a person, he said posed as a army man, lured him to deposit the amount in lieu to offer him a tractor. The ‘victim’ Ghulam Mohammad War son of Mohammad Akber […]
PULWAMA — Amid the suspension of four employees, the Directorate of Health Services Kashmir has constituted an inquiry team to probe the death of an employee in District Hospital Pulwama. Pertinently, a day before a Class 4th employee identified as Muhammad Hussain Hafiz had suffered a heart attack while those accompanying him had alleged that […]
SRINAGAR — Unknown persons on Tuesday evening attacked a 24-year-old girl with acid at Usmania Colony in Wantpora area of Hawal in Srinagar. Official sources said that a girl was attacked by some unknown persons outside her business unit this evening. She was immediately taken to Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) hospital for treatment. Medical […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported 2751 covid-19 cases, up by 201 from yesterday, even as nine persons succumbed to the virus in the last 24-hours, officials said on Tuesday. They said 1105 of the fresh cases were confirmed from Jammu Division and 1646 from Kashmir Valley, taking the total count to 438176. Regarding the […]
UDUPI — A writ petition has been filed in the Karnataka High Court by a Muslim girl student, seeking a declaration that wearing a hijab (head scarf) is a Fundamental Right guaranteed under Article 14 and 25 of the Constitution of India and is an essential practise of Islam. The student of the Government run […]